Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Naturally occurring and artificially produced nuclei
- 2 Charge and matter distribution in nuclei
- 3 The semi-empirical mass formula and nuclear stability
- 4 Nuclear fission and the liquid-drop model
- 5 Shell structure and magic numbers
- 6 The nuclear one-particle potential in the spherical case
- 7 The magnetic dipole moment and electric quadrupole moment for nuclei with closed shells ±1 nucleon
- 8 Single-particle orbitals in deformed nuclei
- 9 The shell correction method and the nuclear deformation energy
- 10 The barrier penetration problem – fission and alpha-decay
- 11 Rotational bands – the particle–rotor model
- 12 Fast nuclear rotation – the cranking model
- 13 The nucleon–nucleon two-body interaction
- 14 The pairing interaction
- Solutions to exercises
- References
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Naturally occurring and artificially produced nuclei
- 2 Charge and matter distribution in nuclei
- 3 The semi-empirical mass formula and nuclear stability
- 4 Nuclear fission and the liquid-drop model
- 5 Shell structure and magic numbers
- 6 The nuclear one-particle potential in the spherical case
- 7 The magnetic dipole moment and electric quadrupole moment for nuclei with closed shells ±1 nucleon
- 8 Single-particle orbitals in deformed nuclei
- 9 The shell correction method and the nuclear deformation energy
- 10 The barrier penetration problem – fission and alpha-decay
- 11 Rotational bands – the particle–rotor model
- 12 Fast nuclear rotation – the cranking model
- 13 The nucleon–nucleon two-body interaction
- 14 The pairing interaction
- Solutions to exercises
- References
- Index
Summary
It is our intention in this volume to describe in an elementary way some of the achievements of the nuclear shell model, especially in its form used for deformed nuclei and rotating nuclei. In recent applications on nuclear deformation, fission and rotation, the microscopic shell model is merged with macroscopic models, which are thus also briefly discussed here. We try to concentrate on physical features rather than theoretical methods, not introducing more sophisticated models than are needed to understand the basic principles.
We have tried to put the presentation on such a level that the book should be suitable as a first course in theoretical nuclear physics. The reader is supposed to be familiar with the very basic concepts of experimental nuclear physics and to have some knowledge of quantum mechanics including central forces and angular momentum, the spin formalism and some perturbation theory. We also believe that this volume should be useful for people doing research in nuclear physics, not least for experimentalists.
The introductory chapter defines in a very elementary way the building blocks of nuclei, how these building blocks are held together and how nuclei might decay. It then also becomes natural to discuss the boundaries of nuclear stability and the abundancy of different nuclei.
The subjects of the three following chapters relate to the macroscopic properties of nuclei. The size and average matter distribution of nuclei are discussed in chapter 2. The semi-empirical mass formula is introduced in chapter 3 and the liquid-drop model of nuclear deformation and fission is treated in chapter 4.
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- Shapes and Shells in Nuclear Structure , pp. xi - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1995