Structure and Dynamics of Few Nucleon Systems

Jul 8, 1997
184 pages
Published in:
  • Rev.Mod.Phys. 70 (1998) 743-842
Report number:
  • JLAB-THY-97-20

Citations per year

19982005201220192025051015202530
Abstract: (APS)
Few-nucleon physics is a field rich with high-quality experimental data and possibilities for accurate calculations of strongly correlated quantum systems. In this article the authors discuss the traditional model of the nucleus as a system of interacting nucleons and outline many recent experimental results and theoretical developments in the field of few-nucleon physics. The authors describe nuclear structure and spectra, clustering and correlations, elastic and inelastic electromagnetic form factors, low-energy electroweak reactions, and nuclear scattering and response in the quasielastic regime. Through a review of the rich body of experimental data and a variety of theoretical developments, a coherent description of the nuclear strong- and electroweak-interaction properties emerges. In this article, the authors attempt to provide some insight into the practice and possibilities in few-nucleon physics today.
  • inspirereview:V-a-3
  • nuclear model
  • many-body problem
  • nucleon nucleon: interaction
  • nuclear force
  • effective potential
  • effective Lagrangian: chiral
  • bound state
  • numerical methods: Monte Carlo
  • light nucleus: mass