Shell correction to atomic energy

A method for calculating a shell correction to total atomic energy within the framework of statistical theory is proposed. It is shown that the shell correction which defines the energy component which oscillates with Z is of the relative order of magntiude Z^–1. The results obtained agree well with calculations by the Hartree-Fock method.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 81–86, February, 1984.