Nuclear physics is an exciting, broadly faceted field. It spans
a wide range of topics, reaching from nuclear structure physics to
high-energy physics, astrophysics and medical physics (heavy ion
tumor therapy). New developments are presented in this volume and
the
status of research is reviewed. A major focus is put on nuclear
structure physics, dealing with superheavy elements and with
various forms of exotic nuclei: strange nuclei, very neutron rich
nuclei, nuclei of antimatter. Also quantum electrodynamics of
strong fields is addressed, which is linked to the occurrence of
giant nuclear systems in, e.g., U+U collisions. At high energies
nuclear physics joins with elementary particle physics. Various
chapters address the theory of
elementary matter at high densities and temperature, in particular
the quark gluon plasma which is predicted by quantum chromodynamics
(QCD) to occur in high-energy heavy ion collisions. In the field of
nuclear
astrophysics, the properties of neutron stars and quark stars are
discussed. A topic which transcends nuclear physics is discussed in
two chapters: The proposed pseudo-complex extension of Einstein's
General Relativity leads to the prediction that there are no
black
holes and that big bang cosmology has to be revised. Finally, the
interdisciplinary nature of this volume is further accentuated by
chapters on protein folding and on magnetoreception in birds and
many other animals."
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