A SYSTEMATIC CONTRIBUTION TO THE BINDING-ENERGY OF NUCLEI

A systematic contribution to the ground state energy coming from the C oulomb interaction between nucleons is considered. Besides the Hartree and Fock terms there is a significant Coulomb correlation term due to the correlated motion of nucleons under the influence of a strong int eraction between nucleons. The correlation term is strongly enhanced b y the presence of the surface, and this mechanism accounts for a main part of the Okamoto-Nolen-Schiffer anomaly in the binding energy diffe rences. The contribution to the bulk energy and surface tension is con sidered. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.