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Building Atomic Nuclei with the Dirac Equation

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The relevance of the Dirac equation for computations of nuclear structure is motivated and discussed. Quantitatively successful results for medium- and heavy-mass nuclei are described, and modern ideas of effective field theory and density functional theory are used to justify them.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0303018,
  title  = {Building Atomic Nuclei with the Dirac Equation},
  author = {Brian D. Serot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0303018},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, REVTeX 4.0 with 12pt.rtx, aps.rtx, amssymb.tex, bm.sty, ntgdefs.tex. Contribution to the Dirac Centennial Symposium (FSU, 12/6-7/02)