Shape coexistence in atomic nuclei

K Heyde, JL Wood - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
Shape coexistence in nuclei appears to be unique in the realm of finite many-body quantum
systems. It differs from the various geometrical arrangements that sometimes occur in a …

The shell model as a unified view of nuclear structure

E Caurier, G Martínez-Pinedo, F Nowacki, A Poves… - Reviews of modern …, 2005 - APS
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 …

An experimental view on shape coexistence in nuclei

PE Garrett, M Zielińska, E Clément - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear shape coexistence is the phenomenon in which distinct shapes occur within the
same nucleus and at a similar energy. In this work, we provide an overview of the …

Nuclear magic numbers: New features far from stability

O Sorlin, MG Porquet - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

Recent trends in the determination of nuclear masses

D Lunney, JM Pearson, C Thibault - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2003 - APS
The mass of the nucleus, through its binding energy, continues to be of capital importance
not only for various aspects of nuclear physics, but also for other branches of physics …

Current status of r-process nucleosynthesis

T Ka**o, W Aoki, AB Balantekin, R Diehl… - Progress in Particle and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid neutron capture process (r process) is believed to be responsible for about half of
the production of the elements heavier than iron and contributes to abundances of some …

The nuclear shell model towards the drip lines

BA Brown - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2001 - Elsevier
Applications of the nuclear shell model to nuclei out to the proton and neutron drip lines are
presented. The assumptions and hamiltonians for the mean-field and shell-model …

Monte Carlo shell model for atomic nuclei

T Otsuka, M Honma, T Mizusaki, N Shimizu… - Progress in Particle and …, 2001 - Elsevier
The development, present status and future perspectives of the Monte Carlo shell model are
discussed. The development and limitation of the conventional shell model calculations are …

r-process nucleosynthesis: connecting rare-isotope beam facilities with the cosmos

CJ Horowitz, A Arcones, B Cote… - Journal of Physics G …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This is an exciting time for the study of r-process nucleosynthesis. Recently, a neutron star
merger GW170817 was observed in extraordinary detail with gravitational waves and …

Nuclear magnetic and quadrupole moments for nuclear structure research on exotic nuclei

G Neyens - Reports on progress in physics, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the key issues in current nuclear physics research is to investigate the properties of
so-calledexotic nuclei'and ofexotic nuclear structures'. Exotic nuclei are nuclei with a proton …