Konwersatorium im. Leopolda Infelda

Three-body forces are especially important in strongly interacting systems. In nuclear physics, three-body forces are predicted by effective field theories of Quantum Chromodynamics. I will show that exotic nuclei become increasingly sensitive to three-nucleon forces and how experiments with neutron-rich nuclei test and constrain these subtle components of nuclear forces. The same three-body forces impact neutron-rich matter in neutron stars and other extreme neutron-rich astrophysical environments. Three-nucleon forces therefore provide an exciting link between experimental, theoretical and observational physics frontiers