A nice and not-too-old paper on the staggering of nuclear masses as a function of mass number. A review style article on the topic was released later by the same authors.
There likely cannot be enough praise for this book. Considered to offer the first rigorous treatment of mathematics from an English mathematician, Hardy’s book is both uniquely written and insightful in its proofs. The book deals with general topics of analysis and calculus. While intended as a first course for new university students, Hardy’s unique writing ability makes the book invaluable even to those well versed in mathematics at the graduate level. In particular, this book is a great tool for physicists, who while compenent in mathematics are seldom exposed to the more rigorouse methodologies of pure mathematicians. Hardy has produced a piece which is not merely a reference text, but an intriguing read not found in most course work.
A wonderful review of the current state of mean-field nuclear mass calculations (as of 2005). Stone’s treatment of the material is detailed, but accessible. It provides both a good introduction to the field as well as a meaningful review pinpointing both the successes and short-comings of several trends. A strong context of mass calculations in astrophysics is included.
An older PRL, but certainly worth a read. Ginocchio shows the underlying symmetry for a phenomenon thought to be a coincidence. The relationship he finds between spatial amplitudes of pseudospin degenerate wavefunction doublet components (discussed in detail in other papers) is elegant. A significant result is employing this symmetry can removed the need for a tensor component in NN interactions.
This is a continuation of the work published in PRL in 2007 (see below), pulled from last month’s arXiv listing. In this publication the authors include 3-body effects, and it’s presentation is far more in-depth than was available in the group’s previous PRL.
This is an older PRL editor’s pick from Oct. 2007. It is of particular interest that the mean-life of 14C is unexpectedly long for its initial and final state (J,T) values. Are there external interactions that could further affect the transition matrix?
On the home page it is my intent to post a paper of particular interest in the field of nuclear theory (or closely related) from time to time. The papers will mostly be selected from recent pre-releases, as posted to the Archives, or PRL editor picks. When applicable, notes may be included.