Nuclear Physics Present and Future [Paperback]

State-of-the-art survey by leading experts in the field. Major foci are superheavy nuclei and neutron-rich exotic nuclei. In addition new developments in nuclear fission and nuclear cluster decay are shown. Finally developments in relativistic heavy ion collisions and the physics of supercritical fields are detailed.Superheavy elements: Opening new lands on the nuclear map.- Superheavy Element Chemistry.- Nucleon transfer reactions in very heavy ion systems.- Nuclear Structure: New insights into the structure of neutron-rich nuclei A = 108118 and 160162Gd.- Paradigmatic Lessons from Nuclear Driplines.- Observation of new shape isomers.- Features of nuclear reactions with light weakly bound nuclei at energies near the Coulomb barrier.- Stability Peninsulas in the Neutron-Rich Sector.- Nuclear Fission: Dynamics of Collinear Ternary Fission.- General laws of quantum and statistical mechanics governing fission.- How Rare is Cluster Decay of Superheavy Nuclei.- New kind of nuclear multi-body decay (CCT) - status and perspectives of studies.- Possible production of neutron-rich heavy nuclei in fissile spallation targets.- Heavy Ion Physics: FAIR - Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory.- Turbulence in Low Viscosity Quark-Gluon Plasma.-Parallelization of Kinetic Theory Simulations.- Supercritical Fields: Probing Supercritical Fields with Real and with Artificial Nuclei.-Zepto-second atomic clock for nuclear contact time measurements.- Superheavy Nuclear Molecules.-? Index.????

Prof. Dr. Dr. H.C. Mult Walter Greiner, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS).

State-of-the-art survey of topics in nuclear physics by leading practitioners in the field. Major foci are superheavy nuclei and neutron-rich exotic nuclei. In addition new developments in nuclear fission and nuclear cluster decay are shown. Finally developments in relativistic heavy ion collisions and the physics of supercritical fields are detailed.

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