Giant Resonances: Fundamental High-Frequency Modes of Nuclear Excitation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198517337)

Giant resonances are collective excitations of the atomic nucleus, a typical quantum many-body system. The study of these fundamental modes has in many respects contributed to our understanding of the bulk behavior of the nucleus and of the dynamics of non-equilibrium excitations. Although the phenomenon of giant resonances has been known for more than 50 years, a large amount of information has been obtained in the last 10 years. This book gives an up-to-date, comprehensive account of our present knowledge of giant resonances. It presents the experimental facts and the techniques used to obtain that information, describes how these facts fit into theoretical concepts and how this allows to determine various nuclear properties which are otherwise difficult to obtain. Included as an introduction is an overview of the main facts, a short history of how the field has developed in the course of time, and a discussion of future perspectives.

Author: M. N. Harakeh, A. Van Der Woude
ISBN-10: 0198517335
ISBN-13: 9780198517337
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 07/19/2001
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.33lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.54w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2001 pg. 55