Abstract
It is shown that the existence of nuclear matter and the independent particle description of its properties implies by itself that the average potential energy is momentum dependent. If this momentum dependence is expressed in terms of an effective mass m ∗ , one gets m/m ∗ = 3 2+( 5 2 )(P/T f) where P is the packaging fraction and T f the Fermi kinetic energy. The Van Vleck calculation of the average potential energy in the independent particle model is discussed as an example. The photonuclear effect is discussed in terms of a velocity dependent potential.
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