Relativistic Nuclear Physics: Theories of Structure and Scattering

The following sections are included:

• PREFACE

• CONTENTS

The following sections are included:

• Traditional Pictures of Nuclear Structure

• Dirac Phenomenology and Relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock Theory

• Applications of Dirac Phenomenology

• The Relativistic Impulse Approximation

• Importance of Scalar Fields in Nuclear and Particle Physics

The following sections are included:

• Effective Lagrangians and the One-Boson-Exchange Models of the Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction

• Relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock Theory
  • The problem of self-consistency
  • Reaction matrices and the OBE model of the nuclear force
  • Methods of solution

• Calculation of the Nucleon Self-Energy in Nuclear Matter
  • Calculation of
  • Calculation of
  • Calculation of
  • Calculation of and

• Binding Energy and Saturation Density of Nuclear Matter

• The Effective Interaction in Nuclear Matter and in Finite Nuclei
  • The quasiparticle interaction in a relativistic theory
  • A simple model
  • The parameters F₀, F′₀, G₀ and G′₀
  • The effective mass, compressibility, and symmetry energy parameters
  • The momentum-transfer dependence of the effective interaction

• Models of Finite Nuclei

The following sections are included:

• The Self-Energy of a Continuum Nucleon in Nuclear Matter
  • Calculations of , , and
  • Comparison with results of Dirac and Schroedinger phenomenology

• The Relativistic Optical Model for Finite Nuclei

• Relation between Relativistic and Nonrelativistic Optical Models
  • The impulse approximation

• Scattering Amplitudes: On-Shell and Off-Shell

• The Relativistic Impulse Approximation
  • An illustrative example
  • The density matrix
  • Pion-exchange dynamics

• Applications of the Relativistic Impulse Approximations

The following sections are included:

• The Distribution of Charge and Matter in Nuclei

• Inclusive (e, e′) Reactions near the Quasi-Elastic Peak

In this work we have discussed a phenomenologiçal theory of nuclear structure and scattering. We have achieved a unified picture and are able to explain a series of phenomena which are not easily understood in nonrelativistic models. The explanation of spin-dependent observables in nucleon-nucleus scattering at intermediate energies is probably the most compelling feature in demonstrating the utility of the relativistic approach to nuclear dynamics. However, we have stressed that this is only one of a series of successes of the relativistic model…

The following sections are included:

• Appendices: APPLICATION OF FIELD-THEORETIC TECHNIQUES IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS

• REFERENCES