Investigation into the properties and structure of unstable nuclei far from stability is a key
avenue of research in modern nuclear physics. These efforts are motivated by the continual …

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 …

Novel simple properties of the monopole component of effective nucleon-nucleon
interactions are presented, leading to the so-called monopole-based universal interaction …

The last decades brought impressive progress in synthesizing and studying properties of
nuclides located very far from the beta stability line. Among the most fundamental properties …

We link the structure of nuclei around Sn 100, the heaviest doubly magic nucleus with equal
neutron and proton numbers (N= Z= 50), to nucleon-nucleon (NN) and three-nucleon (NNN) …

Doubly magic nuclei have a simple structure and are the cornerstones for entire regions of
the nuclear chart. Theoretical insights into the supposedly doubly magic Ni 78 and its …

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 …

The advent and intensive use of new detector technologies as well as radioactive ion beam
facilities have opened up possibilities to investigate alpha, proton and cluster decays of …

We report the first observation of the Xe 108→ Te 104→ Sn 100 α-decay chain. The α
emitters, Xe 108 [E α= 4.4 (2) MeV, T 1/2= 5 8-23+ 106 μ s] and Te 104 [E α= 4.9 (2) MeV, T …