Vol. 156 (April I 2008)

Exotic Nuclei, New Theoretical Challenges

Free access Editorial Editorial    p. V Karim Bennaceur, Philippe Chomaz, Héloïse Goutte, Elias Khan, Frédéric Nowacki and Cédric Simenel Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00605-3 Abstract PDF (43.06 KB)

Radioactive ion beams at FAIR-NuSTAR - Challenges and advantages of high-energy exotic beams    p. 1 T. Nilsson Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00606-2 Abstract PDF (1.591 MB)

Microscopic approaches to nuclear structure: Configuration interaction    p. 13 W.E. Ormand Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00607-1 Abstract PDF (1.217 MB)

Nuclear energy density functionals constrained by low-energy QCD    p. 37 D. Vretenar Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00608-0 Abstract PDF (582.6 KB)

Clustering and other exotic phenomena in nuclei    p. 69 T. Neff and H. Feldmeier Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00609-y Abstract PDF (689.4 KB)

Breakup reaction models for exotic nuclei    p. 93 D. Baye Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00610-6 Abstract PDF (653.1 KB)

Selected topics in nuclear astrophysics    p. 123 G. Martínez-Pinedo Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00611-5 Abstract PDF (831.0 KB)

Neutron stars and pulsars - An introduction to models and observations    p. 151 J. Novak Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00612-4 Abstract PDF (604.8 KB)

Shell evolution in exotic nuclei    p. 169 T. Otsuka Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00613-3 Abstract PDF (284.3 KB)

Beyond the relativistic mean-field approximation: Configuration mixing of mean-field wave functions projected on angular momentum and particle number    p. 175 T. Nikšić Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00614-2 Abstract PDF (221.9 KB)

Hypernuclei and in-medium chiral dynamics    p. 183 P. Finelli Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00615-1 Abstract PDF (253.6 KB)

Ab initio nuclear structure calculations with transformed realistic interactions    p. 191 R. Roth Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00616-0 Abstract PDF (320.7 KB)

Chiral symmetry, confinement and nuclear matter properties    p. 199 G. Chanfray, M. Ericson and E. Massot Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00617-y Abstract PDF (198.3 KB)

Non-empirical pairing functional    p. 207 T. Duguet and T. Lesinski Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00618-x Abstract PDF (190.2 KB)

Going beyond the self-consistent mean-field with the symmetry-restored generator coordinate method - From single-reference toward multi-reference energy density functional theory    p. 217 M. Bender Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00619-9 Abstract PDF (547.4 KB)

Nonrelativistic nuclear energy functionals    p. 229 G. Colò and P.F. Bortignon Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00620-4 Abstract PDF (253.7 KB)

Sub-barrier fusion processes: The case of weakly-bound nuclei    p. 237 A. Vitturi Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00621-3 Abstract PDF (1.229 MB)

Time-dependent approaches for reaction and response in unstable nuclei    p. 249 T. Nakatsukasa, K. Yabana and M. Ito Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00622-2 Abstract PDF (807.2 KB)

From stars to nuclei    p. 257 G. Meynet Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00623-1 Abstract PDF (150.7 KB)

Nuclear superfluidity and cooling time of neutron stars    p. 265 N. Sandulescu Published online: 17 April 2008 DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2008-00624-0 Abstract PDF (369.0 KB)