 Nuclear Coulomb energy (source code)

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= Nuclear Coulomb energy
{title2=$E_C\simeq a_C Z^2/A^{1/3}$}

<Nuclear Coulomb energy> is the positive electrostatic mass-energy contribution from proton repulsion in a <nucleus>. A uniform-charge model gives scaling $Z^2/R$, and approximately constant nuclear density gives $R\propto A^{1/3}$. It reduces conventional positive <nuclear binding energy>.

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