What do mesons have to do with nuclear structure?

1999/07/16 by Daniel S. Koltun, Koltun, Daniel S.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Nuclear physics research studies #Superconducting Materials and Applications #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nucl-th/9907067

Invited talk at Nuclear Matter, Hot and Cold: a Symposium in Memory of Judah M. Eisenberg, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 14-16, 1999, to be published in proceedings. Latex, 8 pages [epsf], no figures

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Abstract

The theory of nuclear structure (binding, low energy spectra, transitions, etc.) depends on nucleon-nucleon (NN) interactions. The meson theory of NN interactions has predictive power for NN scattering, and partial success when applied to the theory of nuclear structure. Is it possible to test this theoretical picture -- by direct experimental interaction with mesons in nuclei? Some experimental searches for the `pion excess' in nuclei have ambiguous results. How sensitive are such experiments to the mesonic aspects of nuclear structure? These questions are addressed in this talk. More details and references are given in Reference [1].

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