Nuclear Structure with Coherent States

This book covers the essential features of a large variety of nuclear structure properties, both collective and microscopic in nature. Most of results are given in an analytical formthus givingdeep insight into the relevant phenomena. Using coherent states as variational states, which allows a description in the classical phase space, or provides the generating function for a boson basis, is an efficient tool to account, in a realistic fashion, for many complex properties. A detailed comparison with all existing nuclear structure models provides readers with a proper framework and, at the same time,demonstrates theprospects for new developments. In this second edition, important new results have been added along with a new section describing the regular and chaotic motion within a quadrupole boson picture. Thetopics addressed are very much of current concern in the field. The book will appeal topracticing researchers and, due toits self-contained account, can also be successfully read and used by new graduate students.