Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2003-10-27
Sov.Phys.JETP 34 (1972) 694-701
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
16 pages, 4 figures in GIF format
Scientific paper
A consistent theory is developed of the volume energy oscillations of spherical nuclei due to sharpness of the Fermi distribution boundary for quasiparticles. The lowest value of the oscillating part of the energy corresponds to a magic nucleus. A formula is obtained for the corresponding limiting momentum of a quasiparticle and it is shown that we have here an isolated point of a temperatureless second-order phase transition. An expression for the discontinuity of the derivative of the energy of the body with respect to the number of particles is obtained in the case of a sharp (step-like) Fermi distribution limit. Comparison with experimental nuclear-mass data permits some conclusions to be drawn regarding the true structure of the boundary layer of the Fermi distribution and regarding its variation with increasing nuclear size. In the region of magic nuclei actually accessible up to the present time, apparently no signs are observed of any appreciably expressed residual phenomenon, such as the Cooper phenomenon, which would result in instability of the energy spectrum of infinite nuclear matter with an absolutely sharp Fermi limit for quasiparticles.
Kamchatnov Anatoly M.
Nosov V. G.
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