Exploring exotic nuclei within the MCAS framework

by Prof. Steven Karataglidis (Department of Physics, University of Johannesburg)

Thursday 23 Jan 2014, 14:30 → 15:30 Europe/Zurich

26-1-022 (CERN)

The study of exotic nuclei, especially near and beyond the drip lines, is becoming increasingly important with the advent of new facilities, which seek to explore the nuclear landscape well beyond  the valley of stability. Theoretical efforts have increased in order to develop realistic models and determine (predict) properties, given that many of the nuclei of relevance may still be inaccessible experimentally. Its direct application to nuclear astrophysics makes his aspect crucial. This talk will describe one method of description of exotic nuclei, that coming from the collective model aspects of the Multi‐Channel Algebraic Scattering (MCAS) theory, which has had great success in describing spectra of exotic nuclei. Comparisons with the shell model will be made where possible. Future prospects will be discussed.

Slides mcas_CERN.pdf