Giant Resonances
Giant Resonances

Author: M. N. Harakeh

Publisher: Oxford Studies in Nuclear Phys

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 9780198517337

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Giant resonances are collective excitations of the atomic nucleus, a typical quantum many-body system. The study of these fundamental modes has in many respects contributed to our understanding of the bulk behavior of the nucleus and of the dynamics of non-equilibrium excitations. Although the phenomenon of giant resonances has been known for more than 50 years, a large amount of information has been obtained in the last 10 years. This book gives an up-to-date, comprehensive account of our present knowledge of giant resonances. It presents the experimental facts and the techniques used to obtain that information, describes how these facts fit into theoretical concepts and how this allows to determine various nuclear properties which are otherwise difficult to obtain. Included as an introduction is an overview of the main facts, a short history of how the field has developed in the course of time, and a discussion of future perspectives.

High Spin Physics And Gamma-soft Nuclei - Proceedings Of The International Conference
High Spin Physics And Gamma-soft Nuclei - Proceedings Of The International Conference

Author: Juerg X Saladin

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1991-03-06

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 9814569585

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The proceedings present the most recent results of experimental and theoretical nuclear spectroscopy, revealing the effects of rapid rotation and thermal fluctuations on the shapes and superfluid properties of a wide range of atomic nuclei. Unstable and novel shapes are emphasized, e.g. super-and hyper-deformed shapes, and triaxial quadrupole and octupole shapes (both static and vibrational). Theoretical treatments are given in terms of a variety of mean field models, as well as the Fermion Dynamical Symmetry Model and the Interacting Boson Model. New experimental methods of gamma-ray spectroscopy are discussed, including fluctuation analysis and energy-ordered gamma ray spectroscopy.

Electric And Magnetic Giant Resonances In Nuclei
Electric And Magnetic Giant Resonances In Nuclei

Author: Josef Speth

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1991-10-31

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 9814602795

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This is the most recent and complete review on giant resonances in nuclei. It includes electric as well as magnetic collective states and a detailed discussion on the excitation mechanisms and the decay properties is given.

Probing The Nuclear Paradigm With Heavy Ion Reactions - Proceedings Of The International School Of Heavy Ion Physics
Probing The Nuclear Paradigm With Heavy Ion Reactions - Proceedings Of The International School Of Heavy Ion Physics

Author: Ricardo Americo Broglia

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1995-02-22

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9814550426

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Major developments have taken place during the last few years in the study of the nuclear paradigm as a result of recent detector and accelerator developments, and of improved theoretical models.The active use of 4-π detectors to measure the gamma decay of excited nuclei has been instrumental in exploring the consequences of extremely high rotational frequencies and excitation energies in the nuclear structure. The identification of superdeformed bands, of limiting temperature for the detection of giant resonances, and of rotational damping, are conspicuous examples of this novel type of research. Studies of the disassembling of the nucleus have been systematically carried out, and the results interpreted in terms of transport models.At even higher temperatures one expects to have a completely new regime of hot dense matter, where the hadronic properties become strongly renormalized by the medium.Furthermore, studies of the properties of the nucleon as a many-body system of quarks and gluons displaying collective degrees of freedom which are damped by couplings to more complicated states, are providing a detailed and consistent picture of the nuclear paradigm.Important progress is also taking place in situations essentially opposite to the scenarios described above, namely in the study of correlations in nuclear matter at very low temperature and density.

Dirkfest '92 - A Symposium In Honor Of J D Walecka's Sixtieth Birthday
Dirkfest '92 - A Symposium In Honor Of J D Walecka's Sixtieth Birthday

Author: Maung Maung Khin

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1992-12-18

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9814553395

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Professor J Dirk Walecka has made significant and lasting contributions to the field of nuclear physics. His work on many-body theory and electron scattering from nuclei profoundly influenced the direction of research in electromagnetic nuclear physics. His formulation of semileptonic weak interactions with nuclei introduced many nuclear physicists to the 'standard model' and the concept of the nucleus as a 'laboratory' for studying fundamental interactions. His development of meson-baryon field theories for nuclear systems ('quantum hadrodynamics') initiated novel research on relativistic effects in nuclei, high-density nuclear matter, and applications of field-theoretic techniques to the nuclear many-body problem.This proceedings focusses on three major areas of Professor Walecka's research: many-body theory, electroweak interactions in nuclei and relativistic nuclear physics. The topics discussed cover a broad and interesting range in condensed matter physics, nuclear physics, high-energy physics and cosmology.

Relativistic Density Functional For Nuclear Structure
Relativistic Density Functional For Nuclear Structure

Author: Jie Meng

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2016-01-11

Total Pages: 714

ISBN-13: 981473327X

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This book aims to provide a detailed introduction to the state-of-the-art covariant density functional theory, which follows the Lorentz invariance from the very beginning and is able to describe nuclear many-body quantum systems microscopically and self-consistently. Covariant density functional theory was introduced in nuclear physics in the 1970s and has since been developed and used to describe the diversity of nuclear properties and phenomena with great success.In order to provide an advanced and updated textbook of covariant density functional theory for graduate students and nuclear physics researchers, this book summarizes the enormous amount of material that has accumulated in the field of covariant density functional theory over the last few decades as well as the latest developments in this area. Moreover, the book contains enough details for readers to follow the formalism and theoretical results, and provides exhaustive references to explore the research literature.

The Gregory Breit Centennial Symposium
The Gregory Breit Centennial Symposium

Author: Vernon W Hughes

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2001-03-09

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9814491551

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This book contains the proceedings of the Gregory Breit Centennial Symposium. The legacy of Breit to atomic, nuclear and particle physics is discussed vis-à-vis modern developments in these fields. Among other subjects, the present status of the Breit interaction in atomic physics and of the nucleon-nucleon interaction are reviewed. The second part of the book contains a more in-depth presentation of the status of modern nuclear physics, from relativistic heavy ion physics to nuclear structure physics and nuclear astrophysics. The recently confirmed discovery of supersymmetry in nuclei is also discussed.