Structure of Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear Forces

Direct Reactions with Exotic Nuclei , Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics

Intermediate energy Coulomb excitation and dissociation is a useful tool for nuclear structure and astrophysics studies. Low-lying strength in nuclei far from stability was discovered by this method. The effective range theory for low-lying strength in one-neutron halo nuclei is summarized and extended to two-neutron halo nuclei. This is of special interest in view of recent rather accurate exp...

Novel features of nuclear forces and shell evolution in exotic nuclei.

Novel simple properties of the monopole component of effective nucleon-nucleon interactions are presented, leading to the so-called monopole-based universal interaction. Shell structures are shown to change as functions of N and Z, consistent with experiments. Some key cases of this shell evolution are discussed, clarifying the effects of central and tensor forces. The validity of the present t...

Structure and Reactions of Exotic Nuclei

Systematic studies of isotopic chains including nuclides from the proton to the neutron dripline are an ideal testing ground for nuclear structure theory. Results of Hartree{Fock calculations for magnesium and tin isotopes are discussed. Ground states and the multipole response of superheavy nuclei are investigated with HF and RPA calculations. Exploratory calculations for single nucleon transf...

Nuclear Forces and Nuclear Structure

After a historical review, I present the progress in the field of realistic NN potentials that we have seen in recent years. A new generation of very quantitative (high-quality/high-precision) NN potentials has emerged. These potentials will serve as reliable input for microscopic nuclear structure calculations and will allow for a systematic investigation of off-shell effects. The issue of thr...

Exotic Atoms and Exotic Nuclei