liquid drop theory

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf nuclear physics model
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:liquid_drop_model
gptkbp:basedOn analogy with liquid drop
gptkbp:component Coulomb energy
asymmetry energy
pairing energy
surface energy
volume energy
gptkbp:describes gptkb:nucleus
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkbp:explains nuclear binding energy
nuclear fission
gptkbp:form gptkb:semi-empirical_mass_formula
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label liquid drop theory
gptkbp:influenced development of shell model
gptkbp:limitation does not account for shell effects
does not explain magic numbers
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:George_Gamow
gptkbp:usedIn nuclear physics
gptkbp:yearProposed 1935
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:liquid_drop_model
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5