Nuclear Shell Model Applications

A JINA School on Tools and Toys of Nuclear Astrophysics

Michigan State University, MI, USA, Feb. 13 - 17, 2006

The workshop will start on Monday morning at 9 am in the seminar room of the NSCL. Participants should bring laptops. Wireless internet access is available. Computer programs and lecture notes can be downloaded from websites. Some programs such as Oxbash will be execution code that will run directly on windows (without the need for a fortran compiler). Some source codes may be available and the participants will need to have their own fortran compiler to use them. The main lectures will be given by Alex Brown (BAB) and Morten Hjorth-Jensen (MHJ). Special topics lectures will be given as indicated. If the participants finish a project they may report on the results on Thursday afternoon.

JINA will hold a third special "Tools and Toys of Nuclear Astrophysics School on Nuclear Shell Model Applications" at Michigan State University during February 13 - 17, 2006. The school will cover the basic theoretical methods and computational tools used for shell model configuration mixing calculations.

This workshop will cover the basic theoretical methods and computational tools used for shell model configuration mixing calculations. The input for these calculations will be explained and defined. The outputs such as those for binding energies, excitation energies, electromagnetic transitions, beta decay and spectroscopic factors will be defined and used in examples. The emphasis will be on a "hands-on" use of computer codes.

After completion, the participants should be able to use modern shell model tools for analyzing experimental data and perform theoretical studies and explorations of nuclear structure properties.

Organizers:

Alex Brown (brown@nscl.msu.edu)
Morten Hjorth-Jensen (morten.hjorth-jensen@fys.uio.no)

Contact:

Jean McIntyre mcintyre@nscl.msu.edu