Two problems in nuclear physics are investigated using microscopic semi-classical models. The first model, developed to study heavy ion collisions, is based on the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck theory and has been extended to include one-body fluctuations. It has been successfully applied at low and intermediate energies and a comparison between simulations and an experiment done at the Michigan State University cyclotron facility has yielded very good agreement. The second is a nuclear structure model based on the Thomas-Fermi theory and describes nuclear rotations. It has been used to calculate nuclear shapes and limiting angular momenta across the periodic table. It has been found that it breaches the gap between classical Liquid Drop calculations and quantum Hartree-Fock calculations. Agreement with experimental results is satisfactory.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.41592 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Gallego, Juan |
| Contributors | DasGupta, Subal (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Physics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001401286, proquestno: NN94621, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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