Nonexistence of large nuclei in the liquid drop model

DOI10.1007/S11005-016-0860-8zbMATH Open1347.49069arXiv1604.03231OpenAlexW3098280393WikidataQ59478124 ScholiaQ59478124MaRDI QIDQ312447FDOQ312447

Authors: R. L. Frank, Rowan Killip, P. T. Nam 

Publication date: 15 September 2016

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a simplified proof of the nonexistence of large nuclei in the liquid drop model and provide an explicit bound. Our bound is within a factor of 2.3 of the conjectured value and seems to be the first quantitative result.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03231

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zbMATH Keywords

minimization problemliquid drop model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational problems in a geometric measure-theoretic setting (49Q20) Nuclear physics (81V35) Optimization of shapes other than minimal surfaces (49Q10)

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