Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics : Proceedings of the Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2005

by Stoica, S.; Trache, L.; Tribble, R. E.

• ISBN13: 9789812700070
• ISBN10: 9812700072
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-30
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This volume documents an important event in the World Year of Physics 2005 and a continuation of the traditional international summer schools that have taken place in Romania regularly since 1964. On one hand, the study of exotic nuclei seeks answers about the structure and interaction of unique finite quantum mechanical many-body systems. On the other, it provides data that have an impact on the understanding of the origin of the elements in the Universe. The contributions, written by outstanding professors from prestigious research centers over the world, provide the reader with both comprehensive reviews and the most recent results in the field. Large experimental facilities are discussed together with future research projects. The book offers insights into how experiments in terrestrial nuclear physics laboratories may be combined with observations in outer space to enlarge our basic knowledge.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Committee	p. xv
Pictures	p. xvi
Opening addresses	p. xix
Invited Lectures	p. 1
Exotic Nuclei	p. 3
Research on neutron clusters	p. 5
Neutron transfer studied with a radioactive beam of [superscript 24]Ne, using TIARA at SPIRAL	p. 12
Rare Isotopes INvestigations at GSI (RISING) using relativistic ion beams	p. 20
Mass formula from normal to hypernuclei	p. 9
Exotic Nuclear Structures	p. 37
Exotic Phenomena in Medium Mass Nuclei	p. 39
NUSTAR at FAIR. Nuclear structure research at GSI and the future	p. 47
From Super-Radiance to Continuum Shell Model	p. 55
New methods for the exact solution of the nuclear eigenvalue problem beyond mean field approaches	p. 67
Q-Phonon Approach for Low-Lying 1 Two-Phonon States in Spherical Nuclei	p. 75
Analytic description of the phase transition from octupole deformation to octupole vibrations	p. 83
Three-body models in nuclear physics	p. 91
Properties of low-lying states: Shape parameters and proton-neutron symmetry	p. 99
Shell model nuclear level densities	p. 107
Exotic Decays, Clusters and Superheavy Nuclei	p. 115
Nuclear structure and double beta decay	p. 117
Systematics of proton emission	p. 125
Synthesis of Superheavy Elements at SHIP	p. 133
Synthesis of heaviest elements using a gas-filled recoil separator at RIKEN	p. 144
Fission valleys and heavy ion decay modes	p. 152
Dynamics of mass asymmetry in dinuclear systems	p. 160
Exotic Matter in Nuclei and Stars. Neutrinos	p. 169
Clusters of matter and antimatter: A mechanism for cold compression	p. 171
BRAHMS Experiment Quest for Early Universe Phases of Hadronic Matter	p. 180
Strange matter in core-collapse supernova	p. 188
Neutrino astrophysics: Gamma ray bursts	p. 197
Neutrino emission from neutron stars	p. 205
New achievements in neutrino properties	p. 213
High Energy Cosmic Rays	p. 223
The origin of cosmic rays	p. 225
The mystery of the highest energies in the Universe	p. 233
The cosmic ray experiment KASCADE-GRANDE	p. 244
Prospects for the detection of high-energy cosmic rays using radio techniques	p. 253
Nucleosynthesis and Nuclear Physics for Astrophysics	p. 263
Explosive nucleosynthesis: Supernovae, classical novae, and X-ray bursts	p. 265
Experimental approach to nuclear reactions of astrophysical interest involving radioactive nuclei	p. 273
Background studies at the LUNA underground accelerator facility	p. 281
Thoughts about two of the important reactions in nuclear astrophysics	p. 289
Recent experimental studies of nuclear astrophysics using intermediate-energy exotic beams	p. 297
An indirect method using ANCs in nuclear astrophysics	p. 307
Recent applications of the Trojan-horse method in nuclear astrophysics	p. 316
Nuclear astrophysics experiments at CIAE	p. 324
Global reaction models relevant to the p process	p. 331
Large Facilities	p. 339
TRIUMF - Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics	p. 341
Status of the AGATA project	p. 349
Research at ISOLDE and the path to Eurisol	p. 357
Communications	p. 365
Various types of measurements for atmospheric muons performed with the WILLI detector	p. 367
Few-valence-particle (hole) excitations around doubly magic nucleus [superscript 132]Sn	p. 372
Possible E(5/4) symmetry in [superscript 135]Ba	p. 377
Cold fusion channels of [superscript 290]114	p. 382
Precise half-life measurement of [superscript 34]Ar, a superallowed [Beta superscript +] emitter	p. 387
Quantum deformation of open systems	p. 393
Single-particle effects in threshold fission cross section	p. 399
Experimental and theoretical status of Borromean halo nuclei structure investigation	p. 405
Z(4): [Gamma]-rigid solution of the Bohr Hamiltonian for [Gamma]=30[Degree] compared to the E(5) critical point symmetry	p. 411
Isospin distillation from a microcanonical perspective	p. 416
Alpha half-life estimates for the superheavy elements with Z=110-116	p. 423
Conclusions	p. 429
Public lecture: Dark energy - dark matter - and black holes: The music of the Universe	p. 431
Concluding remarks. About the experimental appeal of CSSP05	p. 439
Towards technology in society and business through science and education	p. 463
List of participants	p. 467
Program	p. 479
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