Developing Nucleon Self-Energies to Generate the Ingredients for the Description of Nuclear Reactions

Mack C. Atkinson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 143 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-53113-3 (ISBN)

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This thesis develops the dispersive optical model into a tool that allows for the assessment of the validity of nuclear reaction models, thereby generating unambiguous removal probabilities of nucleons from valence orbits using the electron-induced proton knockout reaction. These removal probabilities document the substantial quantitative degree in which nuclei deviate from the independent-particle model description. Another outcome reported within is the prediction for the neutron distribution of Ca-40, Ca-48, and Pb-208. The neutron radii of these nuclei have direct relevance for the understanding of neutron stars and are currently the subject of delicate experiments. Unlike other approaches, the current method is consistent with all other relevant data and describes nuclei beyond the independent-particle model. Finally, a new interpretation of the saturation probabilities of infinite nuclear matter is proposed suggesting that the semi-empirical mass formula must be supplemented witha better extrapolation from nuclei to infinite matter.

Mack Atkinson is a postdoctoral researcher at TRIUMF, Canada. He received his PhD from Washington University in St. Louis in 2019.

Chapter1: Introductory Remarks.- Chapter2: Theoretical Background.- Chapter3: A DOM Analysis of 40Ca(e; e0p)39K.- Chapter4: Neutron Skin Thickness of Asymmetric Nuclei.- Chapter5: DOM Binding Energies and Nuclear Matter.- Chapter6: Momentum Distributions.- Chapter7: Conclusions and Outlook.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.09.2020
Reihe/Serie	Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo	XI, 143 p. 54 illus., 49 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	406 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Schlagworte	dispersive optical model • DOM binding energy • momentum distribution • neutron skin thickness • Nucleon-nucleus scattering • nucleon self-energy • removal probability
ISBN-10	3-030-53113-9 / 3030531139
ISBN-13	978-3-030-53113-3 / 9783030531133
Zustand	Neuware