Empirical formula for mass excess of heavy and superheavy nuclei

A new empirical formula is proposed for mass excess of heavy and superheavy nuclei in the region Z = 96–129. The parameters of the formula are obtained by making a polynomial fit to the available theoretical and experimental data. The calculated mass excess values are compared with the experimental values and other results of the earlier proposed models such as finite range droplet model (FRDM) and Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov (HFB) method. Standard deviation of calculated mass excess values for each atomic number is tabulated. The good agreement of present formula with the experiment and other models suggests that the present formula could be used to evaluate the mass excess values of heavy and superheavy nuclei in the region 96[Formula: see text][Formula: see text][Formula: see text]Z[Formula: see text][Formula: see text][Formula: see text]129. This formula is a model-independent formula and is first of its kind that produces a mass excess values with the only simple inputs of only Z and A.