The Nuclear Shell Model towards the Drip Lines

Abstract

Applications of configuration-mixing methods for nuclei near the proton and neutron drip lines are discussed. A short review of magic numbers is presented. Prospects for advances in the regions of four new “outposts” are highlighted: 28O, 42Si, 60Ca and 78Ni. Topics include shell gaps, single-particle properties, islands of inversion, collectivity, neutron decay, neutron halos, two-proton decay, effective charge, and quenching in knockout reactions.

Keywords

• nuclear shell model
• configuration-interaction method
• magic numbers
• proton drip line
• neutron drip line
• proton decay