Full $0\hbar\omega$ shell model calculation of the binding energies of   the $1f_{7/2}$ nuclei
  Binding energies and other global properties of nuclei in the middle of the $pf$ shell, such as M1, E2 and Gamow-Teller sum rules, have been obtained using a new Shell Model code (NATHAN) written in quasi-spin formalism and using a $j-j$-coupled basis. An extensive comparison is made with the recently available Shell Model Monte Carlo results using the effective interaction KB3. The binding energies for -nearly- all the $1f_{7/2}$ nuclei are compared with the measured (and extrapolated) results. 
E. Caurier, G. Martinez-Pinedo, F. Nowacki, A. Poves, J. Retamosa and   A. P. Zuker