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The two comprehensive reviews in this volume address two fundamental problems that have been of long-standing interest and are the focus of current effort in contemporary nuclear physics: exploring experimentally the density distributions of constituents within the nucleus and understand­ ing nuclear structure and interactions in terms of hadronic degrees of freedom. One of the major goals of experimental probes of atomic nuclei has been to discover the spatial distribution of the constituents within the nucleus. As the energy and specificity of probes have increased over the years, the degree of spatial resolution and ability to select specific charge, current, spin, and isospin densities have correspondingly increased. In the first chapter, Batty, Friedman, Gils, and Rebel provide a thorough review of what has been learned about nuclear density distributions using electrons, muons, nucleons, antinucleons, pions, alpha particles, and kaons as probes. This current understanding, and the limitations thereof, are crucial in framing the questions that motivate the next generation of experimental facilities to study atomic nuclei with electromagnetic and hadronic probes. The second chapter, by Machleidt, reviews our current understanding of nuclear forces and structure in terms of hadronic degrees of freedom, that is, in terms of mesons and nucleons. Such an understanding in terms of hadronic variables is crucial for two reasons. First, since effective hadronic theories are quite successful in describing a broad range of phenomena in low-energy nuclear physics, and there are clear experimental signatures of meson exchange currents in nuclei, we must understand their foundations.

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Author:   J.W. Negele ,  Erich W. Vogt
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Volume:   19
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.584kg
ISBN:  

9781461399094

ISBN 10:   1461399092
Pages:   396
Publication Date:   05 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

1 Experimental Methods for Studying Nuclear Density Distributions.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Nuclear Charge Distributions.- 3. Information on Specific Orbitals.- 4. Information on the Periphery of the Nucleus.- 5. Information on the Nuclear Surface.- 6. Toward the Nuclear Interior.- 7. Future Methods and Probes.- 8. Concluding Remarks.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 2 The Meson Theory of Nuclear Forces and Nuclear Structure.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Historical Overview.- 3. Pedagogical Introduction.- 4. The One-Boson Exchange Model.- 5. Advanced Meson Exchange Models.- 6. Charge Dependence.- 7. Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering above the Inelastic Threshold.- 8. Some Related Hadronic Interactions.- 9. Nuclear Matter I—Conventional.- 10. Nuclear Matter II—Beyond Convention.- 11. Finite Nuclei.- 12. Summary, Conclusions, and Outlook.- Acknowledgments.- Appendix A: One-Boson Exchange Potentials.- Appendix B: Models Including Isobar Degrees of Freedom.- Appendix C: Deuteron Wave Functions.- References.

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from a review of a previous volume These volumes have set a new standard for review articles which are very close to the level of text books and fulfill at the same time the task of covering new subjects in the sense of a review. They have thus been regarded among the most appreciated books in libraries for the nuclear physics community all over the world.' Institute of Physics Journal

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