Relativistic extended Thomas-Fermi calculations of finite nuclei

Abstract
The authors have used for the first time a relativistic extended Thomas-Fermi method which includes up to h(cross)2-corrective terms to study the structure of finite nuclei. The potential part has been obtained from a local density approximation to Dirac-Brueckner calculations carried out with a realistic nucleon-nucleon potential. Some applications to fission barriers and optical potentials for heavy ion scattering are presented.