Review

Few-body physics with the electromagnetic probe: Theoretical issues

G. Orlandini^1,2a

¹ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy
² Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Gruppo Collegato di Trento, 38123 Trento, Italy

^a e-mail: orlandin@science.unitn.it

Received: 8 July 2011
Revised: 21 July 2011
Published online: 23 September 2011

Abstract

This review intends to stress some of the questions of fundamental nature that modern nuclear physics faces. The contributions of the theory of few-body systems as well as the role of the electromagnetic probe to their solution is emphasized. The focus is on A > 2 systems.