Compressibility of Nuclear Matter from Shell Effects in Nuclei

dc.creatorSharma, M. M.
dc.date1999-04-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:43:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:43:02Z
dc.descriptionThe compressibility of nuclear matter has received significant attention in the last decade and a variety of approaches have been employed to extract this fundamental property of matter. Recently, significant differences have emerged between the results of relativistic and non-relativistic calculations of breathing mode giant monopole resonance (GMR). This is due to a lack of understanding of the dynamics of GMR and of its exact relationship to the compression modulus of the infinite nuclear matter. Here, I present an alternative approach based upon nuclear shell effects. The shell effects are known to manifest experimentally in terms of particle-separation energies with an exceedingly high precision. Within the framework of the non-relativistic density-dependent Skyrme theory, it is shown that the compressibility of nuclear matter has a significant influence on shell effects in nuclei. It is shown that 2-neutron separation energies and hence the empirical shell effects can be used to constrain the compressibility of nuclear matter.
dc.description5 pages Revp style + 5 ps figures; Talk given at RIKEN Symposium and Workshop on Selected Topics in Nuclear Collective Excitations, NUCOLEX 99, March 20-24, RIKEN, Japan
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9904036
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9904036
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/83159
dc.subjectNuclear Theory
dc.titleCompressibility of Nuclear Matter from Shell Effects in Nuclei
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