Showing papers by "Herman Feshbach published in 1958"
TL;DR: In this article, a new formulation of the theory of nuclear reactions based on the properties of a generalized "optical" potential is presented, where the real and imaginary part of this potential satisfy a dispersion type relation while its poles give rise to resonances in nuclear reactions.
2,140 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a unified view of the relativistic single particle wave mechanics for both the spin 0 boson and the spin 1/2 h fermion is presented.
Abstract: A unified picture of the relativistic single particle wave mechanics for both the spin 0 boson and the spin 1/2 h fermion is presented. The single particle equations discussed are the Klein-Gordon equation for spin 0, and the Dirac equation for spin 1/2 h. The wave mechanics of these particles is discussed. The field theoretic interpretation, in which the wave equations give the equations of motion for field operators, is connected with the particle interpretation. (M.H.R.)
491 citations
01 Jan 1958
TL;DR: In this paper, the optical model description of the scattering of a nucleon in a target nucleus with the incident particle is approximated by a two-body problem, where the various interations are replaced by a potential between the nucleon and the nucleus.
Abstract: The optical model description of the scattering of a his model the many- body problem arising from the- interactions of the nucleons in the target nucleus with the incident particle is approximated by a two-body problem. The various interations are replaced by a potential between the incident particle and the nucleus. (W.D.M.)
207 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a general, first-order, linear, relativistic wave equation for a particle of arbitrary half-integral maximum spin is presented, which is invariant under the extended Lorentz group, charge conjugation, and Hermitian conjugations.
2 citations