Exotic Nuclei And Nuclear/particle Astrophysics - Proceedings Of The Carpathian Summer School Of Physics 2005

by Sabin Stoica, Livius Trache, Robert E Tribble

Overview

This volume documents an important event in the World Year of Physics 2005 and a continuation of the traditional international summer schools that have taken place in Romania regularly since 1964. On one hand, the study of exotic nuclei seeks answers about the structure and interaction of unique finite quantum mechanical many-body systems. On the other, it provides data that have an impact on the understanding of the origin of the elements in the Universe.The contributions, written by outstanding professors from prestigious research centers over the world, provide the reader with both comprehensive reviews and the most recent results in the field. Large experimental facilities are discussed together with future research projects. The book offers insights into how experiments in terrestrial nuclear physics laboratories may be combined with observations in outer space to enlarge our basic knowledge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789812700070
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/16/2006
Pages:	508
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword     v
Committee     xv
Pictures     xvi
Opening addresses     xix
Invited Lectures     1
Exotic Nuclei     3
Research on neutron clusters   F.M. Marques     5
Neutron transfer studied with a radioactive beam of [superscript 24]Ne, using TIARA at SPIRAL   W. Catford et al. for the TIARA collaboration     12
Rare Isotopes INvestigations at GSI (RISING) using relativistic ion beams   J. Jolie et al.     20
Mass formula from normal to hypernuclei   C. Samanta     9
Exotic Nuclear Structures     37
Exotic Phenomena in Medium Mass Nuclei   A. Petrovici     39
NUSTAR at FAIR. Nuclear structure research at GSI and the future   G. Muenzenberg     47
From Super-Radiance to Continuum Shell Model   V. Zelevinski     55
New methods for the exact solution of the nuclear eigenvalue problem beyond mean field approaches   F. Andreozzi   N. Lo Iudice   A. Porrino     67
Q-Phonon Approach for Low-Lying 1 Two-Phonon States in Spherical Nuclei   R.V. Jolos   N. Yu. Shirikova   V.V. Voronov     75
Analytic description of the phase transition from octupole deformation tooctupole vibrations   D. Bonatsos   D. Lennis   D. Petrellis   N. Minkov   P. Yotov     83
Three-body models in nuclear physics   P. Descouvemont     91
Properties of low-lying states: Shape parameters and proton-neutron symmetry   V. Werner     99
Shell model nuclear level densities   M. Horoi     107
Exotic Decays, Clusters and Superheavy Nuclei     115
Nuclear structure and double beta decay   J. Suhonen     117
Systematics of proton emission   D.S. Delion   R.J. Liotta   R. Wyss     125
Synthesis of Superheavy Elements at SHIP   S. Hofmann et al.     133
Synthesis of heaviest elements using a gas-filled recoil separator at RIKEN   K. Morita     144
Fission valleys and heavy ion decay modes   D.N. Poenaru   R.A. Gherghescu   W. Greiner     152
Dynamics of mass asymmetry in dinuclear systems   G.G. Adamian   W. Scheid et al.     160
Exotic Matter in Nuclei and Stars. Neutrinos     169
Clusters of matter and antimatter: A mechanism for cold compression   W. Greiner     171
BRAHMS Experiment Quest for Early Universe Phases of Hadronic Matter    Z. Majka     180
Strange matter in core-collapse supernova   J. Horvath     188
Neutrino astrophysics: Gamma ray bursts   G.C. McLaughlin     197
Neutrino emission from neutron stars   D.G. Yakovlev   M.E. Gusakov   A.D. Kaminer   A.Y. Potekhin     205
New achievements in neutrino properties   S. Stoica     213
High Energy Cosmic Rays     223
The origin of cosmic rays   P. Biermann     225
The mystery of the highest energies in the Universe   H. Rebel     233
The cosmic ray experiment KASCADE-GRANDE   I.M. Brancus et al.     244
Prospects for the detection of high-energy cosmic rays using radio techniques   Ad van den Berg     253
Nucleosynthesis and Nuclear Physics for Astrophysics     263
Explosive nucleosynthesis: Supernovae, classical novae, and X-ray bursts   J. Jose     265
Experimental approach to nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest involving radioactive nuclei   C. Angulo     273
Background studies at the LUNA underground accelerator facility   Zs. Fulop for the LUNA collaboration     281
Thoughts about two of the important reactions in nuclear astrophysics   L. Buchmann     289
Recent experimental studies of nuclear astrophysics using intermediate-energy exotic beams   T. Motobayashi     297
An indirect method using ANCs in nuclear astrophysics   R.E. Tribble et al.     307
Recent applications of the Trojan-horse method in nuclear astrophysics   C. Spitaleri     316
Nuclear astrophysics experiments at CIAE   Weiping Liu et al.     324
Global reaction models relevant to the p process   S.V. Harissopoulos     331
Large Facilities     339
TRIUMF - Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics   L. Buchmann     341
Status of the AGATA project   E. Farnea on the behalf of the AGATA collaboration     349
Research at ISOLDE and the path to Eurisol   P.A. Butler     357
Communications     365
Various types of measurements for atmospheric muons performed with the WILLI detector   A. Bercuci   B. Mitrica   M. Petcu   I.M. Brancus   G. Toma   M. Duma     367
Few-valence-particle (hole) excitations around doubly magic nucleus [superscript 132]Sn   E. Dragulescu   D. Trancota     372
Possible E(5/4) symmetry in [superscript 135]Ba   M. Fetea   R.B. Cakirli   R.F. Casten   D.D. Warner     377
Cold fusion channels of [superscript 290]114   R.A. Gherghescu     382
Precise half-life measurement of [superscript 34]Ar, a superallowed [Beta superscript +] emitter   V.E. Iacob   J.C. Hardy   C.A. Gagliardi   V.E. Mayes   N. Nica   G. Tabacaru   L. Trache   R.E. Tribble     387
Quantum deformation of open systems   A. Isar   W. Scheid     393
Single-particle effects in threshold fission cross section   M. Mirea     399
Experimental and theoretical status of Borromean halo nuclei structure investigation   M. Petrascu     405
Z(4): [Gamma]-rigid solution of the Bohr Hamiltonian for [Gamma]=30[Degree] compared to the E(5) critical point symmetry   D. Bonatsos   D. Lenis   D. Petrellis   P.A. Terziev   I. Yigitoglu     411
Isospin distillation from a microcanonical perspective   Ad.R. Raduta     416
Alpha half-life estimates for the superheavy elements with Z=110-116   I. Silisteanu     423
Conclusions     429
Public lecture: Dark energy - dark matter - and black holes: The music of the Universe   P.L. Biermann     431
Concluding remarks. About the experimental appeal of CSSP05   H. Rebel     439
Towards technology in society and business through science and education   P.L. Biermann     463
List of participants     467
Program     479