Prof. Dr. Isao Tanihata

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsNuclear Physics
KeywordsExotic Nuclei, nuclear radii, haloes, skins, radioactive isotope beam (RIB) facilities

Current contact address

CountryJapan
CityOsaka
InstitutionOsaka University
InstituteResearch Center for Nuclear Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Christoph ScheidenbergerGSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2012

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Tanihata is an outstanding, internationally renowned experimentalist in nuclear physics, astrophysics, reactions and applications with exotic nuclear beams. He pioneered the research with relativistic radioactive projectile fragments and discovered the epoch-making halo phenomenon in nuclei. His work largely influenced the layout of next-generation accelerator research facilities. In Germany he will study the tensor interaction and charge radii of extremely neutron-poor nuclei.