Relativistic Mean Field Study of Clustering in Heavy Nuclei
- Received Date: 2006-10-16
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 2006-01-03
Abstract: The clustering phenomenon in heavy nuclei is discussed in this paper within the relativistic mean field (RMF) approach. The clusters can be observed in experiments are obtained through the calculated nucleon binding energy distributions according to the RMF theory after the atomic nucleus is divided into two parts, instead of the usual method of analysis to the calculated nucleon density distributions because of the stronger spin-orbit couple in heavy nuclei. The results indicate that the RMF theory is well suited for the study of clustering in heavy nuclei.