Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1998

DOI

10.1103/RevModPhys.70.743

Publication Title

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volume

70

Issue

3

Pages

743-841

Abstract

Few-nucleon physics is a field rich with high-quality experimental data and possibilities for accurate calculations of strongly correlated quantum systems. In this article the authors discuss the traditional model of the nucleus as a system of interacting nucleons and outline many recent experimental results and theoretical developments in the field of few-nucleon physics. The authors describe nuclear structure and spectra, clustering and correlations, elastic and inelastic electromagnetic form factors, low-energy electroweak reactions, and nuclear scattering and response in the quasi-elastic regime. Through a review of the rich body of experimental data and a variety of theoretical developments, a coherent description of the nuclear strong- and electroweak-interaction properties emerges. In this article, the authors attempt to provide some insight into the practice and possibilities in few-nucleon physics today.

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© 1998 The American Physical Society

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Original Publication Citation

Carlson, J., & Schiavilla, R. (1998). Structure and dynamics of few-nucleon systems. Reviews of Modern Physics70(3), 743-841.  https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.70.743

ORCID

0000-0001-6049-6683 (Schiavilla)

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