Published August 29, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Calculations of pion excess in nuclei

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Description

The authors construct, in the static potential approximation, the number operator for excess pions present in nuclei due to the pion-exchange forces between nucleons. Expectation values are calculated with use of variational wave functions obtained from a realistic Hamiltonian. Results are presented for systems ranging from the deuteron to nuclear matter: For example 56Fe is estimated to have approx.7 extra pions, over and above the pion clouds associated with the individual nucleons

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
9
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
763-766
ISSN
0031-9007