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Recent theoretical calculations have raised one of the most intriguing questions today in intermediate energy nuclear physics. This question concerns the formation of exotic shapes in nuclear matter. There have been many theorists, using a rich diversity of models to simulate nuclear dynamics, who have predicted the occurrence of such shapes.[1–5] The title “non-compact geometries” refers to the position-space distribution of the nucleons of a combined nuclear system shortly after a nucleus-nucleus collision, and implies short-lived configurations with novel shapes, e.g. toroids or bubbles. A solid sphere is the geometrical configuration with the minimum surface area for a given volume, i.e., the most compact shape. In this light, any shape other than a sphere can be called “non-compact.”
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Stone, N.T.B. et al. (1996). Search for the Decay of Non-Compact Geometries. In: Bauer, W., Westfall, G.D. (eds) Advances in Nuclear Dynamics 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9086-3_16
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