Symmetries In Atomic Nuclei

Author : Alejandro Frank,Jan Jolie,Pieter Van Isacker
Publisher : Springer Nature
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Symmetries in Atomic Nuclei by Alejandro Frank,Jan Jolie,Pieter Van Isacker Pdf

The revised edition of this established work presents an extended overview of recent applications of symmetry to the description of atomic nuclei, including a pedagogical introduction to symmetry concepts using simple examples. Following a historical overview of the applications of symmetry in nuclear physics, attention turns to more recent progress in the field. Special emphasis is placed on the introduction of neutron-proton and boson-fermion degrees of freedom. Their combination leads to a supersymmetric description of pairs and quartets of nuclei. Expanded and updated throughout, the book now features separate chapters on the nuclear shell model and the interacting boson model, the former including discussion of recent results on seniority in a single-j shell. Both theoretical aspects and experimental signatures of dynamical (super)symmetries are carefully discussed. This book focuses on nuclear structure physics, but its broad scope makes it suitable for final-year or post-graduate students and researchers interested in understanding the power and beauty of symmetry methods in physics. Review of the 1st Edition: "The subject of this book, symmetries in physical systems, with particular focus on atomic nuclei, is of the utmost importance in modern physical science. In contrast to most treatments, frequently characterized by fearsome formalism, this book leads the reader step-by-step, in an easily understandable way, through this fascinating field...this book is remarkably accessible to both theorists and experimentalists. Indeed, I view it as essential reading for experimental nuclear structure physicists. This is one of the finest volumes on this subject I have ever encountered." Prof. R.F. Casten, Yale University

Author : Wick C Haxton,Ernest M Henley
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 448 pages
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Release : 1995-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814501279

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Symmetries and Fundamental Interactions in Nuclei by Wick C Haxton,Ernest M Henley Pdf

This book shows the usefulness of the nucleus as a laboratory for learning about basic symmetries and fundamental interactions. It is aimed at advanced graduate students and beginning researchers, but should be useful to advanced researchers as well. Nuclear and particle physicists will find it particularly useful. Contents:RHIC Physics as a Probe to Study Symmetry Properties Using Nuclei (T D Lee)Symmetries:Parity Violations and the Nucleon–Nucleon System (W Haeberli & B R Holstein)Time Reversal Tests in Nuclei (F Boehm)Time Reversal Violation in Nuclear Processes (P Herczeg)Charge Independence and Charge Symmetry (G A Miller & W H T van Oers)Chiral Symmetry and Changes of Properties in Nuclei (G E Brown)Basic Theory (Particle Properties and the Standard Model):Currents and Their Couplings in the Weak Sector of the Standard Mode (I S Towner & J C Hardy)Neutrino Mass (S P Rosen)Solar Neutrinos (L Wolfenstein & K Lande)Spin- and Flavor-Structure of Nucleons and Nuclei (R McKeown & M J Musolf)Muons and Nuclei (V W Hughes & J D Walecka) Readership: Beginning and advanced researchers in nuclear and particle physics. keywords:Symmetry;Isospin;Lepton Number;CP Violation;Atoms;Nnuclei;Double-Beta-Decay;Parity;Time Reversal;Charge Symmetry;Chiral Symmetry;Neutrinos;Standard Model

Author : K. Abrahams,K. Allaart,A. E. L. Dieperink
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 303 pages
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Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461593409

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Symmetries in Nuclear Structure by K. Abrahams,K. Allaart,A. E. L. Dieperink Pdf

The 1982 summer school on nuclear physics, organized by the Nuclear Physics Division of the Netherlands' Physical Society, was the fifth in a series that started in 1963. The number of students attending has always been about one hundred, coming from about thirty countries. The theme of this year's school was symmetry in nuclear physics. This book covers the material presented by the enthusi astic speakers, who were invited to lecture on this subject. We think they have succeeded in presenting us with clear and thorough introductory talks at graduate or higher level. The time schedule of the school and the location allowed the participants to make many informal contacts during many social activities, ranging from billiards to surf board sailing. We hope and expect that the combination of a relaxed atmosphere during part of the time and hard work during most of the time, has furthered the interest in, and understanding of, nuclear physics. The organization of the summer school was made possible by substantial support from the Scientific Affairs Division of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Netherlands' Ministry of Education and Science, the Foundation Physica and the Nether lands' Physical Society.

Author : Launey Kristina D
Publisher : #N/A
Page : 392 pages
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Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813146068

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Emergent Phenomena In Atomic Nuclei From Large-scale Modeling: A Symmetry-guided Perspective by Launey Kristina D Pdf

This book is a unique collection of reviews that share a common topic, emergent phenomena in atomic nuclei, while revealing the multifaceted nature of the subject, from quarks to heavy nuclei. It tells an amazing story of a decades-long journey of trials and successes, up to present days, with the aim to understand the vast array of experimental data and the fundamentals of strongly interacting fermions. The emphasis is on discovering emergent orderly patterns amidst the overarching complexity of many-particle quantum-mechanical systems. Recent findings are discussed within an interesting framework: a combination of nuclear theory and experiment, of group theory and computational science, and of pivotal models of astonishing simplicity and state-of-the-art models empowered by supercomputers. A special theme resonates throughout the book: the important role of symmetries, exact and approximate, in exposing emergent features and guiding large-scale nuclear modeling. World-renowned experts offer their unique perspective on symmetries in the world of quarks and gluons, and that of protons and neurons — from chiral symmetry, through spin-isospin and quasi-spin symmetries, to symplectic symmetry, — as well as on the emergent nature of nuclear collectivity, clustering, and pairing, viewed from spectroscopy, microscopic considerations, and first principles. The book provides an excellent foundation that allows researchers and graduate students in physics and applied mathematics to review the current status of the subject, and to further explore the research literature through exhaustive sets of references that also point to studies underpinned by similar techniques in condensed matter and atomic physics along with quantum information.

Author : Alejandro Frank,Jan Jolie,Pieter van Isacker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
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Release : 2008-12-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387874951

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Symmetries in Atomic Nuclei by Alejandro Frank,Jan Jolie,Pieter van Isacker Pdf

Symmetries in Atomic Nuclei aims to present an overview of recent applications of symmetry to the description of atomic nuclei. Special care is given to a pedagogical introduction of symmetry concepts using simple examples. After a historical overview of the applications of symmetry in nuclear physics, progress in the field during the last decade is reviewed. Special emphasis is put on the introduction of neutron-proton and boson-fermion degrees of freedom. Their combination leads to a supersymmetric description of pairs and quartets of nuclei. Both theoretical aspects and experimental signatures of dynamical (super)symmetries are carefully discussed. Case studies show how these symmetries are displayed by real atomic nuclei which have been studied experimentally using state-of-the art spectroscopy. This book focuses on nuclear structure physics and has been written by active investigators in the field, but its scope is wider and is intended for final-year or post-graduate students and researchers interested in understanding the power and beauty of symmetry methods in physics.

Author : V. K. B. Kota
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811536038

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SU(3) Symmetry in Atomic Nuclei by V. K. B. Kota Pdf

This book provides an understandable review of SU(3) representations, SU(3) Wigner–Racah algebra and the SU(3) ⊃ SO(3) integrity basis operators, which are often considered to be difficult and are avoided by most nuclear physicists. Explaining group algebras that apply to specific physical systems and discussing their physical applications, the book is a useful resource for researchers in nuclear physics. At the same time it helps experimentalists to interpret data on rotational nuclei by using SU(3) symmetry that appears in a variety of nuclear models, such as the shell model, pseudo-SU(3) model, proxy-SU(3) model, symplectic Sp(6, R) model, various interacting boson models, various interacting boson–fermion models, and cluster models. In addition to presenting the results from all these models, the book also describes a variety of statistical results that follow from the SU(3) symmetry.

Author : Andrea Vitturi
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9812702768

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Symmetries in Nuclear Structure by Andrea Vitturi Pdf

The Highly Specialized Seminar on "Symmetries in Nuclear Structure", held in Erice, Italy, in March 2003, celebrated the career and the remarkable achievements of Francesco Iachello, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Since the development of the interacting boson model in the early 1970s, the ideas of Iachello have provided a variety of frameworks for understanding collective behaviour in nuclear structure, founded on the concepts of dynamical symmetries and spectrum-generating algebras. The original ideas, which were developed for the description of atomic nuclei, have now been successfully extended to cover spectroscopic behaviour in other fields, such as molecular or hadronic spectra. More recently, the suggestion by Iachello of critical point symmetries to treat nuclei in shape/phase transitional regions has opened an exciting new front for both theoreticians and experimentalists.The talks presented at the meeting covered many of the most active forefront areas of nuclear structure as well as other fields where ideas of symmetries are being explored. Topics in nuclear structure included extensive discussions on dynamical symmetries, critical point symmetries, phase transitions, statistical properties of nuclei, supersymmetry, mixed symmetry states, shears bands, pairing and clustering in nuclei, shape coexistence, exotic nuclei, dipole modes, and astrophysics, among others. In addition, important sessions focused on talks by European laboratory directors (or their representatives) outlining prospects for nuclear structure, and the application of symmetry ideas to molecular phenomena. Finally, a special lecture by Nobel laureate Alex Mueller, on s and d wave symmetry in superconductors, presented a unique insight into an allied field.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:* Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings� (ISTP� / ISI Proceedings)* Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)* CC Proceedings -- Engineering & Physical Sciences

Author : J. Parikh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468423761

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Group Symmetries in Nuclear Structure by J. Parikh Pdf

This book is the result of a graduate-level "special topics" course I gave at the University of Rochester in 1970. The purpose of the course was to discuss as far as possible all known symmetries in nuclei, with special emphasis on dynamical symmetries. Since there was no comprehensive account of this subject in the literature, I was encouraged to write a review based on my lecture notes. The end result is the present volume. Like the course, the book is intended mainly for graduate students and research workers in nuclear physics. The only prior knowledge required to follow the book is graduate-level quantum mechanics and nuclear physics and hence I believe that it can be useful to both experimental and theoretical nuclear physicists. In addition, the book should prepare a student to read the latest literature on the subject and also train him to do group theoretic work in nuclear physics. The organization of the material in the book is described in Chapter 1.

Author : Andrea Vitturi,Richard F Casten
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814482899

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Symmetries in Nuclear Structure by Andrea Vitturi,Richard F Casten Pdf

The Highly Specialized Seminar on “Symmetries in Nuclear Structure”, held in Erice, Italy, in March 2003, celebrated the career and the remarkable achievements of Francesco Iachello, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Since the development of the interacting boson model in the early 1970s, the ideas of Iachello have provided a variety of frameworks for understanding collective behaviour in nuclear structure, founded on the concepts of dynamical symmetries and spectrum-generating algebras. The original ideas, which were developed for the description of atomic nuclei, have now been successfully extended to cover spectroscopic behaviour in other fields, such as molecular or hadronic spectra. More recently, the suggestion by Iachello of critical point symmetries to treat nuclei in shape/phase transitional regions has opened an exciting new front for both theoreticians and experimentalists. The talks presented at the meeting covered many of the most active forefront areas of nuclear structure as well as other fields where ideas of symmetries are being explored. Topics in nuclear structure included extensive discussions on dynamical symmetries, critical point symmetries, phase transitions, statistical properties of nuclei, supersymmetry, mixed symmetry states, shears bands, pairing and clustering in nuclei, shape coexistence, exotic nuclei, dipole modes, and astrophysics, among others. In addition, important sessions focused on talks by European laboratory directors (or their representatives) outlining prospects for nuclear structure, and the application of symmetry ideas to molecular phenomena. Finally, a special lecture by Nobel laureate Alex Mueller, on s and d wave symmetry in superconductors, presented a unique insight into an allied field. The proceedings have been selected for coverage in: • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings® (ISTP® / ISI Proceedings) • Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings) • CC Proceedings — Engineering & Physical Sciences Contents:Shape Coexistence and Its Symmetries (K Heyde & R Fossion)Some New Perspectives on Pairing in Nuclei (S Pittel & J Dukelsky)Challenges from Symmetry on the Drip Lines (D D Warner)Supersymmetry and Identical Bands (P von Brentano)Critical Point Nuclei in the Interacting Boson Model (N V Zamfir et al.)The Rich Structures of a Very Simple Hamiltonian (J Jolie)Phase Transitions in the Octupole Degree of Freedom (P G Bizzeti)Magnetic Moments from the Mediterranean to Mt Fuji (N Benczer-Koller et al.)Electric Dipole Excitations Close to the Particle Threshold (A Zilges)Spin–Isospin Excitations, Pairing and Shape Coexistence (E M de Guerra et al.)Shape-Phase and Order-to-Chaos Transitions in Nuclei (G Maino)Algebraic Description of n-Alkane Molecules (S Oss)Poem (R F Casten)and other papers Readership: Researchers and graduate students in nuclear and theoretical physics. Keywords:Dynamical Symmetries;Nuclear Structure;Critical Point Symmetries;Spectrum-Generating Algebras;Interactive Boson Models

Author : K. Abrahams,K. Allaart,A. E. L. Dieperink
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
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Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1461593417

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Symmetries in Nuclear Structure by K. Abrahams,K. Allaart,A. E. L. Dieperink Pdf

Author : Kris Heyde
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 203 pages
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Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662036334

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From Nucleons to the Atomic Nucleus by Kris Heyde Pdf

The present text grew out of a number of lecture courses for advanced under graduate and new graduate students in nuclear physics. They were given at summer schools in Leuven, Melbourne, and at study weeks for Dutch grad uate students which aimed to emphasize fundamental and topical aspects of nuclear physics. On occasion, part of the present text was presented to stu dents from a much wider field than just nuclear physics and also within a number of general physics colloquia, where, in addition to nuclear physicists, physicists from many other fields were present. In this respect, the intention is to present, in an amply illustrated form, the key quest ions that arise in nuclear physics. At the same time we try to show why a better understanding of the atomic nucleus is not only important in itself, but also yields essential insights into the many connections to other fields of physics. We thus concen trate on the unifying themes rather than addressing in great detail particular subfields of nuclear physics. The present project does not aim to be another comprehensive textbook on nuclear physics: Many of the detailed technical arguments that enter into the picture are not developed here as they would be in a more standard textbook. Instead they are presented using analogies, quite often with simple pictures and arguments that try to convey the general line of thinking and working in nuclear physics.

Author : Ulrich Mosel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 301 pages
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Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662038413

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Fields, Symmetries, and Quarks by Ulrich Mosel Pdf

This revised and extended edition of the book Fields, Symmetries, and Quarks, originally published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Hamburg, 1989, contains a new chapter on electroweak interactions which has also grown out of lectures that I have given in the meantime. In addition, a number of changes, mainly in the metric used, in the discussion of the theory of strong interactions, QCD, and in the chapter on hadron physics, have been made and errors have been corrected. The motivation for this book, however, is still the same as it was 10 years ago: This is a book on quantum field theory and our present understanding of leptons and hadrons for advanced students and the non-specialists and, in particular, the experimentalists working on problems of nuclear and hadron physics. I am grateful to Dr. S. Leupold for a very careful reading of the revised manuscript, many corrections, and helpful suggestions and to C. Traxler for producing the figures and for constructive discussions.

Author : Vladimir Zelevinsky,Alexander Volya
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1262 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527693634

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Physics of Atomic Nuclei by Vladimir Zelevinsky,Alexander Volya Pdf

This advanced textbook presents an extensive and diverse study of low-energy nuclear physics considering the nucleus as a quantum system of strongly interacting constituents. The contents guide students from the basic facts and ideas to more modern topics including important developments over the last 20 years, resulting in a comprehensive collection of major modern-day nuclear models otherwise unavailable in the current literature. The book emphasizes the common features of the nucleus and other many-body mesoscopic systems currently in the center of interest in physics. The authors have also included full problem sets that can be selected by lecturers and adjusted to specific interests for more advanced students, with many chapters containing links to freely available computer code. As a result, readers are equipped for scientific work in mesoscopic physics.

Author : Isao Tanihata,Hiroshi Toki,Toshitaka Kajino
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 4180 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811963452

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Handbook of Nuclear Physics by Isao Tanihata,Hiroshi Toki,Toshitaka Kajino Pdf

This handbook is a comprehensive, systematic source of modern nuclear physics. It aims to summarize experimental and theoretical discoveries and an understanding of unstable nuclei and their exotic structures, which were opened up by the development of radioactive ion (RI) beam in the late 1980s. The handbook comprises three major parts. In the first part, the experiments and measured facts are well organized and reviewed. The second part summarizes recognized theories to explain the experimental facts introduced in the first part. Reflecting recent synergistic progress involving both experiment and theory, the chapters both parts are mutually related. The last part focuses on cosmo-nuclear physics—one of the mainstream subjects in modern nuclear physics. Those comprehensive topics are presented concisely. Supported by introductory reviews, all chapters are designed to present their topics in a manner accessible to readers at the graduate level. The book therefore serves as a valuable source for beginners as well, helping them to learn modern nuclear physics.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee on Nuclear Physics
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309173667

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Nuclear Physics by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Committee on Nuclear Physics Pdf

Dramatic progress has been made in all branches of physics since the National Research Council's 1986 decadal survey of the field. The Physics in a New Era series explores these advances and looks ahead to future goals. The series includes assessments of the major subfields and reports on several smaller subfields, and preparation has begun on an overview volume on the unity of physics, its relationships to other fields, and its contributions to national needs. Nuclear Physics is the latest volume of the series. The book describes current activity in understanding nuclear structure and symmetries, the behavior of matter at extreme densities, the role of nuclear physics in astrophysics and cosmology, and the instrumentation and facilities used by the field. It makes recommendations on the resources needed for experimental and theoretical advances in the coming decade.