The year 2025 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for Bohr, Mottelson and Rainwater to honor the discovery of the connection between single-particle motion and collective motion in atomic nuclei. How such simple and ordered dynamics can emerge in quantum systems that involve complex many-body correlations stays as one of the fundamental questions of nuclear physics. Today investigations of a wide spectrum of structures, responses to external fields or symmetries of nuclei are advancing at far edges of stability or at extreme conditions, which are made possible both with nuclear spectroscopy at various high-performance accelerator-based facilities of stable or radioactive isotopes and with theoretical efforts in understanding of nuclear forces and many-body problems aided by developments of large-scale computational techniques. The symposium aims to broadly bring experimental and theoretical experts to revisit the emergence of single-particle and collective motions in today’s context of nuclear structure studies and discuss future perspectives toward deeper insight into the essence of nuclear structures.
This symposium honors the late Professor Ikuko Hamamoto (1936 - 2023), a preeminent theorist in the field of nuclear structures. This event is inspired by her distinguished research achievements and contributions.
The symposium will take place at the University of Aizu, the same location that hosted the international symposium on frontiers of collective motions (CM2002) in 2002, convened upon her retirement.
Topics
- Structure of weakly-bound states and resonances
- Shell structure at far edges of stability
- Giant and soft resonances
- Deformation and collective motion
- Quenching problems
- Clustering and correlations
The workshop will consist of invited and contributed talks on theories and experiments. A poster session is also planned.
Abstract submission and registration
The abstract submission and registration forms are available on this website.
Important dates
October 31: Deadline for abstract submissions
January 31: Deadline for registration
March 4 - 7: Symposium
Support
We will support students and early-career researchers to encourage their participation. Domestic travel and local expenses will be fully or partially covered based on the availability of funds. The application form will be found in the online registration form.
