Proceedings Of Ins Riken International Symposium On Heavy Ion Physics Institute For Nuclear Study University Of Tokyo

The proceedings of the 4th Italy-Japan Symposium on Heavy Ion Physics cover the following fields of nuclear physics: heavy ion nuclear reactions; nuclei under extreme conditions; nuclear astrophysics; photon detectors and physics; technology of RI beams and experimental instrumentation; application of RI beams.

The symposium has focussed on current topics and future trends in intermediate-energy heavy ion physics. Particular emphases were placed on problems associated with nuclei far from the stability line and nuclear astyrophysical problems relevant to unstable nuclei. These subjects are tied up with new research opportunities to be offered by the recently completed K=540 cyclotron at RIKEN and a radioactive beam factory proposed as a part of Japan Hadron Project of INS.

This symposium focuses on new developments in the fields of experimental and theoretical nuclear physics, including nuclear dynamics, nuclear structure including hypernuclei, nuclear matter, nuclear astrophysics, applications. The participants also reported on the innovative instrumentation, including future large-scale facility both in Japan and Italy that will be essential for future studies.