Eur. Phys. J. A (2017) 53: 82
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12275-8

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Could the static properties of nuclei be deduced from the dynamics of a single quark?

¹ Russian Federal Nuclear Center-VNIIEF, 607190, Sarov, Nizhniĭ Novgorod Region, Russia
² Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141700, Dolgoprudnyĭ, Moscow Region, Russia
³ Sarov Institute of Physics and Technology, 607190, Sarov, Nizhniĭ Novgorod Region, Russia

^* e-mail: kosyakov.boris@gmail.com

Received: 24 January 2017
Accepted: 5 April 2017
Published online: 4 May 2017

Abstract

We show that the static properties of a nucleus could arise from a single quark moving in a mean field generated by all other constituents of this nucleus. The resulting model provides a way for determining the nuclear sizes characteristic of the liquid-drop model, and reasonably accurate values of magnetic moments of different nuclei with the aid of two parameters and appearing in the Cornell potential intended for use in quarkonium physics.