Perspectives in Nuclear Physics

by Hamilton, J. H.; Carter, H. K.; Piercey, R. B.

• ISBN13: 9789810240400
• ISBN10: 9810240406
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Provides an overview of the current research and future prospects in a variety of important areas in nuclear physics by leaders in their respective fields. Advances in both theory and experiments are covered.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
J. H. Hamilton
R. B. Piercey
H. K. Carter
Dedication to Professor Akunuri V. Ramayya	xi
J. H. Hamilton
R. B. Piercey
H. K. Carter
Nuclear Clusters and Molecules and the Extension of the Periodic System of Elements	1	(24)
W. Greiner
ORLaND: A Large Neutrino Detector Facility at the Spallation Neutron Source at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory	25	(10)
F. T. Avignone
Using New Fission Data with the Multi-Detector Analysis System for Spent Nuclear Fuel	35	(12)
J. D. Cole
Unsafe Coulomb Excitation of240--244Pu	47	(10)
R. V. F. Janssens
Phase Transitions and Phonons in Finite Nuclei	57	(10)
R. F. Casten
N. V. Zamfir
Recent Results and Future Capabilities at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University	67	(16)
R. M. Ronningen
High-Spin Band Termination in 154Dy and Low-Spin Structure of Neutron-Rich S, Cl, and Ar Nuclei	83	(10)
W. C. Ma
J. A. Winger
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Experiments at RHIC	93	(10)
C. F. Maguire
Spontaneous Fission in Phase Space	103	(8)
M. Pappalardo
A. Bonasera
Perspectives for Recoil Distance Measurements	111	(10)
R. Krucken
Towards 78Ni---New Isomers from Fragmentation	121	(10)
R. Grzywacz
Deformed Proton Emitters	131	(8)
A. A. Sonzogni
The Performance of the HRIBF Recoil Mass Spectrometer	139	(10)
T. N. Ginter
Behavior of Intruder Based States in Light Bi and T1 Isotopes: The Study of 187B1 α Decay	149	(10)
J. C. Batchelder
New Neutron Rich Nuclei Near 208Pb	159	(6)
K. Rykaczewski
Proton Radioactivity Measurements at HRIBF: Ho, Lu, and Tm Isotopes	165	(10)
C. R. Bingham
Bands of Various Deformations in the Light Pr Nuclei	175	(12)
L. L. Riedinger
Radioactive Decay Spectroscopy Along N = Z Using a Recoil Mass Spectrometer	187	(14)
E. F. Zganjar
First Half-Life Measurement of the RP-Process Waiting Point Nucleus 80Zr and Other Results Along N = Z	201	(12)
A. Piechaczek
Status of the U. S. Plans for an Advanced ISOL Facility---A Brief Report	213	(6)
F. E. Bertrand
Studies of the Light Actinide Nuclei at Yale and Beyond	219	(8)
C. W. Beausang
Octupole Deformation in 145Ba and 145, 147La	227	(10)
S. J. Zhu
On the Identification and Properties of Beta-Gamma-Vibrational Bands in Even-Even Nuclei	237	(10)
K. Kumar
Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction and Nuclear Structure Calculations	247	(8)
A. Covello
Mean-Field Nuclear Structure Calculations on a Basis-Spline Galerkin Lattice	255	(12)
V. E. Oberacker
A. S. Umar
Nuclear-Coulomb Interference and Meson-Nucleus Scattering	267	(14)
D. J. Ernst
Cluster Description of Cold (Neutronless) Alpha Fission of 252Cf	281	(12)
A. Sandulescu
Cold Ternary Fission	293	(14)
F. Gonnenwein
Multi-Fragment Fission. Post Probable Configurations	307	(12)
D. N. Poenaru
Physics with 6He and 8He Beams in Dubna and Project of an ISOL-Type RIB Facility Based on U-400 and U-400 and U-400M Cyclotrons	319	(12)
G. M. Ter-Akopian
List of Participants	331