Presents a unified theory of nuclear structure and nuclear reactions using the language of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman diagrams.

This volume contains papers based on all the oral presentations delivered at the INPC 2001. Topics include: nuclear structure, neutrino physics, nuclear astrophysics, nuclear reaction dynamics, high energy nuclear physics, and applications of nuclear science.

These proceedings present a range of topics in the field of many-body physics. These include microscopic systems such as fullerenes and the atomic nucleus, mesoscopic systems like metal clusters with a sizable but still small number of atoms, and condensed matter.

This book thoroughly describes our present theoretical knowledge of the nuclear many-body problem. It also covers more standard topics such as the liquid drop model, shell model, rotations and pairing theory. Emphasis is put on the methodology and technical aspects of modern theories and concepts such as small and large amplitude collective motion, boson expansions, generator coordinates, time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory, broken symmetries and semiclassical approximations, which have, up to now, received limited detailed treatment in book form. The Nuclear Many-Body Problem is written for students with a basic knowledge of quantum mechanics and some understanding of nuclear phenomena.The book has become a classic for teaching the most fundamental methods in nuclear physics.