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nucl-th2004★ 5 cited

Nucleons and nuclei in the context of low-energy QCD

Wolfram Weise

This presentation reports on recent developments concerning basic aspects of low-energy QCD as they relate to the understanding of the nucleon mass and the nuclear many-body proble…

nucl-th2004★ 89 cited

Beta-decay rates of r-process nuclei in the relativistic quasiparticle random phase approximation

T. Niksic, T. Marketin, D. Vretenar +2

The fully consistent relativistic proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation (PN-RQRPA) is employed in the calculation of beta-decay half-lives of neutron-rich nuclei…

nucl-th2004★ 1 cited

Nuclear density functional constrained by low-energy QCD

Paolo Finelli, Norbert Kaiser, Dario Vretenar +1

We have developed a relativistic point-coupling model of nuclear many-body dynamics constrained by the low-energy sector of QCD. The effective Lagrangian is characterized by densit…

nucl-th2004★ 6 cited

Nucleon Polarisabilities from Compton Scattering off the One- and Few-Nucleon System

Harald W. Griesshammer

These proceedings sketch how combining recent theoretical advances with data from the new generation of high-precision Compton scattering experiments on both the proton and few-nuc…

nucl-th2004★ 6 cited

Nuclear pairing from chiral pion-nucleon dynamics

N. Kaiser, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar

We use a recently improved version of the chiral nucleon-nucleon potential at next-to-next-to-leading order to calculate the pairing gap in isospin-symmetric nuclear matter…

nucl-th2004★ 28 cited

Chiral SU(3) dynamics and -hyperons in the nuclear medium

N. Kaiser, W. Weise

We present a novel approach to the density dependent mean field and the spin-orbit interaction of a -hyperon in a nuclear many-body system, based on flavor-SU(3) in-medium chira…

nucl-th2004★ 10 cited

Spin-asymmetry energy of nuclear matter

N. Kaiser

We calculate the density-dependent spin-asymmetry energy of isospin-symmetric nuclear matter in the three-loop approximation of chiral perturbation theory. The interaction…

nucl-th2004

Deuteron Compton Scattering: A Random Walk

Harald W. Griesshammer

In this sketch, some recent developments in Compton scattering off the deuteron are reviewed. The strong energy-dependence of the scalar magnetic dipole polarisability β_M1 turns o…

nucl-th2004★ 32 cited

Alternative Interpretation of Sharply Rising E0 Strengths in Transitional Regions

P. von Brentano, V. Werner, R. F. Casten +4

It is shown that strong 0+2 -> 0+1 E0 transitions provide a clear signature of phase transitional behavior in finite nuclei. Calculations using the IBA show that these transition s…

nucl-th2004★ 62 cited

Pseudorapidity dependence of anisotropic flows in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Lie-Wen Chen, Vincenzo Greco, Che Ming Ko +1

The pseudorapidity dependence of anisotropic flows , , , and of charged hadrons in heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider is stud…

nucl-th2004★ 12 cited

Spin-orbit coupling in nuclei and realistic nucleon-nucleon potentials

N. Kaiser

We analyze the spin-orbit coupling term in the nuclear energy density functional in terms of a zero-range NN-contact interaction and finite-range contributions from two-pion exchan…

nucl-th2004

Hydrodynamic aspects of relativistic heavy ion collisions at RHIC

Peter F. Kolb

The current status of the application of hydrodynamics to ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions is reviewed. We elaborate on the arguments for strong transverse flow and rapid the…

nucl-th2004★ 2 cited

Damped collective motion of many body systems: A variational approach to the quantal decay rate

Christian Rummel, Helmut Hofmann

We address the problem of collective motion across a barrier like encountered in fission. A formula for the quantal decay rate is derived which bases on a recently developed variat…

nucl-th2004★ 1 cited

A variational approach to the partition function of an interacting many body system

Christian Rummel, Helmut Hofmann

For the calculation of the partition function of small, isolated and interacting many body systems an improvement with respect to previous formulations is presented.…

nucl-th2004★ 1 cited

Relativistic description of exotic collective excitation phenomena in atomic nuclei

N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar +1

The low-lying dipole and quadrupole states in neutron rich nuclei, are studied within the fully self-consistent relativistic quasiparticle random-phase approximation (RQRPA), formu…

nucl-th2004★ 231 cited

Axially Deformed Solution of the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogolyubov Equations using The Transformed Harmonic Oscillator Basis. The program HFBTHO (v1.66p)

M. V. Stoitsov, J. Dobaczewski, W. Nazarewicz +1

We describe the program HFBTHO for axially deformed configurational Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov calculations with Skyrme-forces and zero-range pairing interaction using Harmonic-Oscill…

nucl-th2004★ 108 cited

Chiral approach to nuclear matter: Role of two-pion exchange with virtual delta-isobar excitation

S. Fritsch, N. Kaiser, W. Weise

We extend a recent three-loop calculation of nuclear matter in chiral perturbation theory by including the effects from two-pion exchange with single and double virtual -i…

nucl-th2004★ 23 cited

Explicit Delta(1232) Degrees of Freedom in Compton Scattering off the Deuteron

Robert P. Hildebrandt, Harald W. Grießhammer, Thomas R. Hemmert +1

We examine elastic Compton scattering off the deuteron for photon energies between 50 MeV and 100 MeV in the framework of chiral effective field theories to next-to-leading order.…

nucl-th2004★ 106 cited

Improved Convergence in the Three-Nucleon System at Very Low Energies

Harald W. Griesshammer

Neutron-deuteron scattering in the context of ``pion-less'' Effective Field Theory at very low energies is investigated to next-to-next-to-leading order. Convergence is improved by…

nucl-th2004★ 83 cited

Isotopic dependence of the pygmy dipole resonance

N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar +1

The isotopic dependence of the excitation energies of the pygmy dipole resonance (PDR) is analyzed in the framework of the self-consistent relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov (RHB) mod…

nucl-th2004

Cavitation and bubble collapse in hot asymmetric nuclear matter

V. M. Kolomietz

The dynamics of embryonic bubbles in overheated, viscous and non-Markovian nuclear matter is studied. It is shown that the memory and the Fermi surface distortions significantly af…

nucl-th2004★ 17 cited

Ground state properties of rare-earth nuclei in the relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov model with density-dependent meson-nucleon couplings

T. Niksic, D. Vretenar, G. A. Lalazissis +1

The relativistic mean-field effective interaction with density-dependent meson-nucleon couplings DD-ME1 is tested in the calculation of deformed nuclei. Ground-state properties of…

nucl-th2004★ 167 cited

Quasiparticle random phase approximation based on the relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov model II: Nuclear spin and isospin excitations

N. Paar, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar +1

The proton-neutron relativistic quasiparticle random phase approximation (PN-RQRPA) is formulated in the canonical single-nucleon basis of the relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov (RHB)…

nucl-th2004★ 85 cited

Nuclear Lattice Simulations with Chiral Effective Field Theory

Dean Lee, Bugra Borasoy, Thomas Schaefer

We study nuclear and neutron matter by combining chiral effective field theory with non-perturbative lattice methods. In our approach nucleons and pions are treated as point partic…