Many-body Theory at Extreme Isospin

Abstract

The structure of nuclei far off beta-stability is investigated by nuclear many-body theory. In-medium interactions for asymmetric nuclear matter are obtained by (Dirac-) Brueckner theory thus establishing the link of nuclear forces to free space interactions. HFB and RPA theory is used to describe ground and excited states of nuclei from light to heavy masses. In extreme dripline systems pairing and core polarization are found to be most important for the binding, especially of halo nuclei. The calculations show that far off stability mean-field dynamics is gradually replaced by dynamical correlations, giving rise to the dissolution of shell structures.