Giant Resonances: Fundamental High-Frequency Modes of Nuclear Excitation

by M. N. Harakeh, Adriaan Van der Woude

Overview

Giant resonances are collective excitations of the atomic nucleus, a typical quantum many-body system. The study of these fundamental modes has in many respects contributed to our understanding of the bulk behavior of the nucleus and of the dynamics of non-equilibrium excitations. Although the phenomenon of giant resonances has been known for more than 50 years, a large amount of information has been obtained in the last 10 years. This book gives an up-to-date, comprehensive account of our present knowledge of giant resonances. It presents the experimental facts and the techniques used to obtain that information, describes how these facts fit into theoretical concepts and how this allows to determine various nuclear properties which are otherwise difficult to obtain. Included as an introduction is an overview of the main facts, a short history of how the field has developed in the course of time, and a discussion of future perspectives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198517337
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date:	08/07/2001
Series:	Oxford Studies in Nuclear Physics Series , #24
Pages:	656
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

both at the Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Groningen

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Theoretical frameworks relevant for giant-resonance studies
3. Experimental methods used in giant-resonance studies
4. Properties of isoscalar electric giant resonances
5. The isovector electric giant resonances
6. Spin-flip transitions in charge-exchange reactions
7. Spin-flip strength from inelastic scattering
8. Decay of giant resonances
9. Multiphonons
10. The giant dipole resonance in hot nuclei
11. Some applications of giant resonances
References
Index