The nuclear-physics landscape has been redesigned as a sequence of effective field
theories (EFTs) connected to the standard model through symmetries and lattice simulations …

This review examines the tendency of light nuclei to exhibit clustering, where correlations
between nucleons result in the formation of precipitates, typically α particles. The …

In the past decade, coupled-cluster theory has seen a renaissance in nuclear physics, with
computations of neutron-rich and medium-mass nuclei. The method is efficient for nuclei …

Effective field theory allows for a systematic and model-independent derivation of the forces
between nucleons in harmony with the symmetries of quantum chromodynamics. The …

Particles with short-range interactions and a large scattering length have universal low-
energy properties that do not depend on the details of their structure or their interactions at …

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It is often assumed that few-and many-body systems can be accurately described by
considering only pairwise two-body interactions of the constituents. We illustrate that three …

Nuclear halos emerge as new degrees of freedom near the neutron and proton driplines.
They consist of a core and one or a few nucleons which spend most of their time in the …

The application of effective field theory (EFT) methods to nuclear systems provides the
opportunity to rigorously estimate the uncertainties originating in the nuclear Hamiltonian …

We present the virial equation of state of low-density nuclear matter composed of neutrons,
protons and alpha particles. The virial equation of state is model-independent, and therefore …