Building Atomic Nuclei with the Dirac Equation

Abstract

The relevance of the Dirac equation for computations of nuclear structure is motivated and discussed. Quantitatively successful results for medium- and heavy-mass nuclei are described, and modern ideas of effective field theory and density functional theory are used to justify them.

Comments: 9 pages, REVTeX 4.0 with 12pt.rtx, aps.rtx, amssymb.tex, bm.sty, ntgdefs.tex. Contribution to the Dirac Centennial Symposium (FSU, 12/6-7/02)