Shapes and shells in nuclear structure

Abstract

Preface 1. Introduction 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 +/- one 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.

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DOI

10.5860/choice.33-3379

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