Question

The Semi-Empirical Mass Formula gives M (A, Z) = ZmH + Nmn − B (A, Z) /c2 rewrite the SEMF as just a function of Z when A is a fixed, odd, number. The minimum mass will occur when dM/dZ = 0. (a) Find an expression, in terms of the SEMF coefficients, for the Z value that has minimum mass with A fixed and odd. (b) Explain what you would need to do differently for the case when A is fixed but even.

∆ = (12 MeV) /A1/2

Answer 1