PHOTON SCATTERING BY THE GIANT DIPOLE RESONANCE

摘要

The giant dipole resonance is one of the simplest and most basic features of nuclear matter. It was discovered in the earliest days of nuclear physics and since has been studied in the greatest detail. We know many of its features with some precision but there are still basic aspects of its character which are poorly understood. One of these is the coupling between the basic dipole oscillation and other nuclear collective degrees of freedom such as surfaced vibrations and rotations.