Investigating the properties of nuclei far from the line of beta-stability is one of the central themes of present day nuclear physics. In this presentation, experiments employing nucleon removal from high-energy secondary beams to explore the most neutron-rich isotopes of beryllium through nitrogen will be briefly discussed through selected examples. In terms of the evolution of shell...
In general, the quantum many-body wave function obtained by theoretical calculation contains an enormous amount of information about many-body correlations. However, theoretical analyses in nuclear physics are mainly performed for quantities such as one- and two-body densities, which are obtained after integrating out most of the information in a many-body wave function.
On the other hand, in...
$^{12}$C($\alpha$,$\gamma$)$^{16}$O, $^{13}$C($\alpha$,$n$)$^{16}$O and $^{12}$C+$^{12}$C are the crucial reactions in the evolution of stars. These reactions create carbon and oxygen in our universe, provide neutrons to synthesize the elements heavier than iron, and define the explosive conditions of superburst. Due to the nuclear clustering effect, resonances form near the thresholds of...
