From light nuclei to nuclear matter the role of relativity?
Conference
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· Int. J. Mod. Phys. B
OSTI ID:925021
The success of non-relativistic quantum dynamics in accounting for the binding energies and spectra of light nuclei with masses up to A=10 raises the question whether the same dynamics applied to infinite nuclear matter agrees with the empirical saturation properties of large nuclei. The simple unambiguous relation between few-nucleon and many-nucleon Hamiltonians is directly related to the Galilean covariance of nonrelativistic dynamics. Relations between the irreducible unitary representations of the Galilei and Poincare groups indicate that the 'nonrelativistic' nuclear Hamiltonians may provide sufficiently accurate approximations to Poincare invariant mass operators. In relativistic nuclear dynamics based on suitable Lagrangeans the intrinsic nucleon parity is an explicit, dynamically relevant, degree of freedom and the emphasis is on properties of nuclear matter. The success of this approach suggests the question how it might account for the spectral properties of light nuclei.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- SC
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 925021
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/PHY/CP-106141
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Int. J. Mod. Phys. B Journal Issue: 28 Pt. 2 ; Nov. 10, 2003 Journal Volume: 12
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
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