Abstract: | Assuming that the atomic nuclei are bounded by a scalar meson field, their averageproperties were calculated by Thomas-Fermi method and Van der Waals approximation.Taking the mass of the scalar meson to be 472MeV and the radius of the repulsive coreof nucleons to be 0.57fm, the calculated expresion of binding energies is similar to theempirical formulae. Nucleus with N>Z has a neutron skin. |