The Atomic Nucleus as a Relativistic System
By: by Lev N. Savushkin, Hiroshi Toki
Contributors: Toki, Hiroshi
Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics; Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9783642073472; 9783662103098
Subjects: Nuclear physics; Physics
Description: Relativity plays an important role in atomic nuclei, and, since the early 1970s, there has been increasing interest in, and literature on, the nucleus as a relativistic system. In fact, the relativistic treatment provides a powerful method to describe nuclear structure and reactions. It is thus an ideal time to collect and review the important landmarks in this book. Directed to advanced students and researchers, it explains both the underlying relativistic theory and compares predictions with actual experiments.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Fields; title: Basic Features of the Meson Theory of Nucleon - Nucleon Interactions; title: Relativistic Mean-Field Approximation for Nuclear Structure; title: Electromagnetic Interactions of Nucleons in the Relativistic Framework; title: Relativistic Approach on Nucleon - Nucleus Scattering; title: Pion Dynamics and Chiral Symmetry; title: Relativistic Hartree - Fock Approach; title: Brueckner - Hartree-Fock Method for Nuclear Matter and Finite Nuclei; title: Excited Nuclear States in the Relativistic RPA Method; title: Relativistic Equation of State of Nuclear Matter for Supernova and Neutron Star; title: Alternative Relativistic Models; title: Some Recent Applications of the Relativistic Nuclear Theory; title: Summary and Outlook.