Nuclear Physics: Present and Future

1. Dedication to Prof. Mikhail Itkis
2. SHE Research at GSI—Historical Remarks and New Ideas
3. Opening New Lands on the Nuclear Map
4. Superheavy Element Chemistry
5. Nucleon Transfer Reactions in Very Heavy Ion Systems
6. New Insights into the Structure of Neutron-Rich NucleiA=108−118 and 160−162 Gd
7. Paradigmatic Lessons from Nuclear Driplines
8. Preliminary Results on Observation of New Shape Isomers
9. Stability Peninsulas in the Neutron-Rich Sector
10. Dynamics of Collinear Ternary Fission
11. How Rare Is Cluster Decay of Superheavy Nuclei?
12. New Kind of Nuclear Multi-body Decay (CCT)—Status and Perspectives of Studies
13. Possible Production of Neutron-Rich Heavy Nuclei in Fissile Spallation Targets
14. FAIR—Cosmic Matter in the Laboratory
15. Turbulence in Low Viscosity Quark-Gluon Plasma
16. Parallelization of Kinetic Theory Simulations
17. Probing Supercritical Fields with Real and with Artificial Nuclei
18. Zepto-Second Atomic Clock for Nuclear Contact Time Measurements
19. Superheavy Nuclear Molecules
20. Compact Stars—How Exotic Can They Be?
21. Observational Tests of the Pseudo-complex Theory of GR Using Black Hole Candidates
22. Ultra High Energy Neutrons and Other Fermions

State-of-the-art survey by leading experts in the field. Major foci are superheavy nuclei and neutron-rich exotic nuclei. In addition new developments in nuclear fission and nuclear cluster decay are shown. Finally developments in relativistic heavy ion collisions and the physics of supercritical fields are detailed.