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Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement No. 196
Frontier Issues in Physics of Exotic Nuclei
Proceedings of the Yukawa International Seminar 2011 (YKIS2011) and
Long-Term Workshop on Dynamics and Correlations in Exotic Nuclei (DCEN2011)
Ed. by K. Hagino, N. Itagaki, Y. Kanada-En'yo, M. Matsuo, T. Nakatsukasa
and M. Yamagami
The Yukawa International Seminar 2011 (YKIS2011), ``Frontier Issues
in Physics of Exotic Nuclei'', was held at the Yukawa Institute for
Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, from October 11th to 15th, 2011.
The long-term workshop ``Dynamics and Correlations in Exotic Nuclei''
(DCEN2011) was held jointly with YKIS2011 during the extended period
from September 20th to October 28th, 2011, as a part of the Yukawa
International Program for Quark-Hardron Sciences (YIPQS).
The physics of exotic nuclei began to develop dramatically in the late 1980s,
when the neutron halo phenomenon was discovered. Since then, it has
proved to be an extremely rich field, in which we have learned many new
features of nuclear systems and interesting relations to astrophysical
phenomena.
YKIS2011 was organized as a symposium in which frontier issues
in the physics of exotic nuclei were discussed by leading experts and the
active young researchers. Since many of these topics are pursued both
experimentally and theoretically, an emphasis was put on the exchange
of ideas between experimentalists and theorists.
In the long-term workshop, DCEN2011, the topics addressed
concern mostly advances and problems in theoretical studies,
covering a wide range of problems, from ab initio approaches to
density functional theories, and from the cluster and resonance
structures to direct and heavy ion reactions.
We also promoted discussions with molecular and condensed matter theorists,
and this inter-disciplinary interaction was quite successful.
This volume of the Supplement of Progress of Theoretical Physics contains
manuscripts corresponding to the talks (both invited and contributed)
given at YKIS2011.
It also includes invited papers written by six of the participants in DCEN2011.
We hope that these papers are useful
for all people
who are interested in the physics of exotic nuclei and
related many-body theories.
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