Conveners
Sesion 2: The science and impact of Bent Herskind (1931 - 2021)
- Mark Riley (Florida State University, USA)
The possibility of existence in atomic nuclei of the so called “Jacobi shape transitions”, the rapid shape changes at certain narrow angular momentum range from an oblate to a very elongated prolate shape (analogous to those predicted by Jacobi for rotating stellar objects), was postulated by theorists already in the early 1960’s [1,2]. In the 90’s, the Seattle group, and soon after the NBI...
The physics of warm rotation at high spin in the many-body atomic nucleus will be briefly reviewed with the attempt of providing a historical perspective. This fascinating research topic, investigated in past decades by various research groups in Europe and the US, was greatly inspired by the seminal work carried out at the NBI, with Bent Herskind being the central figure. Bent had unique...
Two of the most admirable traits of Bent Herskind were his intense curiosity and his lively imagination which were particularly evident when applied to the search for new physics and the development of new analysis techniques. In this presentation I will give an overview on the research carried out at the Niels Bohr Institute into extreme nuclear deformations (superdeformation,...
