Heavy ion collisions with stable and radioactive beams.
Shape coexistence in exotic nuclei. Atomic electric dipole moment and pear shaped nuclei. Electric Isospin transport phenomena. Nuclear equation of state. Examples of setup and detectors to be used with radioactive beams. Active targets. Dynamical dipole resonance. Transport models. Examples of experimental analysis.
- C. A. Bertulani, "Nuclear Physics in a Nutshell", Princeton University Press.
- R. F. Casten, "Nuclear Structure from a Simple Perspective", Oxford University Press.
- C. A. Bertulani and P. Danielewicz, "Introduction to nuclear reactions", Institute of Physics Publ., Graduate Student Series in Physics;
- D. Durand, E. Suraud and B. Tamain, "Nuclear dynamics in the nucleonic regime", Institute of Physics Publ., Series in Fundamental and Applied Nuclear Physics
Learning Objectives
The course aims at introducing the student to research topics concerning issues which require modern radioactive beams, both in the field of nuclear structure and in the field of reaction mechanisms. Examples concerning experimental results and models will be given.
Prerequisites
Basic and advanced courses of nuclear physics
Teaching Methods
Lectures
6CFU (48 ore)
Further information
Type of Assessment
Oral examination
Course program
Radioactive beams: methods of producing radioactive beams ISOL and fragmentation techniques.
Short mention of the classification of nuclear reactions in terms of impact parameter and beam energy and related phenomenology.
Examples of detectors and experimental setups which can be used to study nuclear reactions with radioactive beams, with particular focus on active targets.
Study of the properties of nuclei far from the stability valley. A short account on the links to astrophysics and atomic physics.
Deformed shape of the nucleus and shape coexistence: experimental and theoretical studies.
Nuclear equation of state for symmetric and asymmetric nuclear matter. Symmetry energy and its dependence on the density.
Transport models, with particular focus on AMD (Antisymmetrized Molecular Dynamics) and SMF (Stochastic Mean Field).
Isospin transport: experimental results and comparison with model predictions. What we can learn about the density dependence of the symmetry energy.
Examples of experimental studies with active targets.
Mention of the direct reactions and of giant resonances. Dynamical dipole resonance (experimental studies, theoretical models, its relation with the symmetry energy).