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Nuclear Astrophysics with Radioactive Beams
The quest to comprehend how nuclear processes influence astrophysical
phenomena is driving experimental and theoretical research programs worldwide.
One of the main goals in nuclear astrophysics is to understand how energy is
generated in stars, how elements are synthesized in stellar events and what the
nature of neutron stars is. New experimental capabilities, the availability of
radioactive beams and increased computational power paired with new
astronomical observations have advanced the present knowledge. This review
summarizes the progress in the field of nuclear astrophysics with a focus on
the role of indirect methods and reactions involving beams of rare isotopes.Comment: 121 pages, 27 figures, 510 references, to appear in Physics Reports.
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Toward a Global Dispersive Optical Model for the Driplines
A dispersive-optical-model analysis has been performed for both protons and
neutrons on 40,42,44,48Ca isotopes. The fitted potentials describe accurately
both scattering and bound quantities and extrapolate well to other stable
nuclei.
Further experimental information will be gathered to constrain extrapolations
toward the driplines.Comment: Invited talk at the "10th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus
Collisions", Beijing, 16-21 August 200
Pattern Formation on Trees
Networks having the geometry and the connectivity of trees are considered as
the spatial support of spatiotemporal dynamical processes. A tree is
characterized by two parameters: its ramification and its depth. The local
dynamics at the nodes of a tree is described by a nonlinear map, given rise to
a coupled map lattice system. The coupling is expressed by a matrix whose
eigenvectors constitute a basis on which spatial patterns on trees can be
expressed by linear combination. The spectrum of eigenvalues of the coupling
matrix exhibit a nonuniform distribution which manifest itself in the
bifurcation structure of the spatially synchronized modes. These models may
describe reaction-diffusion processes and several other phenomena occurring on
heterogeneous media with hierarchical structure.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. E, 15 pages, 9 fig
Phase ordering induced by defects in chaotic bistable media
The phase ordering dynamics of coupled chaotic bistable maps on lattices with
defects is investigated. The statistical properties of the system are
characterized by means of the average normalized size of spatial domains of
equivalent spin variables that define the phases. It is found that spatial
defects can induce the formation of domains in bistable spatiotemporal systems.
The minimum distance between defects acts as parameter for a transition from a
homogeneous state to a heterogeneous regime where two phases coexist The
critical exponent of this transition also exhibits a transition when the
coupling is increased, indicating the presence of a new class of domain where
both phases coexist forming a chessboard pattern.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, Accepted in European Physics Journa
Spectral Properties and Synchronization in Coupled Map Lattices
Spectral properties of Coupled Map Lattices are described. Conditions for the
stability of spatially homogeneous chaotic solutions are derived using linear
stability analysis. Global stability analysis results are also presented. The
analytical results are supplemented with numerical examples. The quadratic map
is used for the site dynamics with different coupling schemes such as global
coupling, nearest neighbor coupling, intermediate range coupling, random
coupling, small world coupling and scale free coupling.Comment: 10 pages with 15 figures (Postscript), REVTEX format. To appear in
PR
Anomalous synchronization threshold in coupled logistic maps
We consider regular lattices of coupled chaotic maps. Depending on lattice
size, there may exist a window in parameter space where complete
synchronization is eventually attained after a transient regime. Close outside
this window, an intermittent transition to synchronization occurs. While
asymptotic transversal Lyapunov exponents allow to determine the
synchronization threshold, the distribution of finite-time Lyapunov exponents,
in the vicinity of the critical frontier, is expected to provide relevant
information on phenomena such as intermittency. In this work we scrutinize the
distribution of finite-time exponents when the local dynamics is ruled by the
logistic map . We obtain a theoretical estimate for the
distribution of finite-time exponents, that is markedly non-Gaussian. The
existence of correlations, that spoil the central limit approximation, is shown
to modify the typical intermittent bursting behavior. The present scenario
could apply to a wider class of systems with different local dynamics and
coupling schemes.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
Is the structure of 42Si understood?
A more detailed test of the implementation of nuclear forces that drive shell
evolution in the pivotal nucleus \nuc{42}{Si} -- going beyond earlier
comparisons of excited-state energies -- is important. The two leading
shell-model effective interactions, SDPF-MU and SDPF-U-Si, both of which
reproduce the low-lying \nuc{42}{Si}() energy, but whose predictions for
other observables differ significantly, are interrogated by the population of
states in neutron-rich \nuc{42}{Si} with a one-proton removal reaction from
\nuc{43}{P} projectiles at 81~MeV/nucleon. The measured cross sections to the
individual \nuc{42}{Si} final states are compared to calculations that combine
eikonal reaction dynamics with these shell-model nuclear structure overlaps.
The differences in the two shell-model descriptions are examined and linked to
predicted low-lying excited states and shape coexistence. Based on the
present data, which are in better agreement with the SDPF-MU calculations, the
state observed at 2150(13)~keV in \nuc{42}{Si} is proposed to be the ()
level.Comment: accepted in Physical Review Letter
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