New ECSM paper published. Magic Numbers as Response-Closure Peaks in the ECSM Framework: A Regime-Aware Robustness Test Using AME2020 Nuclear Shell-Gap Data DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20648… This study tests whether the standard nuclear magic numbers emerge as finite-response closure peaks in nuclear binding-energy data. Using AME2020 separation-energy measurements across 3,378 nuclides, the analysis finds: • Strong shell-gap lifts at standard neutron and proton magic numbers. • Positive closure signals that survive cleaning and robustness tests. • Recovery of most standard magic numbers through direct shell-gap ranking. • Evidence that closure strength varies with nuclear mass regime rather than remaining constant. The results support the ECSM interpretation that nuclear magic numbers correspond to response-closure structures within a finite-response medium rather than arbitrary numerical coincidences. Notebook: github.com/asheldrick-resear… #Physics #NuclearPhysics #Science #Research #ECSM #OpenScience #NuclearStructure

Just released on the symmetry origin of doubly magic numbers(N = Z). A minimal but unified framework: Sp(4) pairing → EFT → Higgs/pseudo-Goldstone mass hierarchy: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19698… #NuclearStructure #NuclearTheory #EFT #SymmetryBreaking #HiggsMode #GoldstoneModes #INFN

⚛️ 🧬 This paper investigates how proton and neutron density distributions differ in atomic nuclei, using elastic electron and proton scattering to reveal key structural properties. 📄 mdpi.com/2412-382X/9/2/18 #NuclearPhysics #Scattering #NuclearStructure #Physics

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞: 𝙉𝙪𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝘽𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙋𝙝𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨: 𝘿𝙮𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 By 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢 (@KyotoU_News and Osaka University), 𝐊𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐈𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐚 (Niigata University | 新潟大学), 𝐊𝐢𝐲𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐨 (@HokkaidoUni) and 𝐓𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐚 (Osaka Electro Communication University) A comprehensive and rigorous introduction to nuclear many body physics, featuring both foundational principles and modern developments in mean field dynamics, clustering, resonances, hypernuclei and nuclear astrophysics. ✨🔬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 - ▪️ Covers key topics that are not often included in textbooks, such as 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐛 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬. ▪️ Provides clear explanations suitable for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and early career researchers. ▪️ Highlights current research directions involving neutron rich nuclei, high excitation states and extreme nuclear environments. ▪️ Serves as both a reliable reference for researchers and a valuable teaching resource for nuclear physics courses. 📘 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰: worldscientific.com/worldsci… #NuclearPhysics #ManyBodyPhysics #NuclearAstrophysics #NuclearStructure #NuclearReactions #MeanFieldTheory #NuclearClustering #PhysicsBooks

The Power of Symmetries in #NuclearStructure and Some of Its Problems ✏️ Peter O. Hess 🔗 brnw.ch/21wXb0M Viewed: 2034; Cited: 3 #mdpisymmetry #nuclearphysics #grouptheory @UNAM_MX

#NuclearStructure Investigations of Even–Even Hf Isotopes✏️ Polytimos Vasileiou et al. 🔗 brnw.ch/21wVnQR Viewed: 2772; Cited: 5 #mdpisymmetry #theoreticalmodels @uoaofficial

📢 Abstract submission deadline reminder for 'Cell biology of the nucleus'! Before packing your bags and leaving for your summer vacation, there is one important task left to do: submit your abstract for #EESNucleus ✍️ Deadline is 26 August: s.embl.org/ees25-07-x Join this EMBO | EMBL Symposium to learn about the underlying cell biology of the nucleus that is part of the 3D genome organisation. Internationally renowned speakers will showcase the cell biological mechanisms that define the nucleus as an organelle: 🧬 Martin Beck, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Germany 🧬 Abby Buchwalter, University of California, San Francisco, USA 🧬 Gautam Dey, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany 🧬 Daniel Gerlich, IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austria 🧬 Antonio Giraldez, Yale University, USA 🧬 Yasushi Hiraoka, Osaka University, Japan 🧬 Alwin Köhler, Max Perutz Laboratories, Austria 🧬 Ulrike Kutay, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 🧬 Kate Miroshnikova, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA 🧬 Simone Reber, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany 🧬 Michael Rout, Rockefeller University, USA 🧬 Verena Ruprecht, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Spain 🧬 Elçin Ünal, University of California, Berkeley, USA 🧬 Alexander von Appen, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany 🗓️ 18 – 21 November 2025 🗺️ EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn, network, and collaborate! 🤝 #EMBL #EMBO #cellbiology #nuclearstructure #genomeorganisation #chromatin #biomoleccularcondensates #nucleartransport #mechanosensitivenucleus #celldivision #nucleardynamics #nuclearpathologies #nucleardiseasemechanisms #nucleararchitecture #nuclearenvelope #nuclearmembrandedynamics #nucleartransport

Implementation of Nuclear Many-Body Wave Functions via Superpositions of Localized Gaussians | JPS Hot Topics jpsht.jps.jp/article/5-002/ #MolecularDnyamics #NuclearStructure #NuclearReactions #PTEP #JPSHotTopics

#mdpisymmetry Check this newly published article "Monopole and Seniority Truncations in the Large-Scale Configuration Interaction Shell Model Approach" at brnw.ch/21wPKg5 Authors: Priyanka Choudhary and Chong Qi #monopole #Hamiltonian #nuclearstructure @KTHuniversity

I was privileged to be mentored by Prof. John Woods from the Georgia School of Physics, a highly respected Nuclear Physics Professor and co- author of Introduction to Quantum Mechanics for Nuclear Structure. His expertise has inspired my future goal to teach and simplify quantum physics and nuclear structure. #Mentorship #womeninnuclearscience #womeninSTEM #NuclearPhysics #STEM #nuclearstructure

Happy #NationalScienceWeek 🇿🇦! As a Nuclear Physicist (Experimentalist), I reflect on my journey—from studying publications on Coulomb Excitation, a process that blends classical and quantum mechanics, to running experiments, extracting nuclear data, calibrating, and performing calculations. Understanding nuclear structure is key, as it reveals the forces that shape atomic nuclei, helping us unlock insights into energy production, medical applications, and more. #STEM #WomenInScience #NuclearPhysics #ScienceInAfrica #womeninnuclear #nuclearstructure

#mdpisymmetry Check this published article "Nuclear Shape-Phase Transitions and the Sextic Oscillator" at mdpi.com/2073-8994/15/11/205… Authors: Géza Lévai and José M. Arias #nuclearstructure #phasetransitions #nuclear @ek_cer_hu @unisevilla @CanalUGR @MdpiPhysci

PRC Letter: Direct demonstration of the two-phonon structure of the Jπ=1− 4742 keV state of 88Sr J. Isaak, et al. go.aps.org/3QoO2iu #NuclearPhysics #NuclearStructure Assignment agrees with energy-density functional plus quasiparticle-phonon model calculations

PRC Letter: Auxiliary field diffusion Monte Carlo calculations of magnetic moments of light nuclei with chiral effective field theory interactions J. D. Martin, et al go.aps.org/3LVoXL1 #NuclearPhysics #NuclearStructure

PRC Letter: α clustering in nuclei and its impact on the nuclear symmetry energy Shuo Yang, et al go.aps.org/3suZoJO #NuclearStructure 208Pb α-clustering probability is small and density slope of symmetry energy L almost unaffected; the opposite is found in 48Ca

Representation of our team at #ISID2023Tokyo - Tansu @tansudoran showing preliminary work - her PhD project on the 3D #nuclearStructure and dynamics of promoter-enhacer network during #keratinocyte differentiation! #epigenetics #chromatin @UAM_IBMiB

Closing the afternoon session of #NuclearTapas today, @TRIUMFLab's Jason Holt discusses matrix elements for Beyond-the-Standard-Model searches. These multimillion experiments worldwide rely on sophisticated #NuclearStructure calculations which Alfredo worked on!

Alfredo is a true #NuclearTheory pioneer in Spain, but also internationally. He is known for using the Shell Model to find basic properties of #NuclearStructure. Organizers @FisicaUAM @Fisicas_UCM have gathered a truly stellar collection of speakers! agenda.infn.it/event/33975/ 2/N

Online now - the Review "#LncRNAs: the missing link to #senescence nuclear architecture" written by Jing-Dong Jackie Han @PKU1898. #nuclearstructure #nuclearmorphology #DNARNAtriplex #transposon bit.ly/3MQSs1C

PRC Letter: Imprints of α clustering in the density profiles of 12C and 16O W. Horiuchi and N. Itagaki go.aps.org/3m1Q38Q #NuclearPhysics #NuclearStructure Examining the competing pictures of single particle shell model and α clustering in the 12C and 16O ground states