Note: Front Cover -- Band Structure and Nuclear Dynamics -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- LIST OF VISITORS -- PART I: PHENOMENOLOGICAL COLLECTIVE MODELS -- CHAPTER 1. PERSPECTIVES IN THE THEORY OF NUCLEAR COLLECTIVE MOTION -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. AN EXTENSION OF THE VARIABLE MOMENT OF INERTIA CONCEPT. POSSIBLE RELATION WITH THE INTERACTING BOSON MODEL -- III. BAND CROSSING CALCULATIONS AND VMI CONCEPTS -- IV. MICROSCOPIC FOUNDATIONS OF THE INTERACTING BOSON MODEL (IBM) AND OTHER BOSON EXPANSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. PRESENT STATUS OF THE VMI AND RELATED MODELS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. THE INTERACTING BOSON-FERMION MODEL -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE INTERACTING BOSON-FERMION MODEL -- 3. THE SU(5) LIMIT -- 4. THE SU(3) LIMIT -- 5. THE SO(6) LIMIT -- 6. INTERMEDIATE SITUATIONS -- 7. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES AND FOOTNOTES -- PART II: STRONGLY DEFORMED NUCLEI -- CHAPTER 4. BAND STRUCTURE IN STRONGLY DEFORMED NUCLEI -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY OF YRAST BANDS -- SIDE BANDS AND BAND CROSSINGS -- B(E2) VALUES OF ROTATIONAL TRANSITIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. STRUCTURE OF COLLECTIVE BANDS IN DEFORMED NUCLEI FROM THE MICROSCOPIC POINT OF VIEW -- INTRODUCTION -- CHOICE OF THE FORCE -- MOMENT OF INERTIA AT LOW SPIN -- BAND PROPERTIES AT LOW SPIN -- THE BACKBEND REGION -- SIMPLE MODELS FOR BACKBENDING -- NON-SELF-CONSISTENT HARTREE-FOCK -- SELF-CONSISTENT HARTREE-FOCK -- HARTREE-FOCK BOGOLYUBOV -- VERY HIGH SPIN STATES -- J SHELL AT HIGH SPIN, EXACT RESULTS -- CORRELATIONS AT HIGH SPIN -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. THE HARTREE-FOCK-BOGOLIUBOV THEORY OF HIGH-SPIN STATES -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HFB - CRANKING THEORY -- 3. BACKBENDING, C0RI0LIS ANTIPAIRING, PAIR REALIGNMENT AND GAPLESS SUPERCONDUCTIVITY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. THE CRANKING MODEL APPLIED TO Yb BANDS AND BAND CROSSINGS. , INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTS - 16 0,162yb- _ NBI -- EXTRACTION OF PERTINENT VALUES FROM DATA - 16 0,162yb -- CROSSING FREQUENCIES -- CALCULATIONS -- 161Yb EXPERIMENT - NBI -- COMPARISON TO CALCULATIONS - 161Yb -- COMPARISON TO CALCULATIONS - 160Yb -- COMPARISON TO CALCULATIONS - 162Yb -- EXPERIMENTS - 160Yb - ORNL -- HIGH-SPIN STATES - 160Yb -- TREND OF SECOND BACKBENDERS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART III: TRANSITIONAL NUCLEI -- CHAPTER 8. SURVEY OF EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF THE IBA MODEL -- I . INTRODUCTION -- II. STRUCTURE OF THE IBA: APPROACH, APPROXIMATIONS AND SCOPE, SYMMETRIES, IBA-1 AND IBA-2, PARAMETERS, RELATION TO OTHER MODELS -- III. THE 0(6) LIMIT AND THE 0(6) → ROTOR TRANSITION IN THE PT-OS REGION -- IV. THE SU(5) → SU(3) TRANSITION IN THE SM ISOTOPES -- V. ENERGIES AND TRANSITIONS IN THE A^80 REGION -- VI. TWO NUCLEON TRANSFER IN THE IBA -- VII. INELASTIC SCATTERING PROCESSES -- VIII. THE IBA FOR ODD MASS NUCLEI (IBFA) -- IX. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. SYMMETRIC ROTOR INTERPRETATION OF TRANSITIONAL NUCLEI -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SYSTEMATIC TRENDS FOR SLIGHTLY-DEFORMED-SYMMETRIC-ROTORS -- III. COMPARISON OF GENERAL TRENDS AND SPECIFIC CALCULATIONS TO EXPERIMENTAL DATA -- IV. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF EXCITED BANDS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11. HOW MICROSCOPIC BOSON MODELS WORK -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE MAIN IDEA OF BOSON EXPANSIONS -- 3. MAPPING THE WHOLE FERMION SPACE - EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS EXPANSIONS -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART IV: VERY HIGH SPIN STATES -- CHAPTER 12. PHENOMENA AT VERY HIGH SPINS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 13. NILSSON-STRUTINSKY MODEL OF VERY HIGH SPIN STATES -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. , III. NUCLEI ROTATING AROUND THE SYMMETRY AXIS -- IV. COMPETITION BETWEEN SINGLE-PARTICLE AND COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS IN THE A~150 YRAST TRAP REGION -- V. SHELL EFFECTS IN THE YRAST SPECTRUM OF 118Te -- VI. SHELL EFFECTS AT LARGE DEFORMATIONS. SUPER-BACK-BENDING -- VII. PARTICLE INSTABILITY AT VERY HIGH SPINS -- VIII. THE REGION ABOVE THE YRAST LINE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14. SELF-CONSISTENT THEORY OF VERY HIGH SPIN STATES -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HAMILTONIAN, DETAILS OF THE CALCULATION -- III. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS FOR 162Yb and 164Er -- IV. ANGULAR MOMENTUM FLUCTUATIONS -- V. PAIRING CORRELATIONS IN STRUTINSKY-TYPE CALCULATIONS -- VI . SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- PART V: SPECIAL TOPICS -- CHAPTER 15. RELATION OF THE INTERACTING BOSON MODEL TO THE SHELL MODEL -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FAVORED PAIRS AND SD SUBSPACE -- 3. THE GINOCCHIO MODEL AND THE INTERACTING BOSON MODEL WITH THE DYSON REPRESENTATION -- 4. THE GINOCCHIO MODEL, OTSUKA-ARIMA-IACHELLO METHOD AND BOSON EXPANSION -- 5. SINGLE J MODEL AND CRITICISM OF THE BOSON EXPANSION TECHNIQUE -- 6. COLLECTIVE NON-COLLECTIVE COUPLING AND THE RENORMALIZATION OF THE EFFECTIVE INTERACTION -- 7. DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 16. ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR COLLECTIVE MOTIONS IN TERMS OF THE BOSON EXPANSION THEORY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE METHOD OF BOSON EXPANSION -- 3. RESULTS OF CALCULATIONS -- 4. FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE USE OF BET -- 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 17. ELECTRIC GIANT MULTIPOLE RESONANCES -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION USING MICROSCOPIC MODELS -- 3. ELECTRIC MULTIPOLE RESONANCES -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART VI: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER 18. SOME QUESTIONS ON THE CORIOLIS FORCE, THE STRUCTURE OF ROTATIONAL STATES AND THE IBM -- ON THE CORIOLIS FORCE IN ROTATING NUCLEI. , ON THE MICROSCOPIC ORIGIN OF ROTATIONAL STATES -- ON THE INTERACTING BOSON MODEL (IBM) -- CHAPTER 19. THE EBBS AND FLOWS OF THE COLLECTIVE TIDE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 20. REMAINING PROBLEMS IN NUCLEAR DYNAMICS -- INTRODUCTION -- UNIFIED SHELL-MODEL DESCRIPTION OF NUCLEAR DEFORMATION -- REMAINING PROBLEMS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 21. REMARKS ABOUT ANGULAR MOMENTUM FLUCTUATIONS AND THE PARTICLE-PLUS-ROTOR MODEL AS COMPARED TO THE SELFCONSISTENT CRANKING MODEL -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE PARTICLE PLUS ROTOR MODEL -- III. THE LIMIT OF A "VANISHING ROTOR" AND ITS CONSEQUENCES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- AUTHOR INDEX.