Relativistic mean-field theory and nuclear deformation
Abstract
Relativistic mean-field theory is used to describe ground-state deformations of nuclei. The relativistic Hartree equations are solved by expansion of the nucleon wave functions and the meson field in a harmonic-oscillator basis. Using parameters adjusted in spherical nuclei we find in axially symmetric deformed nuclei good agreement with conventional nonrelativistic calculations based on density-dependent Skyrme forces.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 1987
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.2420
- Bibcode:
- 1987PhRvL..59.2420P
- Keywords:
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- Field Theory (Physics);
- Ground State;
- Hartree Approximation;
- Nuclear Deformation;
- Relativistic Theory;
- Differential Equations;
- Dirac Equation;
- Surface Energy;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics;
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- 21.30.+y;
- 21.60.Jz;
- 27.30.+t;
- Collective levels;
- Hartree-Fock and random-phase approximations;
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