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Developing Nucleon Self-Energies to Generate the Ingredients for the Description of Nuclear Reactions

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  1. Mack C. Atkinson

    1. Theory Group, TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by Washington University in St. Louis
  • Provides an accessible overview of the dispersive optical model and an appendix on scattering theory
  • Reports significant progress on nuclear reaction models which have applications to neutron stars

Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introductory Remarks

    • Mack C. Atkinson
    Pages 1-3

  3. Theoretical Background

    • Mack C. Atkinson
    Pages 5-46

  4. A DOM Analysis of 40Ca(e, e′p)39K

    • Mack C. Atkinson
    Pages 47-72

  5. Neutron Skin Thickness of Asymmetric Nuclei

    • Mack C. Atkinson
    Pages 73-91

  6. DOM Binding Energies and Nuclear Matter

    • Mack C. Atkinson
    Pages 93-104

  7. Momentum Distributions

    • Mack C. Atkinson
    Pages 105-116

  8. Conclusions and Outlook

    • Mack C. Atkinson
    Pages 117-119

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 121-143
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About this book

This thesis develops the dispersive optical model into a tool that allows for the assessment of the validity of nuclear reaction models, thereby generating unambiguous removal probabilities of nucleons from valence orbits using the electron-induced proton knockout reaction. These removal probabilities document the substantial quantitative degree in which nuclei deviate from the independent-particle model description. Another outcome reported within is the prediction for the neutron distribution of Ca-40, Ca-48, and Pb-208. The neutron radii of these nuclei have direct relevance for the understanding of neutron stars and are currently the subject of delicate experiments. Unlike other approaches, the current method is consistent with all other relevant data and describes nuclei beyond the independent-particle model. Finally, a new interpretation of the saturation probabilities of infinite nuclear matter is proposed suggesting that the semi-empirical mass formula must be supplemented witha better extrapolation from nuclei to infinite matter.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Theory Group, TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada

    Mack C. Atkinson

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About the author

Mack Atkinson is a postdoctoral researcher at TRIUMF, Canada. He received his PhD from Washington University in St. Louis in 2019.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Developing Nucleon Self-Energies to Generate the Ingredients for the Description of Nuclear Reactions

  • Authors: Mack C. Atkinson

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53114-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53113-3Published: 11 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53116-4Published: 12 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53114-0Published: 10 September 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 143

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Particle and Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Crystallography and Scattering Methods

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