Nuclear Superfluidity
Nuclear Superfluidity is a monograph devoted exclusively to pair correlations in nuclei. It begins by exploring pair correlations in a variety of systems including superconductivity in metals at low temperatures and superfluidity in liquid 3He and in neutron stars. The book goes on to introduce basic theoretical methods, symmetry breaking and symmetry restoration in finite many-body systems. The last few chapters are devoted to introducing results on the role of induced interactions in the structure of both normal and exotic nuclei. The most important of these is the renormalization of the pairing interaction due to the coupling of pairs of nucleons to low energy nuclear collective excitations. This book will be essential reading for researchers and students in experimental and theoretical nuclear physics, and related research fields such as metal clusters, fullerenes and quantum dots. This 2005 title has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.
- A detailed review of this particular subject from well respected authors
- Valuable reference for researchers in a wide range of fields related to nuclear physics
- Reissued as an Open Access title on Cambridge Core
Product details
July 2023Hardback
9781009401876
394 pages
244 × 170 × 22 mm
0.889kg
Not yet published - available from February 2025
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The pairing force and seniority
- 3. The BCS theory
- 4. Spontaneous symmetry breaking
- 5. Pairing vibrations
- 6. Phase transitions
- 7. Plastic behaviour of nuclei and other finite systems
- 8. Sources of pairing in nuclei
- 9. Beyond mean field
- 10. Induced interaction
- 11. Pairing in exotic nuclei
- Appendices
- References
- Index.