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We give a simplified proof of the nonexistence of large nuclei in the liquid drop model and provide an explicit bound. Our bound is within a factor of 2.3 of the conjectured value and seems to be the first quantitative result.
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Frank, R.L., Killip, R. & Nam, P.T. Nonexistence of Large Nuclei in the Liquid Drop Model. Lett Math Phys 106, 1033–1036 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-016-0860-8
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