Abstract
The coefficients of different combinations of terms of the liquid drop model have been determined by a least square fitting procedure to the experimental atomic masses. The nuclear masses can also be reproduced using a Coulomb radius taking into account the increase of the ratio with increasing mass, the fitted surface energy coefficient remaining around 18 MeV.
- Received 8 February 2006
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.73.067302
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