Eur. Phys. J. A (2020) 56: 49
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-020-00034-x

Review

An overview of the scientific contribution of Andrea Vitturi to nuclear physics

Being an account of the recent TNP19 meeting held in Padova

¹ Dip. Fisica e Astronomia “G. Galilei”, Univ. Padova, Padova, Italy
² I.N.F.N. Sez. di Padova, via Marzolo, 8, 35131, Padova, Italy
³ Dep. de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Univ. Sevilla, Seville, Spain
⁴ Instituto Interuniversitario Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional (iC1), Apdo. 1065, 41080, Sevilla, Spain
⁵ Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan
⁶ Research Center for Electron Photon Science, Tohoku University, 1-2-1 Mikamine, Sendai, 982-0826, Japan
⁷ Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
⁸ I.N.F.N.-Sezione di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, 95123, Catania, Italy
⁹ Dipartimento di Fisica e di Astronomia “Ettore Majorana”, Univ. Catania, Catania, Italy
¹⁰ Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, 24210-340, Brazil
¹¹ Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Bijenička c. 32, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
¹² Depto. de Ciencias Integradas y Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Física, Matemáticas y Computación (CEAFMC), Universidad de Huelva, 21071, Huelva, Spain

^* e-mail: fortunato@pd.infn.it

Received: 29 July 2019
Accepted: 12 November 2019
Published online: 7 February 2020

Abstract

We give an account of the main achievements of the scientific career of Andrea Vitturi so far, that have recently been discussed during the workshop “Theoretical Nuclear Physics in Padova” on the occasion of his retirement from full professor at the University of Padova. He has oftentimes been the driving force behind numerous contributions to nuclear structure and nuclear reactions that are here reviewed: giant resonances, pairing correlations, collective modes, algebraic models, inelastic excitations, electromagnetic response, break-up and transfer reactions, coupled-channel formalism, clustering, sub-barrier fusion processes, etc. Among these topics several inspirational works and ideas can be found that we would like to highlight.