https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2016-16107-6
Review
Structure models: From shell model to ab initio methods
A brief introduction to microscopic theories for exotic nuclei
1
TRIUMF, V6T 2A3, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
* e-mail: bacca@triumf.ca
Received:
14
November
2015
Accepted:
6
March
2016
Published online:
21
April
2016
A brief review of models to describe nuclear structure and reactions properties is presented, starting from the historical shell model picture and encompassing modern ab initio approaches. A selection of recent theoretical results on observables for exotic light and medium-mass nuclei is shown. Emphasis is given to the comparison with experiment and to what can be learned about three-body forces and continuum properties.
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2016
