Nucleon Momentum and Density Distributions in Nuclei (Oxford Studies in Nuclear Physics)

By Ivan Želâskov PetkovPeter Edward HodgsonAnton Nikolaev Antonov, et al.

Because it determines many of the features of nuclear reactions, such as knockout, inelastic scattering, and transfer processes at high energies, the momentum distribution of the nucleons in atomic nuclei is crucial to our understanding of nuclear structure. The distribution can be calculated from several models and the correctness of the result assessed experimentally. Due to the effects of short-range correlations and the many-body nature of the problem, these calculations are often difficult, requiring a variety of mathematical techniques. This book discusses these techniques and shows how the results may be related to measurements in the lab. This is a complete sourcebook for theoretical and experimental nuclear physicists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198517262
• ISBN13: 9780198517269
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"