SURFACE PROPERTIES OF GROUND-STATE NUCLEAR MATTER

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1963 · Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.130.1891· OSTI ID:4692822

Reynolds, J C

A general method is derived for extending the manybody formalism of Martin and Schwinger to macroscopic inhomogeneous systems. This method is applied to the Puff-Martin approximation for nuclear matter and used to compute the properties of a plane nuclear surface. An iterative self-consistency computation is used, and a generalized effective-mass approximation is imposed to simplify the wave equation. The particle interaction is taken to be a separable Yamaguchi potential with an Sstate hard shell. The results show a smoothly varying density and self-energy, with a surface thickness of 2.33 F. A calculation of the surface energy term in the Weizsacker semiempirical mass formula gives 18.79 Mev. (auth)

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., Ill.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-022624
• OSTI ID: 4692822
• Report Number(s): TID-18183; UAC-7135; 0031-899X
• Journal Information: Physical Review (U.S.) Superseded in part by Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B: Solid State, Phys. Rev. C, and Phys. Rev. D, Vol. Vol: 130; Other Information: TID-18183; UAC-7135. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-63
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

PHYSICS
BINDING ENERGY
DENSITY
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ENERGY
ENERGY LEVELS
INTERACTIONS
LIQUID DROP MODEL
MANY BODY PROBLEM
MASS
NUCLEAR MODELS
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
NUMERICALS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SURFACES
WEIZSAECKER FORMULA
YAMAGUCHI POTENTIAL