Nuclear Physics Advisory Panel (NPAP) report (PDF-3.8 MB) - STFC

Report of Nuclear Physics Advisory Panel
The physics of Nuclei, Nuclear Matter and Nucleosynthesis
in Figure 3). This implies that ranking experimental facilities against one another
does not lead to a meaningful prioritisation. However, it is clear that there is a
reasonable balance of experimental effort between the three physics themes. The
red lines in Figure 3 show the proposed location of the projects at facilities; the
AGATA detector being used at several locations. Green lines show the connections
between projects and physics themes.
Nuclear theory input into the present research programme from the
Manchester and Surrey theory groups mainly addresses questions of nuclear
structure, the use of nuclear reactions to probe nuclear properties and on the topic of
hadronic physics. The Surrey group have a strong track record of nuclear reaction
theory and a particular highlight of that has been the work on extracting information
on the shell-structure of nuclei from nucleon-knockout reactions. Manchester has
developed the coupled-cluster approach for the calculation of the properties of light
nuclear systems, which is now being extended to more complex nuclei. The group
have also contributed to the emergent understanding of two and three nucleon forces
from a QCD-motivated approach. The work on hadronic systems has resulted in
developing an understanding of electromagnetic polarisabilities as a probe of the
structure of the nucleon. Groups at Swansea and Southampton are also involved in
Lattice QCD simulations.
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