Nuclear shell structure and response toward the limits of mass, temperature and isospin

Abstract

We present a short overview of our recent theoretical developments aiming at the description of exotic nuclear phenomena to be reached and studied at the next-generation radioactive beam facilities. Applications to nuclear shell structure and response of nuclei at the limits of their existence, with a special focus on the physics cases of astrophysical importance, are discussed.

Invited talk at EURISOL topical meeting 2013 "Going to the limits of mass, temperature, spin and isospin with heavy Radioactive Ion Beams"