Nuclear Superfluidity: Pairing in Finite Systems (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology, Series Number 24) - Hardcover

Brink, David M.; Broglia, Ricardo A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521395402 ISBN 13: 9780521395403

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Nuclear Superfluidity is an advanced text devoted exclusively to pair correlations in nuclei. It begins by exploring pair correlations in a variety of systems including superconductivity in metals at low temperatures and superfluidity in liquid 3He and in neutron stars. The book goes on to introduce basic theoretical methods, symmetry breaking and symmetry restoration in finite many-body systems. The last four chapters are devoted to introducing results on the role of induced interactions in the structure of both normal and exotic nuclei. The most important of these is the renormalization of the pairing interaction due to the coupling of pairs of nucleons to low energy nuclear collective excitations. This book will be essential reading for researchers and students in both experimental and theoretical nuclear physics, and related research fields such as metal clusters, fullerenes and quantum dots.

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Book Description

Nuclear Superfluidity is a text devoted exclusively to pair correlations in nuclei. It explores a variety of systems and introduces basic theoretical methods, symmetry breaking and symmetry restoration in finite many-body systems. It will be essential reading for researchers and students in both experimental and theoretical nuclear physics.

About the Author

Ricardo A. Broglia earned his Ph.D. at the University of Cuyo, Argentina, in 1965. Following positions at the University of Buenos Aires, the Niels Bohr Institute and the University of Minnesota, he joined the staff of the Niels Bohr Institute in 1970, where he is now adjunct Professor. He has held visiting positions at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In 1985 he was called to occupy the chair of Nuclear Structure at the University of Milan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521395402
• ISBN 13: 9780521395403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392