The radius of a nucleon is about R N = 0.9 fm. Compute the volume of a

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The radius of a nucleon is about RN = 0.9 fm. Compute the volume of a nucleus with a moderately large value of A in the liquid drop model (i.e. using the SEMF) and show that roughly 2/3 of the nucleus is “empty space.”In contrast, an atom is almost entirely empty space.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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