Fundamentals in hadronic atom theory / A. Deloff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deloff, A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hadrons.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 352 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

River Edge, N.J. : World Scientfic, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hadronic atoms provide a unique laboratory for studying hadronic interactions essentially at threshold. This text is the first book-form exposition of hadronic atom theory with emphasis on recent developments, both theoretical and experimental. Since the underlying Hamiltonian is a non-self-adjoined operator, the theory goes beyond traditional quantum mechanics and this book covers topics that are often glossed over in standard texts on nuclear physics. The material contained here is intended for the advanced student and researcher in nuclear, atomic or elementary-particle physics. A good knowledge of quantum mechanics and familiarity with nuclear physics are presupposed.

Contents:

pt. I. Theoretical background

1. Hadronic atoms - an overview

2. Extended quantum mechanical framework

3. Coulomb wave functions

4. Coulomb propagator and scattering operators

5. Two-potential scattering formalism

6. Bound states and low-energy scattering. 6.1. Effective range approximation. 6.2. Nuclear and quasi-nuclear bound states

7. Atomic spectrum. 7.1. Real nuclear potentials

7.2. Complex nuclear potential

7.3. Small Shift Approximation (SSA)

8. Gamow states and completeness problem

8.1. Normalization of Gamow states

8.2. Completeness problem

9. X-Ray transition rate

10. Computational methods

10.1. The matching method. 10.2. variational methods. 10.3. Fredholm integral equation method. 10.4. Momentum space methods

11. Examples. 11.1. Rank-one separable potential. 11.2. Delta-shell potential. 11.3. Square-well potential. 11.4. Cut-off Coulomb potential. 11.5. Bound states in extended-charge Coulomb potential

12. Chiral theory primer. 12.1. Quantum mechanics: zero-range potential. 12.2. Effective field theory approach. 12.3. Chiral perturbation theory

pt. II. Comparison with experiment

13. Two-meson atomic bound states. 13.1. Pionium. 13.2. K[symbol] atom. 13.3. Kaonium

14. Hadronic hydrogen. 14.1. Pionic hydrogen. 14.2. Kaonic hydrogen. 14.3. Antiprotonic hydrogen

15. Hadronic deuterium. 15.1. Pionic deuterium. 15.2. Kaonic deuterium. 15.3. Antiprotonic deuterium

16. Hadronic atoms with A [symbol] 4

16.1. Hadron-nucleus effective potential. 16.2. Pionic atoms. 16.3. Kaonic atoms. 16.4. Antiprotonic atoms. 16.5. [symbol][symbol] atoms. 16.6. Deeply bound pionic atoms.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-347) and index.

ISBN:

9786611928186

9781281928184

1281928186

9789812775481

981277548X

OCLC:

879025452