The Interacting Boson-Fermion Model (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) - Hardcover

Iachello, F.; Isacker, P. Van

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521380928 ISBN 13: 9780521380928

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

The interacting boson-fermion model has become in recent years the standard model for the description of atomic nuclei with an odd number of protons and/or neutrons. This book describes the mathematical framework on which the interacting boson-fermion model is built and presents applications to a variety of situations encountered in nuclei. The book addresses both the analytical and the numerical aspects of the problem. The analytical aspect requires the introduction of rather complex group theoretic methods, including the use of graded (or super) Lie algebras. The first (and so far only) example of supersymmetry occurring in nature is also discussed. The book is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject and will appeal to both theoretical and experimental physicists. The large number of explicit formulas for level energies, electromagnetic transition rates and intensities of transfer reactions presented in the book provide a simple but detailed way to analyse experimental data. This book can also be used as a textbook for advanced graduate students.

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Review

'Being a comprehensive treatment on the subject, the book is bound to appeal to theoreticians and experimentalists alike to a large extent without any doubt, whatsoever.' Zentralblatt MATH

Book Description

This book gives an account of the properties of the interacting boson model. In particular, this book presents the mathematical techniques used to analyze the structure of the model.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521380928
• ISBN 13: 9780521380928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328