edited by M Korolija (Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia) , Z Basrak (Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia) , & by R Caplar (Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia)

In the past three decades our understanding of the clustering behavior of nucleons in both nuclear structure and nuclear dynamics has evolved considerably. Moreover, the notion of the cluster has made its way into a number of scientific disciplines.

This book provides an overview of the current understanding of clustering phenomena in nuclear structure and nuclear dynamics. The topics covered include: fundamental aspects of nuclear clustering, models of nucleon clusterization, clustering aspects of nuclear structure, selected topics on clustering aspects in medium- and high-energy nucleus–nucleus collisions.

• Structure of Vacuum and Elementary Matter (W Greiner)
• 30 Years of Clusters in Nuclear Physics (W von Oertzen)
• Discrete Ambiguities in the Cluster-Cluster Interaction and Supersymmetry (D Baye & J-M Sparenberg)
• Forty Years of Nuclear Molecules (R R Betts)
• The Six-Alpha Chain State Story from Strasbourg to Rab (B R Fulton)
• The Utility of a Microscopic Cluster Description in Light Halo and Hypernuclei (Y Suzuki)
• Cluster Formation Dynamics in Medium-Energy Nuclear Collisions (A Ono)
• Statistical Exploration of Fragmentation Phase Space in Nuclear Multifragmentation (L G Moretto et al.)
• Clusters and Nuclear Flow (W Reisdorf)
• Theory of Nuclear Reactions Leading to Superheavy Elements (Y Abe)
• Nuclear Clusters on the Equilibration and Phase Transition in Spectator Reactions (W Trautmann)
• Discovering Superheavy Elements (G Münzenberg)
• Supershort Mode in the Fission of Superheavy Nuclei in Subbarrier Fusion Reactions (M G Itkis et al.)
• Nuclear Clusters on the Eve of the Third Millennium (H Horiuchi)
• and other papers