Towards a new global view of nuclear structure and nuclear matter through nuclei with large neutron to proton ratio

寻找我们的起源一直是人类最伟大的追求之一。原子核构成了所有物质的核心。它们的属性决定了它们的相互作用，允许创造我们生存所必需的元素。正是通过恒星核心的原子核级联反应，形成了我们生存所必需的关键元素，如碳，氧，铁和钙。在宇宙中的某些环境中，原子核的中子与质子的比例很不对称。因此，这些中子-质子不对称核形成了我们周围大多数物质的存在途径，特别是重元素。 中子-质子不对称原子核向我们展示了一种意想不到的新的原子核观，对我们关于原子核和核力的百年知识提出了质疑和挑战。揭开这些奇异原子核的秘密现在是世界范围内核物理研究的前沿活动。 这些原子核的寿命很短，在地球上自然不存在。在过去的二十年里，科学家们取得了显着的成就，通过核反应在实验室中产生这些稀有的同位素。这项研究计划使用这种稀有同位素的加速束，以走出我们对地球上稳定核物种的有限知识。

Searching for our origins has been one of mankind's greatest quests. Nuclei form the core of all matter. Their properties determine their interactions, allowing for the creation of elements necessary for our survival. It is through cascade of reactions of nuclei in the core of stars that key elements such as carbon, oxygen, iron and calcium that are necessary for our survival, came into being. Some environments in the universe are such that nuclei there have largely asymmetric ratio of neutrons to protons. Therefore, these neutron-proton asymmetric nuclei form the pathways to existence of majority of the matter, particularly heavy elements, that we see around us. The neutron-proton asymmetric nuclei are unfolding before us an unexpectedly new view of the nucleus, questioning and challenging our century-old knowledge of nuclei and nuclear forces. Unraveling the secrets of these exotic nuclei is now the forefront research activity in nuclear physics worldwide. These nuclei being very short-lived do not exist in natural way on earth. Over the last two decades scientists have made a remarkable achievement to produce these rare isotopes in the laboratory through nuclear reactions. This research program uses accelerated beams of such rare isotopes to step out of the restricted knowledge we have from stable nuclear species on earth.