We present a schematic solution of the color dielectric model for the nucleon and demonstrate how the nucleon can be bound in nuclear matter. The gluon field surrounding the bound nucleon is obtained from the linearized field equations of motion in the color dielectric. This schematic model of the baryon allows a comparison of the neutron and proton mass in the nucleus. We calculate the Nolen-Schiffer anomaly for several light nuclei.

• Received 16 June 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.35.760