Relativistic effects in low-energy nuclear structure

Abstract

Relativistic mean-field theory has also shown great success for the description of nuclear structure at low energies, where relativistic kinematics is not needed. Several phenomena in low-energy nuclear structure are discussed which indicate the relativistic dynamics in nuclei, such as a relativistic saturation mechanisms, the spin-orbit splitting and its isospin dependence, pseudo-spin symmetry as a relativistic theory and nuclear magnetism in rotating nuclei.