A Unified Theory of the Nucleus [Paperback]

1. Introduction.- 1.1. General Remarks.- 1.2. Difficulties of Some Reaction Theories.- 2. Reformulation of the Schr?dinger Equation.- 3. Discussion of the Basis Wave Functions for Nuclear Systems.- 3.1. General Remarks.- 3.2. Qualitative Discussion of Cluster Correlations.- 3.3. Construction of Oscillator Cluster Wave Functions.- 3.4. Discussion of 8Be as an Illustrative Example.- 3.5. Effects of Antisymmetrization.- 3.5a. Fermions without Mutual Interaction in a Square-Well Potential.- 3.5b. The Lowest 4+ ?-Cluster State of 8Be.- 3.5c. Mathematical Equivalence of the Lowest 6Li States Described in the t + 3He and the d + ? Oscillator Cluster Representations.- 3.5d. Summary.- 3.6. Applications of Oscillator Cluster Representations to a Qualitative Description of Low-Lying Levels in Light Nuclei.- 3.6a. 7Liand7Be.- 3.6b. 6He, 6Li, and 6Be.- 3.6c. ?-Cluster States of 16O.- 3.6d. Brief Remarks.- 3.7. Construction of Generalized Cluster Wave Functions.- 3.7a. Introduction of Jacobi Coordinates.- 3.7b. Introduction of Parameter Coordinates.- 3.7c. Introduction of Jastrow Factors.- 3.7d. Summary.- 4. Formulation of a Unified Microscopic Nuclear Structure and Reaction Theory.- 4.1. General Remarks.- 4.2. Specific Examples.- 4.2a. n + ? Scattering.- 4.2b. d + ? Scattering.- 4.2c. Discussion.- 4.3. Extension to General Systems.- 5. Bound-State Calculations.- 5.1. General Remarks.- 5.2. Calculation of Matrix Elements.- 5.2a. Evaluation of Matrix Elements by the Cluster-Coordinate Technique  Example of 8Be.- 5.2b. Evaluation of Matrix Elements by the Generator-Coordinate Technique  Example of 8Be.- 5.3. Ground and Low Excited States of 6Li.- 5.3a. Introduction.- 5.3b. Calculation With a Nucleon-Nucleon Potential Containing a Hard Core  Accurate Treatment of the Jastrow Factor.- 5.3c. Calculation with a Nucleon-Nucleon Potential Containing a Soft Core  Approximate Treatment of the Jastrow Factor.- 5.3d. Calculation with a Nucleon-Nucleon Potential Containing no Repulsive ColS)