Leumas Physics

Nuclear Radius

r = r_0·A_n^(1/3)

What it says

Nuclei pack at roughly constant density, so radius grows as the cube root of nucleon count.

Symbols

SymbolQuantityDimension
rNuclear radius (m)L
A_nNucleon count (dimensionless)1

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