International Symposium on Exotic Nuclear Structure From Nucleons (ENSFN 2012)

The International Symposium on 'Exotic Nuclear Structure From Nucleons (ENSFN2012)' was held at the Koshiba Hall, the University of Tokyo, Japan, from October 10th to 12th, 2012. This symposium was supported by RIKEN Nishina Center (RNC) and the Center for Nuclear Study (CNS), University of Tokyo.

This symposium was devoted to discussing recent achievement and perspectives in the structure of exotic nuclei from the viewpoint of the nuclear force.

The following subjects were covered in this symposium from both theoretical and experimental sides:

• Evolution of shell structure and collectivity in exotic nuclei

• Ab-initio theory and its application to exotic nuclei

• Advancement in large-scale nuclear-structure calculations

• Effective Hamiltonian and energy density functional

• Spin-isospin responses

• New aspects of two- and three-body forces

• Impact on nuclear astrophysics

Emphasis was placed on the development of large-scale nuclear-structure calculations and the new experimental information on exotic nuclei.

Around 80 participants attended this symposium and we enjoyed 37 excellent invited talks and 9 selected oral presentations. A special talk was presented to celebrate the 60th birthday of professor Takaharu Otsuka, who has made invaluable contribution to the progress in the fields covered in this symposium.

The organizing committee consisted of T Abe (Tokyo), M Honma (Aizu; chair), N Itagaki (YITP, Kyoto), T Mizusaki (Senshu), T Nakatsukasa (RIKEN), H Sakurai (Tokyo/RIKEN), N Shimizu (CNS, Tokyo; scientific secretary), S Shimoura (CNS, Tokyo), Y Utsuno (JAEA/CNS, Tokyo; scientific secretary).

Finally, we would like to thank all the speakers and the participants as well as the other organizers for their contributions which made the symposium very successful.

Michio Honma, Yutaka Utsuno and Noritaka Shimizu

Editors Tokyo, April 2013

The PDF also contains the conference program.