Frontiers of nuclear physics (new isotopes, rapidly rotating nuclei, reactions induced by heavy ions, giant resonances, nuclear forces)

Areas of nuclear physics which have seen important developments recently are reviewed: (1) the discovery and study of new unstable isotopes, (2) rapidly rotating nuclei, (3) heavy-ion collisions and the distinctive features of reactions induced by heavy ions, (4) giant multipole resonances, and (5) the nature of nuclear forces and the effective interactions between particles within a nucleus. Many examples are cited to illustrate the progress in these areas.