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A STUDY OF VARIATIONAL WAVE FUNCTIONS FOR THE ALPHA PARTICLE

Journal Article · · Nuclear Physics (Netherlands) Divided into Nucl. Phys. A and Nucl. Phys. B

The upper and lower bound for the energy of the alpha particle were calculated with several different trial wave functions. The best result for both bounds is obtained with a function that is a product of solutions of the two- nucleon Schrodinger equation up to a centain inter-nucleon separation and goes over into a variational function for larger distances. With this trial function the results for the energy and the rms radius agree quite well with that obtained by Mang and Wild in an independent-pair model calculation. (auth)

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.; Florida State Univ., Tallahassee
NSA Number:
NSA-17-024305
OSTI ID:
4705024
Journal Information:
Nuclear Physics (Netherlands) Divided into Nucl. Phys. A and Nucl. Phys. B, Journal Name: Nuclear Physics (Netherlands) Divided into Nucl. Phys. A and Nucl. Phys. B Vol. Vol: 42; ISSN NUPHA
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English