1 Probing mean field theory in the nuclear interior Bernard Frois CEA-DRT
2 Celebrating Daniel Gogny
A great friend Working with him and his group was a pleasure. We achieved a lot together. Great sense of humor. « Bon vivant » Very French, wonderful smile, cheerful. A sense of elegance and style An impressive smoker 3
A great physicist Very sharp. World Class. Superb knowledge in Physics and Maths. Original, profound, intense in his work, perfectionist Liked to work at the blackboard A constellation of collaborators An artist … 4
5 1950’s Robert Hofstadter Nobel Prize in Electron scattering 1974 Visitor at CEA –Saclay
6 This figure gives a summary of the approximate charge density distributions found for various nuclei studied by electron scattering at Stanford University (R. Hofstadter)
– 1970 Bethe, Bruckner, Goldstone Significant disagreement with experimental properties of nuclear matter 1970: Orsay group plays a leading role in the new generation HF calculations and Vnn Hans Bethe, Nobel Laureate Marcel Veneroni « Le Maître » plays a central role.
8 Is the shell model valid in the nuclear interior ? Maria Goeppert-Mayer
1975 – 1985 « Teaming Up » A wealth of high momentum electron scattering data measured at CEA-Saclay A powerful interaction between Saclay and Bruyères le Châtel groups 9
10 Daniel Gogny develops his finite range force with his group and his HFB calculations in the 70’s Daniel Gogny got the Prix Joliot-Curie in 1986
High momentum electron at CEA-Saclay allowed for the first time to probe the fine details of the nucleus Note that this is a classic interference experiment. Electrons one by one follow the interference pattern. Each electron wave interfers with itself.
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13 3s ? 3s
14 Correlations deplete the valence orbit
15 No problem in the nuclear interior. Pauli principle blocks the strong NN interaction at short distances. A problem of correlations at the fermi surface
This body of work has provided firm benchmarks against which to test our understanding of the nuclear many-body problems
17 INPC98 The young generation is ready