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EPSRC Reference:	GR/S96425/01
Title:	Nuclear Giant Reonances and Nonlinearity
Principal Investigator:	Stevenson, Dr PD
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Department:	Department of Physics
Organisation:	University of Surrey
Scheme:	First Grant Scheme Pre-FEC
Starts:	01 October 2004	Ends:	31 January 2007	Value (£):	119,318
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Nuclear Structure
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	No relevance to Underpinning Sectors
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Atomic nuclei are far too small to see directly. To study their properties experimentally, therefore, indirect methods are used. One approach consists of striking the nucleus in such a way as to cause it to resonate, rather like striking a bell and listening to it ring. In the nuclear case, you can't see the bell , but you can hear it, and from the sound, determine its properties. By comparing model simulations of this procedure with experimental work, the value of different models and their assumptions about what happens inside a nucleus can be evaluated. This research proposal is concerned with performing such simulations and looking at effects such as how the chosen force in a simulation reflects reality, and the curious effect that ringing the nuclear bell loudly changes the way it sounds.
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