1999/04/13 by M. M. Sharma, Sharma, M. M.
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Nuclear physics research studies #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/9904036
5 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
arxiv created 1999/04/13 · openalex publication_date 1999/04/13 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The 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.