Symmetries in atomic nuclei from isospin to supersymmetry /
"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 n...
Main Author: | Frank, A. |
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Other Authors: | Jolie, J., Van Isacker, P., SpringerLink (Online service) |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Springer,
2009.
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiii, 185 pages) : illustrations. |
Series: |
Springer tracts in modern physics ;
230. |
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Summary: |
"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 experimen. |
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Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index. Foreword; Contents; List of Boxes; Symmetry and Supersymmetry in Quantal Many-Body Systems; Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics; Dynamical Symmetries in Quantal Many-Body Systems; The Algebraic Approach; Symmetry in Nuclear Physics; The Nuclear Shell Model; The Interacting Boson Model; A Case Study: 112Cd; Supersymmetry in Nuclear Physics; The Interacting Boson -- Fermion Model; Bose -- Fermi Symmetries; Examples of Bose -- Fermi Symmetries; Nuclear Supersymmetry; A Case Study: Detailed Spectroscopy of 195Pt; Supersymmetry without Dynamical Symmetry; Symmetries with Neutrons and Protons. "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 experimen. |
Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiii, 185 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780387874951 038787495X |
ISSN: |
1615-0430 ; |