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Models of the Atomic Nucleus: With Interactive Software

Reference

Norman D. Cook

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Springer, Verlag

Eugene Wigner discovered the quantum mechanical "symmetries" of the atomic nucleus in 1937 and won a Nobel Prize in Physics for that work in 1963. He explicitly stated that the mathematical symmetries are those of a face-centered-cubic crystalline lattice, but the 3D spatial structure was largely ignored as theorists developed many varities of the liquid-drop model, the gaseous-phase shell model and the molecule-like alpha cluster model. It turns out that Wigner's fcc lattice unifies the many mutually-contradictory models of nuclear structure theory. Both surprising and delightful, who would have guessed that nuclear properties can be reproduced within a solid-phase lattice? And, best of all, the lattice is held together by a realistic, short-range nucleus force. This book was written to understand the microreality that is the atomic nucleus. This new third edition, written shortly before the author's death in 2019, will guide the research of those who have a desire to understand one of the most complex objects in the material world.

Models of the Atomic Nucleus: Unification Through a Lattice of Nucleons

Loose Cannon Press

This book-and-CD-software package supplies users with an interactive experience for nuclear visualization via a computer-graphical interface, similar in principle to the molecular visualizations already available in chemistry. Models of the Atomic Nucleus, a largely non-technical introduction to nuclear theory, explains the nucleus in a way that makes nuclear physics as comprehensible as chemistry or cell biology. The book/software supplements virtually any of the current textbooks in nuclear physics by providing a means for 3D visual display of the diverse models of nuclear structure. For the first time, an easy-to-master software for scientific visualization of the nucleus makes this notoriously "non-visual" field become immediately ‘visible.’ After a review of the basics, the book explores and compares the competing models, and addresses how the lattice model best resolves remaining controversies. The appendix explains how to obtain the most from the software provided on the accompanying CD.

Science & Math

Earth Sciences

Very intuitive and physically precise visualization software for nuclear modelsDatabase of all nuclei and isotopes includedAll nuclear parameters are adjustable in a wide rangeComprehensive and introductory book on nuclear modelsPlatform invariant software (Windows, Unix, Mac)

Mathematics

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Models of the Atomic Nucleus: With Interactive Software

Models of the Atomic Nucleus: Unification Through a Lattice of Nucleons

Models of the Atomic Nucleus: With Interactive Software

Models of the Atomic Nucleus: Unification Through a Lattice of Nucleons