Exploring Nuclear and Hadron Physics
2025-03-28
Book
Author: Tetsuo Hatsuda et al.
Language: Japanese
Release date: February, 2025
Description
Our understanding of atomic nuclei has advanced through a variety of studies since the early 20th century, including the proposal of atomic models and scattering experiments. Unraveling nuclear structure has played a significant role in the development of both chemistry and physics. Today, nuclear physics stands as a vital field of study, evolving in connection with particle physics, astrophysics, and condensed matter physics. This special issue highlights a range of research in nuclear and hadron physics, aiming to shed light on the position and significance of nuclear physics within modern physics.
Table of Contents
Feature Articles
- From Quarks to Neutron Stars – Tetsuo Hatsuda
- From the Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus to Modern Physics: Yukawa’s Theory, Elementary Particles, Condensed Matter, and the Universe – Kenji Fukushima
- Quantum Chromodynamics: Strong Interaction, Color Confinement, and Spontaneous Chiral Symmetry Breaking – Yoshimasa Hidaka
- Nuclear Force Studies: Toward Deriving Hadron–Hadron Interactions Based on Quantum Chromodynamics – Takumi Doi
- Mathematical Aspects of Exotic Hadron Studies – Tetsuo Hyodo
- Magic Numbers in Atomic Nuclei: From Their Origin to the Frontier of Exotic Nuclei Research – Kenichi Yoshida
- Nuclear and Hadron Physics and Neutron Stars – Motoi Tachibana
- The Big Bang in the Early Universe and the Quark–Gluon Plasma – Chiho Nonaka
- Frontiers of Nucleon Structure Research: The Future of High-Energy Electron–Nucleon (Electron–Nucleus) Reactions – Yoshitaka Hatta
Columns
- Quantum Computers and Nuclear Structure – Sota Yoshida
- Random Matrices and Atomic Nuclei – Koichi Hagino
- Color Superconductivity – Kei Iida
- Frontiers of Lattice Gauge Theory – Etsuko Ito
