Progress in microscopic approaches for solving the nuclear many-body problem for nuclear structure and reaction
has been rapid in the last years with great advances in methods of treatment of the continuum coupling in nuclear
structure and reaction applications. These methods which are important to describe weakly bound or unbound
states in exotic nuclei should form a curriculum of all physicists which work now on their PhD in nuclear theory and
experiment. No similar course exists in France and never has been taught in the past.
The course aims at teaching modern theoretical approaches that are used in studies of weakly bound and
unbound quantum many-body systems. The theoretical concepts which will be explained on examples of the atomic
nucleus can be applied in any mesoscopic system. This course will be of interest to our PhD students interested in
physics of weakly bound or unbound nuclear states, and in particular GANIL, GSI-FAIR, FRIB, TRIUMF, RIKEN,
Legnaro, etc. science.
Duration of the course is 3 weeks with a typical attendance of 20-25 students. To accommodate Master’s
students, in particular, those from local programs at the University of Caen, the first week will primarily feature
introductory lectures that provide essential background knowledge.
