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Title: | A One Dimensional Model for a Non-Linear Meson Field |
Authors: | Drummond, Mark Douglas |
Advisor: | Nogami, Y. |
Department: | Physics |
Keywords: | repulsive, meson field, nonlinear, nuclear forces, |
Publication Date: | Sep-1978 |
Abstract: | <p> A repulsive meson-meson interaction was suggested many years ago (1951 by Schiff) as a possible mechanism for nuclear saturation, but very little has been done since then. This is mainly because the meson field equation becomes nonlinear due to the meson-meson interaction. We realized that the nonlinear field equation is analytically solvable, within classical and adiabatic approximations, if the space is reduced to a one-dimensional one. Within the above context we investigate the effect of the meson-meson interaction on nuclear forces. The approximations which Schiff used are critically examined. A variational method for determining the meson field, which Schiff suggested but did not fully investigate, is found to be a very efficient approximation. Finally, quantum corrections are briefly examined.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/17654 |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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