Published December 25, 1986 | Version v1
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Probing for Dirac vacuum structure in nuclei

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
  • 2. Virginia Univ., Charlottesville (USA). Inst. for Nuclear and Particle Physics

Description

Recent Dirac-equation analyses of nucleon-nucleus interactions indicate weak dependence of the effective potentials on nucleon energy, and suggest that associated with any large nucleus is an 'island' of ≅ 103 discrete negative-energy nucleon bound states. Experimental searches for this structure would be a critical test of the Dirac-equation picture. Possible experiments as well as open theoretical issues are discussed. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
182
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
221-225
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
18026054
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA PARTICLES; BOUND STATE; DIRAC EQUATION; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; HELIUM 3; NUCLEAR POTENTIAL; NUCLEAR STRUCTURE; PROTON REACTIONS; THREE-NUCLEON TRANSFER REACTIO; TRITONS; TWO-NUCLEON TRANSFER REACTIONS; VACUUM STATES
Descriptors DEC
BARYON REACTIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIRECT REACTIONS; EQUATIONS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FIELD EQUATIONS; HADRON REACTIONS; HELIUM IONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MULTI-NUCLEON TRANSFER REACTIO; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POTENTIALS; RADIATIONS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRANSFER REACTIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS