The Interacting Boson-Fermion Model

The first comprehensive treatment of the subject.

F. Iachello (Author), P. van Isacker (Author)

9780521021647, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2005

328 pages
23.2 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.509 kg

'Being a comprehensive treatment on the subject, the book is bound to appeal to theoreticians and experimentalists alike to a large extent without any doubt, whatsoever.' Zentralblatt MATH

The interacting boson-fermion model has become in recent years the standard model for the description of atomic nuclei with an odd number of protons and/or neutrons. This book describes the mathematical framework on which the interacting boson-fermion model is built and presents applications to a variety of situations encountered in nuclei. The book addresses both the analytical and the numerical aspects of the problem. The analytical aspect requires the introduction of rather complex group theoretic methods, including the use of graded (or super) Lie algebras. The first (and so far only) example of supersymmetry occurring in nature is also discussed. The book is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject and will appeal to both theoretical and experimental physicists. The large number of explicit formulas for level energies, electromagnetic transition rates and intensities of transfer reactions presented in the book provide a simple but detailed way to analyse experimental data. This book can also be used as a textbook for advanced graduate students.

Part I. The Interacting Boson-Fermion Model - 1: 1. Operators
2. Algebras
3. Bose-Fermi symmetries
4. Superalgebras
5. Numerical studies
6. Geometry
Part II. The Interacting Boson-Fermion Model - 2: 7. Operators
8. Algebras
9. Superalgebras
10. Numerical studies
Part III. The Interacting Boson-Fermion Model-K: 11. The interacting boson-fermion models 3 and 4
Part IV. High-Lying Collective Modes.

Subject Areas: Nuclear physics [PHN]