Tentative Table of Contents [ asterisk (*) for graduate level]

1. Concepts of quantum mechanics from the nuclear viewpoint

1.1 Genesis of quantum physics

1.2 Spin and Isospin

1.3 Quantum entanglement

1.4 Schrödinger equation

1.5 Quantum Tunneling in one dimension

1.6 Uncertainty relation

1.7 Symmetries and symmetry breaking

1.8 Dirac equation *)

1.9 Lagrangian and Path integral *)

1.10 Second quantization *)

2. Nuclear forces

2.1 Fundamental interactions

2.2 Nuclear force and symmetry constraints

2.3 Meson theory of nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction

2.4 Phase shifts and nuclear potentials

2.5 Three-body forces

2.6 Chiral Effective Field Theory (ChEFT)*)

3. Nuclear Structure theory

3.0 Bird's eye view of nuclear models

3.1 Nuclear mean field

3.2 Random phase approximation

3.2 Energy density f

3.2.1 Pairing interactions and BCS/Bogolyubov approximation

3.3 Beyond the mean field approaches*)

3.3.1 Generator coordinate method (GCM)

3.3.2 Anti-symmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD)

3.4 The Monte Carlo shell models*)

3.5 Ab-initio approaches*)

3.5.1 No core shell model (NCSM)

3.5.2 Variational (VMC) and Green's function Monte Carlo (GFMC) approaches

3.5.3 Fermionic molecular dynamics (FMD)

4. Nuclear Structure phenomena and observables

4.1 Spectroscopic observables for shell structure

4.2 Collective oscillations

4.3 Short-range correlations

4.4 Superheavy elements

4.5 Hypernuclei

5. Radioactive ion beam physics

5.1 Radioactive ion beam accelerators

5.2 In-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy and inverse kinematics

5.3 Neutron-rich nuclei -halo and skin

5.4 Evolutio

5.5 Di-neutron correlations and nuclear superfluidity *)

5.6 Clusters in nuclei *)

6. Deformation and Rotation

6.1 Deformation of Molecules and Nuclei

6.2 Nuclear deformation and observables

6.3 Microscopic origin for nuclear deformations and prolate dominance

6.4 Measuring shapes

6.4.1 Hyperfine atomic structure from laser spectroscopy

6.4.2 Magnetic and Quadrupole Nuclear Resonance

6.4.3 Coulomb excitation

6.5 Shape and shape coexistence*)

6.6 Superdeformation and Hyperdeformation*)

6.7 Advances in gamma spectroscopy*)

7. Nuclear reactions

7.1 Overview of reaction mechanics

7.2 Elastic scattering

7.3 Direct reactions

7.1.1 Spectroscopic factors

7.1.2 Transfer rections

7.1.3 Quasifree scatterin

7.1.4 Heavy-ion induced nucleon removal

7.4 Nuclear fusion

7.4.1 Solar energies, and p-p chain reaction and CNO cycle

7.4.2 Magnetic confinement and the ITER project *)

7.4.3 Inertial confinement *)

7.5 Nuclear fission

7.5.1 Macroscopic models

7.5.2 Microscopic models *)

7.5.3 Principle of a nuclear power plant *)

8. Celestial observables and terrestrial experiments

8.1 Nuclear Equation-of-States constrained by terrestrial observables

8.2 Neutron stars

8.3 Nucleosynthesis

8.4 Supernovae explosion *)

9. Nuclear physics and the standard model of elementary particle

9.1 Standard model

9.2 Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics for Nuclei *)

9.3 CK