Ask a Teacher

Search



The density of a nucleus of mass number A is proportional to

radius
In nuclear physics, an atomic nucleus is called a halo nucleus or is said to have a nuclear halo if its radius is appreciably larger than that predicted by the liquid drop model, wherein the nucleus is assumed to be a sphere of constant density.
For a nucleus of mass number A, the radius r is (approximately)

where = is 1.2 fm.


comments powered by Disqus