Superheavy Elements and Ultradense Matter
Nuclear Theory
2023-09-19 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Atomic Physics
Abstract
In order to characterize the mass density of superheavy elements, we solve numerically the relativistic Thomas-Fermi model of an atom. To obtain a range of mass densities for superheavy matter, this model is supplemented with an estimation of the number of electrons shared between individual atoms. Based on our computation, we expect that elements in the island of nuclear stability around will populate a mass density range of g/cm. We then extend our method to the study of macroscopic alpha particle nuclear matter condensate drops.
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@article{arxiv.2306.11989,
title = {Superheavy Elements and Ultradense Matter},
author = {Evan LaForge and Will Price and Johann Rafelski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.11989},
year = {2023}
}
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17 pages, 6 figures, published version