Abstract:
Nuclear charge radius is an important macroscopic variable that determines the magnitude and extent of the
Coulomb potential within the boundaries of the atomic nucleus. An expression for the modified Coulomb potential
valid for the atomic nucleus has been used to obtain an expression for the nuclear charge radius. The calculated values
for the nuclear charge radius have been compared with the experimentally observed values for the nuclear charge
radius. Excellent agreement between the calculated nuclear charge radius and the experimentally observed nuclear
charge radius leads to a modified Coulomb potential relation that can be used to calculate more accurately the binding
energy for the nucleus. The average deviation of nuclear charge radius is calculated for 957 nuclei to establish the
better agreement between the calculated nuclear charge radius and the experimentally observed nuclear charge radius
and the value of the average deviation is 0.30297fm, which is small.
