Relativistic mean-field description of nuclei at the drip-lines
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (Croatia)
- Physik-Department der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
We present a review of recent applications of the relativistic mean-field theory to the structure of nuclei close to the drip-lines. For systems with extreme isospin values, the relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov model provides a unified and self-consistent description of mean-field and pairing correlations. The model has been applied in studies of structure phenomena that include: formation of neutron skin and of neutron halos in light nuclei in the mass region above the s-d neutron shell, the strong isospin dependence of the effective spin-orbit interaction and the resulting modification of surface properties, the suppression of the spherical N=28 shell gap for neutron-rich nuclei and the related phenomenon of deformation and shape coexistence, the proton drip-line in the spherical nuclei 14{<=}Z{<=}28, and ground-state proton radioactivity in the region of deformed nuclei 59{<=}Z{<=}69.
- OSTI ID:
- 21208264
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 481, Issue 1; Conference: Nuclear structure 98 conference, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 10-15 Aug 1998; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.59539; (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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