From finite nuclei to the nuclear liquid drop: Leptodermous expansion based on self-consistent mean-field theory

P.-G. Reinhard,1,2 M. Bender,3,4,5 W. Nazarewicz,6,7,8 and T. Vertse2,9,10 1Institut für Theoretische Physik II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstrasse 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany 2Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA 3Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Box 351550, Seattle, Washington 98195-1550, USA 4Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA 5National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA 6Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA 7Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA 8Institute of Theoretical Physics, Warsaw University, ul. Hoża 69, PL-00681, Warsaw, Poland 9Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Atomki) P.O. Box 51, H-4001, Debrecen, Hungary 10University of Debrecen, Faculty of Informatics, H-4001, Debrecen, P.O. Box 12, Hungary (Received 11 October 2005; published 24 January 2006)