Theoretical prediction shows that about 9000 nuclei could be bounded, of which the
properties will be hot topics in the new nuclear physics era opened by the new third …

The past three decades have witnessed the emergence of exotic structures and dynamics in
weakly bound unstable nuclei located in the rapidly expanding nuclear chart. Examples …

A review of evidence on the properties of the A= 12 nuclei, with emphasis on material
leading to information about the structure of the A= 12 systems.

We report here the first observation of the 0 2+ state of He 8, which has been predicted to
feature the condensatelike α+ n 2+ n 2 cluster structure. We show that this state is …

The shape and internal structure of an atomic nucleus can change significantly with
increasing excitation energy, angular momentum, or isospin asymmetry. As an example of …

We present a review of recent works on clustering phenomena in unstable nuclei studied by
antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD). The AMD studies in these decades have …

A cluster-transfer experiment Be 9 (Be 9, C* 14→ α+ Be 10) He 4 was carried out using an
incident beam energy of 45 MeV. This reaction channel has a large Q value that favors …

An inelastic excitation and cluster-decay experiment H 2 (C 16, He 4+ Be 12 or He 6+ Be 10)
H 2 was carried out to investigate the linear-chain clustering structure in neutron-rich C 16 …

We apply the Gamow shell model to study F 25–31 isotopes. As both internucleon
correlations and continuum coupling are properly treated therein, the structure shape of F 31 …

In this article we review the present status of α clustering in nuclear systems. First of all, an
important aspect is condensation in nuclear matter. Like for pairing, quartetting in matter is at …