The last decade has witnessed both quantitative and qualitative progress in shell-model
studies, which have resulted in remarkable gains in our understanding of the structure of the …

The main purpose of the present manuscript is to review the structural evolution along the
isotonic and isotopic chains around the “traditional” magic numbers 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 and …

▪ Abstract The identification of direct-reaction processes and their subsequent exploitation
for the spectroscopy of weak radioactive beams of exotic nuclei are important problems in …

We show how shape transitions in the neutron-rich exotic Si and S isotopes occur in terms of
shell-model calculations with a newly constructed Hamiltonian based on V MU interaction …

The neutron-rich isotopes with Z⩽ 20, in particular those with neutron numbers around N=
28, have been the focus of a lot experimental and theoretical scrutiny during the past few …

I overview new aspects of the structure of exotic nuclei as compared to stable nuclei,
focusing on several characteristic effects of nuclear forces. The shell structure of nuclei has …

The often surprising properties of nuclei beyond the valley of β stability have prompted
extensive experimental and theoretical studies aimed at identifying the driving forces behind …

The N= 28 shell closure has been investigated via the Ar 46 (d, p) Ar 47 transfer reaction in
inverse kinematics. Energies and spectroscopic factors of the neutron p 3/2, p 1/2, and f 5/2 …

We present a review of several works using the finite-range Gogny interaction in mean field
approaches and beyond to explore the most striking nuclear structure features. Shell …

The structure of S 44 has been studied by using delayed γ and electron spectroscopy. The
decay rates of the 0 2+ isomeric state to the 2 1+ and 0 1+ states, measured for the first time …