Nuclear Density Functional Theory: 14 (Oxford Studies in Nuclear Physics) - Hardcover

Petkov, I. Zh.; Stoitsov, M. V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198517319 ISBN 13: 9780198517313

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1991

Synopsis

This book summarizes the enormous amount of material accumulated in the field of nuclear density functional theory over the last few decades. The goal of the theory is to provide a complete quantum-mechanical description and explanation of nuclear phenomena in terms of the local density distribution as a basic ingredient rather than the many-particle wavefunction. This leads to a considerable reduction in the mathematical complexity of nuclear many-body problems and to a great conceptual simplicity and visual clarity in its theoretical treatment.

The authors develop the mathematical framework on which the theory is based and consider the associated approaches used to analyse experimental data in a variety of nuclei and nuclear processes with widely differing properties.

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Review

'they have produced an excellent postgraduate textbook of the subject of nuclear density functional theory writ large ... The writing style is clear and authoritative, and the book will certainly repay careful study. I recommend this book both for its broad scope and for the ease with which it introduces a wide area of modern research to a reader with only a rudimentary knowledge of conventional nuclear many-body theory.' Professor R.F. Bishop (UMIST), Contemporary Physics, Volume 33, Number 1, January/February 1992

Synopsis

The aim of this work is to summarize the material accumulated in the field of nuclear density functional theory over the last few decades. The goal of the theory is to provide a quantum-mechanical description and explanation of nuclear phenomena in terms of the local density distribution as a basic ingredient rather than the many-particle wavefunction. This leads to a reduction in the mathematical complexity of nuclear many-body problems and to a great conceptual simplicity and visual clarity in its theoretical treatment. The authors develop the mathematical framework on which the theory is based and consider the associated approaches used to analyze experimental data in a variety of nuclei and nuclear processes with differing properties.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198517319
• ISBN 13: 9780198517313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 372