Michael BENDER

phone: (001) (630) 252 4109
fax: (001) (630) 252 6008
e-mail: mbender@phy.anl.gov
home page: www-theory.gsi.de/~bender

Biographical sketch

1994 Dipl. phys. (Diploma in Physics), Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
1994-1998 Research Assistant, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
1998 Dr. phil. nat., Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
1998-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1999-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and
Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
2000 Visiting Scientist, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
2000 Visiting Scientist, Theory Group, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) Darmstadt, Germany.
2001-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Service de Physique Nucléaire Théorique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
2002-2003 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship under the Human Potential Programme of the European Commission.
2003-2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle.
present Visiting Scientist, Theory Group, Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois.

Member, German Physical Society (DPG)

Publications

Each section is listed in time-reversed order.

Reviews

Self-consistent mean-field models for nuclear structure
M. Bender, P.-H. Heenen, P.-G. Reinhard
Rev. Mod. Phys. 75 (2003) 121-180.
Mean-field models and superheavy elements
P.-G. Reinhard, M. Bender, J. A. Maruhn
Comments on Modern Physics 2 (2002) A177-A208. preprint nucl-th/0012095. GSI Preprint 2001-02.

Preprints

Microscopic study of ²⁴⁰Pu, mean-field and beyond
M. Bender, P.-H. Heenen, P. Bonche
submitted to Phys. Rev. C.
Further explorations of Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass formulas. III: Role of particle-number projection
M. Samyn, S. Goriely, M. Bender and J. M. Pearson
submitted to Phys. Rev. C.

Refereed Research Articles

Configuration mixing of angular momentum projected self-consistent mean-field states for neutron-deficient Pb isotopes
M. Bender, P. Bonche, T. Duguet, and P.-H. Heenen
Phys. Rev. C 69 (2004) 064303 (13 pages). preprint nucl-th/0311090
Correlation energies by the generator coordinate method: computational aspects for quadrupolar deformations
M. Bender, G. F. Bertsch and P.-H. Heenen
Phys. Rev. C 69 (2004) 034340 (10 pages). preprint nucl-th/0311026.
Systematics of fission barriers in superheavy elements
T. Bürvenich, M. Bender, J. A. Maruhn and P.-G. Reinhard
Phys. Rev. C 69 (2004) 014307 (15 pages). preprint nucl-th/0302056.
Further explorations of Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mass formulas. II: Role of the effective mass
S. Goriely, M. Samyn, M. Bender and J. M. Pearson
Phys. Rev. C 68 (2003) 054325 (11 pages). preprint nucl-th/0311086.
Beyond-mean-field-model analysis of low-spin normal-deformed and superdeformed collective states of ³²S, ³⁶Ar, ³⁸Ar and ⁴⁰Ca
M. Bender, H. Flocard and P.-H. Heenen
Phys. Rev. C 68 (2003) 044321 (13 pages). preprint nucl-th/0305021.
Time-reversal violating Schiff moment of ²²⁵Ra
J. Engel, M. Bender, J. Dobaczewski, J. H. de Jesus, P. Olbratowski
Phys. Rev. C 68 (2003) 025501 (9 pages). preprint nucl-th/0304075.
Skyrme mean-field study of rotational bands in transfermium isotopes
M. Bender, P. Bonche, T. Duguet, P.-H. Heenen
Nucl. Phys. A723 (2003) 354-364. preprint nucl-th/0302058.
Shape Coexistence in ¹⁸⁶Pb: Beyond-mean-field description by configuration mixing of symmetry restored wave functions
T. Duguet, M. Bender, P. Bonche, P.-H. Heenen
Phys. Lett. B559 (2003) 201-206. preprint nucl-th/0212016.
Beyond mean-field description of the low-lying spectrum of ¹⁶O
M. Bender and P.-H. Heenen
Nucl. Phys. A713 (2003) 390-401. preprint nucl-th/0205074.
Comment on ``Structure of exotic nuclei and superheavy elements in a relativistic shell model''
M. Bender
Phys. Rev. C 67 (2003) 019801 (2 pages). preprint nucl-th/0106024.
The Z=82 shell closure in neutron-deficient Pb isotopes
M. Bender, T. Cornelius, G. A. Lalazissis, J. A. Maruhn, W. Nazarewicz, P.-G. Reinhard
Eur. Phys. J. A14 (2002) 23-28. preprint nucl-th/0110057.
Gamow-Teller strength and the spin-isospin coupling constants of the Skyrme energy functional
M. Bender, J. Dobaczewski, J. Engel, W. Nazarewicz
Phys. Rev. C. 65 (2002) 054322 (19 pages). preprint nucl-th/0112056.
GCM analysis of the collective properties of lead isotopes with exact projection on particle numbers
P.-H. Heenen, A. Valor, M. Bender, P. Bonche, H. Flocard
Eur. Phys. J. A11 (2001) 393-402. preprint nucl-th/0106013.
Shell stabilization of super- and hyperheavy nuclei without magic gaps
M. Bender, W. Nazarewicz, P.-G. Reinhard
Phys. Lett. B515 (2001) 42-48. preprint nucl-th/0103065. GSI Preprint 2001-09.
Quadrupole and hexadecapole couplings for ¹²⁷I in Li¹²⁷I
Jørn Thyssen, Peter Schwerdtfeger, Michael Bender, Witold Nazarewicz, Paul B. Semmes
Phys. Rev. A 63 (2001) 022505 (11 pages).
Pairing gaps from nuclear mean-field models
M. Bender, K. Rutz, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn
Eur. Phys. J. A8 (2000) 59-75. preprint nucl-th/0005028.
Consequences of the center-of-mass correction in nuclear mean-field models
M. Bender, K. Rutz, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn
Eur. Phys. J. A7 (2000) 467-478. preprint nucl-th/9910025.
Shell corrections of superheavy nuclei in self-consistent calculations
A. T. Kruppa, M. Bender, W. Nazarewicz, P.-G. Reinhard, T. Vertse, S. Cwiok
Phys. Rev. C 61 (2000) 034313 (13 pages). preprint nucl-th/9910046.
alpha-decay chains of ²⁸⁹114 and ²⁹³118 in the relativistic mean-field model
M. Bender
Phys. Rev. C 61 (2000) 031302(R) (4 pages). preprint nucl-th/9911066.
Pairing gap and polarization effects
K. Rutz, M. Bender, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn
Phys. Lett. B468 (1999) 1-6. preprint nucl-th/9910026.
Nuclear shell gaps at finite temperatures
C. Reiss, M. Bender, P.-G. Reinhard
Eur. Phys. J. A6 (1999) 157-165.
Shell structure of superheavy nuclei in self-consistent mean-field models
M. Bender, K. Rutz, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner
Phys. Rev. C 60 (1999) 034304 (20 pages). preprint nucl-th/9906030.
Beta decay of r-process waiting-point nuclei in a self-consistent approach
J. Engel, M. Bender, J. Dobaczewski, W. Nazarewicz, R. Surman
Phys. Rev. C 60 (1999) 014302 (12 pages). preprint nucl-th/99020259.
Potential Energy surfaces of superheavy nuclei
M. Bender, K. Rutz, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner
Phys. Rev. C 58 (1998) 2126-2132. preprint nucl-th/9902058.
Superheavy nuclei in deformed mean-field calculations
T. Bürvenich, K. Rutz, M. Bender, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner
Eur. Phys. J. A 3 (1998) 139-147.
Odd nuclei and single-particle spectra in the relativistic mean-field model
K. Rutz, M. Bender, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner
Nucl. Phys. A634 (1998) 67-88.
An HFB scheme in natural orbitals
P.-G. Reinhard, M. Bender, K. Rutz, J. A. Maruhn
Z. Phys. A358 (1997) 277-278. preprint nucl-th/9705054.
Superheavy nuclei in selfconsistent nuclear calculations
K. Rutz, M. Bender, T. Bürvenich, T. Schilling, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner
Phys. Rev. C 56 (1997) 238-243. preprint nucl-th/9610032.
Lipkin-Nogami pairing scheme in self-consistent nuclear structure calculations
P.-G. Reinhard, W. Nazarewicz, M. Bender, J. A. Maruhn
Phys. Rev. C 53 (1996) 2776-2785.

Selected contributions to Conference Proceedings

(indices refer to the complete list)

The description of shape coexistence by mean-field and beyond mean-field methods
P.-H. Heenen, M. Bender, P. Bonche, T. Duguet
Procedings of the `` Nuclear Physics Workshop Marie and Pierre Curie''
Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, September 24-28 2003
A. Baran, K. Pomorski, J. Bartel [edts.]
Int. Journ. Mod. Phys. E 13 (2004) 133-138.

Mean Field: Relativistic versus Non-Relativistic
P.-G. Reinhard and M. Bender
Extended Density Functionals in Nuclear Physics
Proceedings of the 307. WE-Heraeus-Seminar, "Relativistic Structure Models for the Physics of Radioactive Nuclear Beams"
May 12-16, 2003, Bad Honnef, Germany
G. A. Lalazissis, P. Ring, D. Vretenar [edts.]
Lecture Notes in Physics 641, 249-268
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2004).

Spectroscopy of heavy nuclei by configuration mixing of symmetry restored mean-field states: Shape coexistence in neutron-deficient Pb isotopes
M. Bender, P. Bonche, T. Duguet, P.-H. Heenen
Proceedings of the International Workshop XXXI on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations:
``Nuclear Structure and Dynamics at the Limits''
Hirschegg, Austria, January 12-18, 2003
H. Feldmeier, J. Knoll, W. Nörenberg, and J. Wambach [edts.]
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) Darmstadt, 2003, pages 122-127. preprint nucl-th/0302057

The Performance of Mean-Field Models for Superheavy Elements
P.-G. Reinhard, M. Bender, T. Bürvenich, T. Cornelius, P. Fleischer, J. A. Maruhn
Proceedings of the Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics IV
Tours, France, September 4-7 2000
M. Arnould, M. Lewitowicz, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, H. Akimune, M. Ohta, H. Utsunomiya, T. Wada, T. Yamagata [edts.]
AIP Conference Proceedings 561, Melville, New York, 2001, pages 377-387.

Extrapolation of Mean-Field Models to Superheavy Nuclei
M. Bender
Proceedings of the International Conference on Fusion dynamics at the extremes
Dubna, Russia, May 25-27 2000
Yu. Ts. Oganessian, V. I. Zagrabaev [edts.]
World Scientific, Singapore (2001), pages 51-64.
preprint nucl-th/0010094. GSI Preprint 2001-03.

Theoretical Description of Superheavy Nuclei
W. Nazarewicz, M. Bender, S. Cwiok, P.-H. Heenen, A. Kruppa, P.-G. Reinhard, T. Vertse
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams 'RNB2000'
Divonne, France, April 3-8 2000
H. L. Ravn, T. Lettry, T. Nilsson [edts.]
Nucl. Phys. A701 (2002) 165-171.

Exotic Nuclei - A Challenge for Nuclear Mean Field Models
P.-G. Reinhard, C. Reiss, M. Bender, T. Bürvenich, T. Cornelius, J. A. Maruhn
Proceedings of the 1st Euroconference on Atomic Physics at Accelerators 'APAC99'
Mainz, Germany, September 19-24 1999
L. Schweikhard, H.-J. Kluge [edts.]
Hyperfine Interactions 127 (2000) 13-20.

Skyrme-Hartree-Fock in the realm of nuclear mean field models
P.-G. Reinhard, M. Bender, T. Bürvenich, C. Reiss, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Models and Theories of the Nuclear Mass
RIKEN, Japan, July 19-23, 1999
N. Tajima, S. Yamaji [edts.]
RIKEN Review 26 (2000) 23-30.

Superheavy Nuclei in Self-Consistent Mean-Field Models
M. Bender, K. Rutz, T. Bürvenich, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner,
Proceedings of Nuclear Shapes and Motions, A Symposium in Honor of Ray Nix,
Hotel St. Francis, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 25-27, 1998
A. J. Sierk [ed.]
Acta Physica Hungarica N. S. Heavy-Ion Physics 10 (1999) 185-199.

Exotic nuclei in self-consistent calculations
M. Bender, K. Rutz, T. Bürvenich, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner
Proceedings of the Nuclear Structure 98 International Conference
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, U.S.A., August 10-15, 1998
C. Baktash [ed.]
AIP Conference Proceedings 481, AIP, Woodbury, New York, 1999, pages 81-90.

Mean-field models and exotic nuclei
M. Bender, T. Bürvenich, K. Rutz J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner, P.-G. Reinhard
Proceedings of the International Workshop XXVI on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations,
Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria, January 11-17, 1998
M. Buballa, W. Nörenberg, J. Wambach, A. Wirzba [edts.]
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Darmstadt, 1998, pages 59-68.

Superheavy nuclei in selfconsistent calculations
M. Bender, K. Rutz, T. Bürvenich, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner
Proceedings of the International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei,
Sanibel Island, Florida, USA, November 10-15, 1997
J. H. Hamilton, A. V. Ramayya [edts.]
World Scientific, 1998, pages 301-310.

Superheavy nuclei in selfconsistent nuclear calculations
M. Bender, K. Rutz, T. Bürvenich, T. Schilling, P.-G. Reinhard, J. A. Maruhn, W. Greiner
Proceedings of the Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics III, Tours, France, September 2-5, 1997
M. Arnould, M. Leitowicz, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, M. Ohta, H. Utsunomiya, T. Wada [edts.],
AIP Conference Proceedings 425, AIP, Woodbury, New York, 1998, pages 85-96.