10 research outputs found
Shell-model calculations and realistic effective interactions
A review is presented of the development and current status of nuclear
shell-model calculations in which the two-body effective interaction is derived
from the free nucleon-nucleon potential. The significant progress made in this
field within the last decade is emphasized, in particular as regards the
so-called V-low-k approach to the renormalization of the bare nucleon-nucleon
interaction. In the last part of the review we first give a survey of realistic
shell-model calculations from early to present days. Then, we report recent
results for neutron-rich nuclei near doubly magic 132Sn and for the whole
even-mass N=82 isotonic chain. These illustrate how shell-model effective
interactions derived from modern nucleon-nucleon potentials are able to provide
an accurate description of nuclear structure properties.Comment: 71 pages, to be published in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physic
Human security and access to water, sanitation, and hygiene: exploring the drivers and nexus
Water security challenges are mostly covered in the literature on the food and energy nexus. This chapter however adopts a broader conception of water security in relation to lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and argues that the human rights approach could be instrumental in addressing the drivers that hinder access to WASH. Through policy analysis and literature review the chapter addresses the following research questions: a) What is access to WASH? b) What are the drivers of poor access to WASH? c) What are the multi-level human security implications of the lack of access to WASH? d) What improvements can be made in the post-2015 development agenda to address the drivers and the related human security challenges? The chapter essentially illustrates the need to translate global human rights norms into contextually appropriate operational targets and instruments for policy implementation at the national and local levels