Investigation of Compression Modes in Nuclei Far from Stability KU Leuven
The density of matter in a nucleus is extremely high: about 10000 billions more dense than gold, which in turn is 20 times more dense than water. In nature, only collapsed stars and black holes have a higher density. Nevertheless, it is possible to further compress nuclear matter: nuclei can be squeezed and elongated like a spring, of course in three dimensions. Oscillations that are created in this way are called compression modes of the ...