Abstract
We review the current status of the nuclear matter (N=Z and no Coulomb interaction) incompressibility coefficient, K nm , and describe the theoretical and the experimental methods used to determine K nm from properties of compression modes in nuclei. In particular we consider the long standing problem of the conflicting results obtained for K nm , deduced from experimental data on excitation cross sections for the isoscalar giant monopole resonance (ISGMR) and data for the isoscalar giant dipole resonance (ISGDR).
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Shlomo, S. Compression modes and the nuclear matter incompressibility coefficient. Pramana - J Phys 57, 557–570 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-001-0062-4
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