Computational and Group-Theoretical Methods in Nuclear Physics: Proceedings of the Symposium in Honor of Jerry P. Draayer's 60th Birthday

by Escher, Jutta; Castanos, Octavio; Hirsch, Jorge G.; Pittel, Stuart; Stoitcheva, Gergana; SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATIONAL AND GROUP-THE; DRAAYER, J. P.

• ISBN13: 9789812385963
• ISBN10: 9812385967
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

The symposium "Computational and Group-Theoretical Methods in Nuclear Physics" was organized to celebrate the 60th birthday of Jerry P Draayer, who is Professor of Physics, Lousiana State University, and President of the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA). The focus of the meeting was on computational and algebraic approaches to the nuclear many-body problem. The presentations highlighted recent experimental and theoretical developments in nuclear structure physics.

Table of Contents

Conference Photograph	v
Conference Organization	xi
Preface	xv
K.T. Hecht
Introduction	xix
J. Escher, J.H. Hirsch, S. Pittel, O. Castanos, and G. Stoicheva
I Opening Session	1	(16)
The Work of Jerry P. Draayer	3	(14)
M. Moshinsky
II SU(3) and Symplectic Models and Their Applications	17	(32)
Computational and Group Theoretical Methods in Nuclear Physics	19	(12)
J.P. Draayer
Pseudo + Quasi SU(3): Towards a Shell-Model Description of Heavy Deformed Nuclei	31	(9)
J.G. Hirsch, C.E. Vargas, G. Popa, and J.P. Draayer
Partial Dynamical Symmetry in Nuclear Systems	40	(9)
J. Escher
III Random Hamiltonians	49	(20)
Systematic Correlations and Chaos in Mass Formulae	51	(9)
V. Velázquez, A. Frank, and J.G. Hirsch
Shape Phase Transitions and Random Interactions	60	(9)
R. Bijker
IV Pseudo-Spin in Nuclear Physics	69	(20)
Pseudospin as a Relativistic Symmetry in Nuclei	71	(9)
J.N. Ginocchio
Pseudo-Spin Symmetry in Nuclei	80	(9)
P. Van Isacker
V Collective Phenomena	89	(46)
Shape Evolution in Nuclei	91	(8)
R.F. Casten
New Exactly Solvable Models of Interacting Bosons and Fermions	99	(9)
J. Dukelsky, C. Esebbag, and S. Pittel
Exact Solutions of the Isovector Pairing Interaction	108	(9)
F. Pan and J.P. Draayer
Relativistic RPA and Applications to New Collective Modes in Nuclei	117	(9)
P. Ring, N. Paar, T. Nikvšic, and D. Vretenar
Superallowed Beta Decay of 74Rb and Shape Coexistence in 74Kr: A Test of the Standard Model	126	(9)
E.F. Zganjar and A. Piechaczek
VI Computational Physics and Large-Scale Nuclear Models	135	(28)
Collectivity, Chaos, and Computers	137	(9)
C.W. Johnson
Large-Scale Computations Leading to a First-Principles Approach to Nuclear structure	146	(8)
W.E. Ormand and P. Navrátil
Computational Challenges of Quantum Many-Body Problems in Nuclear Structure: Coupled-Cluster Theory	154	(9)
D.J. Dean
VII Mathematical Physics	163	(30)
Embedded Representations and Quasi-Dynamical Symmetry	165	(9)
D.J. Rowe
Shape-Invariance and Exactly Solvable Problems in Quantum Mechanics	174	(9)
A.B. Balantekin
Nonlinear Resonant States and Scattering in a One-Dimensional B EC-model	183	(10)
A. Ludu
VIII Special Topics	193	(20)
Vacuum, Matter, Antimatter and the Problem of Cold Compression	195	(9)
W. Greiner and T. Buervenich
A Toy Model for QCD at Low and High Temperatures	204	(9)
S. Lerma H., S. Jesgarz, P.O. Hess, O. Civitarese, and M. Reboiro
IX Poster Session	213	(38)
Analysis of the 196Pt(d,t)195Pt Transfer Reaction in the Framework of the IBA and IBFA Models	215	(3)
J. Barea, C.E. Alonso, and J.M. Arias
Nuclear Wave Functions for Spin and Pseudospin Partners	218	(3)
P.J. Borycki, J. Ginocchio, W. Nazarewicz, and M. Stoitsov
Finite Well Solution for the E(5) Hamiltonian	221	(3)
M.A. Caprio
Neutrinoless Double Electron Capture with Photon Emission	224	(3)
V.E. Cerón and J.G. Hirsch
Symplectic Mean Field Theory	227	(3)
J.L. Graber and G. Rosensteel
Structure of 159Gd	230	(3)
C. Granja and D. Nosek
Oblique-Basis Calculations for 44Ti	233	(3)
V.G. Gueorguiev, J.P. Draayer, W.E. Ormand, and C.W. Johnson
Application of Ground-State Factorization to Nuclear Structure Problems	236	(3)
T. Papenbrock and D.J. Dean
Microscopic Interpretation of the Kπ=0+2 and Kp = 2+γ Bands of Deformed Nuclei within the Framework of the Pseudo-SU(3) Shell Model	239	(3)
G. Popa, A. Georgieva, and J.P. Draayer
Sp(4) Dynamical Symmetry for Pairing Correlations and Higher-Order Interactions in Atomic Nuclei	242	(3)
K.D. Sviratcheva, C. Bahri, A.I. Georgieva, and J.P. Draayer
Excited Bands in Odd-Mass Rare-Earth Nuclei	245	(3)
C.E. Vargas, J.G. Hirsch, and J.P. Draayer
The Geometry of the Pb Isotopes in a Configuration Mixing IBM	248	(3)
C.E. Vargas, A. Frank, and P. Van Isacker
Photos from the Banquet	251	(6)
List of Participants	257