Scientific Publishing Pear-Shaped Nuclei

Review "Professor Pancholi has written a very comprehensive review of what is known about pear-shaped nuclei, both experimentally and theoretically, and the many different ways of analyzing the data. A major strength of the book is the many different ways the data are analyzed to distinguish vibrational from static deformed octupole bands in nuclei … The book is an excellent presentation for scientists who want to study these phenomena in depth." --Nuclear Physics News Product Description During the last several decades, the study of nuclear shapes has been of prime importance. A large number of investigations, both theoretical and experimental, have led to the discovery of a rich variety of nuclear shapes like, the basic spherical, deformed, superdeformed, triaxial, shape coexistence, reflection asymmetric (pear-shape) and other exotic ones. Apart from common nuclear structural properties, each of the mentioned shapes manifests properties associated with its specific form. It is interesting to note that most deformed nuclei are prolate deformed. In this monograph, attention is paid to pear-shaped nuclei.