Displacement energies with the Skyrme Hartree-Fock method

The binding energy differences of mirror nuclei are calculated with the Sky rme Hartree-Fock method and compared to experiment. The Nolen-Schiffer anom aly can be accounted for either by dropping the Coulomb exchange term or by introducing a charge-symmetry breaking interaction. The displacement energ y systematics can be quantitatively reproduced with tither of these modific ations. The results are important for an accurate description of the proton and neutron drip lines. The possible origins of these modifications in ter ms of nuclear correlations and nucleon-nucleon charge-symmetry breaking int eractions are discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved .