The atomic nucleus is a quantum many-body system whose constituent nucleons (protons
and neutrons) are subject to complex nucleon-nucleon interactions that include spin-and …

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 …

New sets of parameters for Skyrme interactions have been determined. In addition to the
ground-state properties, they give satisfactory values for the compression modulus, spin and …

Due to the lack of “how-to” pieces in the methods literature, a theatre artist who later became
an ethnographer offers this personal primer in playwriting with qualitative data …

The role of neutron–proton pairing correlations on the structure of nuclei along the N= Z line
is reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on the competition between isovector (T= 1) and …

New two-body interactions are derived for nuclei in the lower part of the Of 1p shell by fitting
semi-empirical potential forms and two-body matrix elements to 61 binding and excitation …

The structure of nuclear isomeric states is reviewed in the context of their role in
contemporary nuclear physics research. Emphasis is given to high-spin isomers in heavy …

A closed form version of the two-component exciton model is derived. Discussions of
corrections for the Pauli exclusion principle, of the expected behavior of the residual two …

Gamow–Teller (GT) transitions are the most common weak interaction processes of spin–
isospin (στ) type in atomic nuclei. They are of interest not only in nuclear physics but also in …

We first review the shell evolution in exotic nuclei driven by nuclear forces. We then
demonstrate that the underlying mechanism played by the balance of the tensor and central …