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Statistical Theory of Atomic Nuclei

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STATISTICAL methods have been applied to the explanation of the properties of atomic nuclei for quite a long time1. Hitherto, the energy of nuclei could be represented only in such a Way that, according to the choice of the empirical parameters in the interaction energy of the nucleons, either for light nuclei or for heavy ones, the calculated values show noticeable discrepancies from the experimental values.

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  1. For literature, compare, for example, Bethe, H. A., and Bacher, R. F., Rev. Mod. Phys., 8, 82 (1936). v. Weizsäcker, C. F., “Die Atomkerne”, “Physik und Chemie und ihre Anwendungen in Einzeldarstellungen”, Bd. II (Akad. Verlagsges., Leipzig, 1937). Rosenfeld, L., “Nuclear Forces”, 1 (North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1948).

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  2. Compare, for example, Heisenberg, W., “Theorie des Atomkerns”, 161 (Max-Planck Institut für Phys., Göttingen, 1951).

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  3. Concerning these energies, compare, for example, Gombás, P., “Die statistische Theorie des Atoms und ihre Anwendungen” (Springer, Vienna, 1949).

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  4. From Rosenfeld, L., loc. cit., 501–508.

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GOMBÁS, P. Statistical Theory of Atomic Nuclei. Nature 170, 362–363 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170362a0

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