Application of a New Mass-Energy Concept in the Computation of Atomic Nuclear Masses

Abstract

In most literatures and scientific extrapolations, the Bethe-Weizsacker’s mass formula is dependent on Einstein’s relativistic mass-energy theory for calculations of nuclear masses, but the relativistic energy converting factor (speed of light) is only attributed to massless particle. Therefore, the method employed involves the conversion of the binding energy fitting coefficients by krane from mega electron volt to unified atomic mass unit (u) using Einstein relativistic mass-energy theory, Bahjat mass-energy relation and our new mass-energy concept. A close correlation can be observed between the calculated masses of light, medium and heavy nuclei using the relativistic mass-energy theory (mc2), our new mass energy concept (mvc) and the experimentally measured mass. The Bahjat mass-energy relation (mbc) is underestimated compared to our new mass energy concept. Therefore, any particle with mass greater than zero would travel with speed less than the speed of light. Hence the relation, E = mc2, needs to be modified. It would therefore be more precise to apply the mass energy concept, E = mvc, for a mass particle. This is the reason why the Beth-Weizsacker’s semi empirical mass formula shows a closer result to the experimental results, for masses of nuclei, when computation is done with our new mass -energy concept.