Nuclear Many-body Theory Laboratory

Research Areas

Nuclear structure and reactions reveal various aspects of quantum many-body systems due to the assembly and disassembly of protons and neutrons. In the Nucleon Many-body Theory Laboratory, we aim to understand such dynamics of nuclei and to construct theoretical models to describe them. Our research topics include nuclear structure issues such as deformation, shell structure, and clustering of unstable nuclei, and nuclear reactions in the Universe where elements originate. In addition to this fundamental research, we are also developing nuclear reaction databases for applications in various scientific and technological fields such as medicine and industry.

Research Subject

1. Theoretical studies related to particle-, nuclear-, cosmic ray and astro-physics

List of Selected Publications

1. Y. Taniguchi, K. Yoshida, Y. Chiba, Y. Kanada-En'yo, M. Kimura, and K. Ogata,
   “Unexpectedly enhanced -particle preformation in Ti probed by the (p,pα) reaction”
   Physical Review C 103, L031305 (2021)
2. Z. H. Yang, Y. Kubot, A. Corsi, K. Yoshida, X.-X. Sun, J. G. Li, M. Kimura, N. Michel, K. Ogata, C. X. Yuan, Q. Yuan, G. Authelet, H. Baba, C. Caesar, D. Calvet, A. Delbart, M. Dozono, J. Feng, F. Flavigny, J.-M. Gheller, J. Gibelin, A. Giganon, A. Gillibert, K. Hasegawa, T. Isobe, Y. Kanaya, S. Kawakami, D. Kim, Y. Kiyokawa, M. Kobayashi, N. Kobayashi, T. Kobayashi, Y. Kondo, Z. Korkulu, S. Koyama, V. Lapoux, Y. Maeda, F. M. Marqués, T. Motobayashi, T. Miyazaki, T. Nakamura, N. Nakatsuka, Y. Nishio, A. Obertelli, A. Ohkura, N. A. Orr, S. Ota, H. Otsu, T. Ozaki, V. Panin, S. Paschalis, E. C. Pollacco, S. Reichert, J.-Y. Roussé, A. T. Saito, S. Sakaguchi, M. Sako, C. Santamaria, M. Sasano, H. Sato, M. Shikata, Y. Shimizu, Y. Shindo, L. Stuhl, T. Sumikama, Y. L. Sun, M. Tabata, Y. Togano, J. Tsubota, F. R. Xu, J. Yasuda, K. Yoneda, J. Zenihiro, S.-G. Zhou, W. Zuo, and T. Uesaka
   Quasifree Neutron Knockout Reaction Reveals a Small s -Orbital Component in the Borromean Nucleus ¹⁷B
   Physical Review Letters 126, 082501 (2021)
3. Y. Suzuki, and M. Kimura
   “Triaxial deformation and the disappearance of the N=28 shell gap”
   Physical. Review. C 104, 024327 (2021)
4. Y. Taniguchi, and M. Kimura
   “¹²C+¹⁶O molecular resonances at deep sub-barrier energy”
   Physics Letters B800, 135086 (2020)
5. H. Nishibata1, K. Tajiri, T. Shimoda, A. Odahara, S. Morimoto, S. Kanaya, A. Yagi, H. Kanaoka, M. R. Pearson, C. D. P. Levy, M. Kimura, N. Tsunoda, and T. Otsuka
   Structure of the neutron-rich nucleus ³⁰Mg
   Physical Review C 102, 054327 (2020)
6. Y. Liu, Y. L. Ye, J. L. Lou, X. F. Yang, T. Baba, M. Kimura, B. Yang, Z. H. Li, Q. T. Li, J. Y. Xu, Y. C. Ge, H. Hua, J. S. Wang, Y. Y. Yang, P. Ma, Z. Bai, Q. Hu, W. Liu, K. Ma, L. C. Tao, Y. Jiang, L. Y. Hu, H. L. Zang, J. Feng, H. Y. Wu, J. X. Han, S. W. Bai, G. Li, H. Z. Yu, S. W. Huang, Z. Q. Chen, X. H. Sun, J. J. Li, Z. W. Tan, Z. H. Gao, F. F. Duan, J. H. Tan, S. Q. Sun, and Y. S. Song
   Positive-Parity Linear-Chain Molecular Band in ¹⁶C
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 192501 (2020)
7. H. Masui, W. Horiuchi, and M. Kimura
   “Two-neutron halo structure of ³¹F and a novel pairing antihalo effect”
   Physical Review C 101, 041303 (2020)
8. V. Choudhary, W. Horiuchi, M. Kimura, and R. Chatterjee
   “Imprint of a nuclear bubble in nucleon-nucleus diffraction”
   Physical Review C 102, 034619 (2020)
9. H. Nishibata, S. Kanaya, T. Shimoda, A. Odahara, S. Morimoto, A. Yagi, H. Kanaoka, M. R. Pearson, C. D. P. Levy, M. Kimura, N. Tsunoda, and T. Otsuka
   “Structure of ³¹Mg: Shape coexistence revealed by β−γ spectroscopy with spin-polarized ³¹Na”
   Physical Review C 99, 024322 (2019)
10. R. Imai, T. Tada, and M. Kimura
    “Real-time evolution method and its application to the 3α cluster system”
    Physical Review C99, 064327 (2019)