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LIQUID-DROP MODEL [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Physics
DEF

A model of the nucleus in which it is compared to a drop of incompressible liquid, and the nucleons are analogous to molecules in the liquid …

OBS

[The liquid-drop model is] used to study binding energies, fission, collective motion, decay, and reactions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique nucléaire
DEF

[…] modèle [nucléaire qui] repose sur l’hypothèse de l’existence d’une interaction forte entre les nucléons du noyau atomique.

OBS

Ce modèle, qui s’inspire des propriétés d’une goutte de liquide formée de molécules, permet d’établir une expression semi-empirique donnant la masse M (A, Z) d’un noyau de masse atomique A contenant N neutrons et Z protons.

Spanish

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