Reply to Comment on Extension of the Bethe-Weizsacker mass formula to light nuclei and some new shell closures

Some properties of the modified Bethe-Weizsacker mass formula (BWM) are discussed. As BWM has no shell effect included, the extra-stability or, magicity in nuclei clearly stands out when experimental mass data are compared with BWM predictions. If the shell effect quenches, the BWM predictions come closer to the experimental data.Comment: 2 pages, no figur

Shell effect in Pb isotopes near the proton drip line

A mass formula (BWM) without shell effect is employed to study the variation of the shell effect in Pb isotopes through comparison with the experimental data. Unlike other macroscopic formulae, the BWM reproduces the general trend of the binding energy versus neutron number curves of all the nuclei from Li to Bi. The shell effect in Pb-isotopes reduces to ~56 keV at N=106 but, increases gradually for N<106, indicating increasing shell effect in Pb near the proton drip line.Comment: Presented at the Cluster03 Conference, 4 pages, 3 figures, uses espcrc1.st

Lambda hyperonic effect on the normal driplines

A generalized mass formula is used to calculate the neutron and proton drip lines of normal and lambda hypernuclei treating non-strange and strange nuclei on the same footing. Calculations suggest existence of several bound hypernuclei whose normal cores are unbound. Addition of Lambda or, Lambda-Lambda hyperon(s) to a normal nucleus is found to cause shifts of the neutron and proton driplines from their conventional limits.Comment: 6 pages, 4 tables, 0 figur