TY - JOUR A1 - Rufa, Michael A1 - Reinhard, Paul-Gerhard A1 - Maruhn, Joachim A1 - Greiner, Walter A1 - Strayer, Michael R. T1 - Optimal parametrization for the relativistic mean-field model of the nucleus T2 - Physical review C N2 - We study a relativistic model of the nucleus consisting of nucleons coupled to mesonic degrees of freedom via an effective Lagrangian whose parameters are determined by a fit to selected nuclear ground-state data. We find that the model allows a very good description of nuclear ground-state properties. Because of the relativistic nature of the model, the spin properties are uniquely fixed. We discuss variations of the parametrization and of the data which suggest that the present fit has exhausted the limits of the mean-field approximation, and discuss extensions which go beyond the mean field. Y1 - 2006 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2418 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-29663 UR - http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRC/v38/p390 VL - 38 IS - 1 SP - 390 EP - 409 ER -