Self-Consistent Binding Energies and Densities of Protons and Neutrons inBe10andC10

Abstract
Binding energies, root-mean-square radii, and deformations of the protons and neutrons are calculated for the prolate and the oblate energy minima in Be10 and C10, utilizing the Hartree-Fock approach. The nucleons interact via the Volkov and the Coulomb force. The energies are corrected for the c.m. motion. The mass and the charge distribution are surprisingly different: The theoretical charge deformation in Be10 is βC=0.62 [βC(expt)=±0.7±0.1], while the calculated mass deformation has the value βM=0.41. A division of the total binding energy into a proton and a neutron part yields for Be10 twice as large a contribution for the protons as for the neutrons. This puzzle can be understood by means of Wigner's SU4 model.