Following the pioneering discovery of alpha clustering and of molecular resonances the field
of nuclear clustering is today one of those domains of heavy-ion nuclear physics that faces the
greatest challenges yet also contains the greatest opportunities. After many summer schools
and workshops in particular over the last decade the community of nuclear molecular
physicists has decided to collaborate in producing a comprehensive collection of lectures and
tutorial reviews covering the field. This second volume follows the successful Lect. Notes
Phys. 818 (Vol.1) and comprises six extensive lectures covering the following topics:
Microscopic cluster models Neutron halo and break-up reactions Break-up reaction models for
two- and three-cluster projectiles Clustering effects within the di-nuclear model Nuclear
alpha-particle condensates Clusters in nuclei: experimental perspectives By promoting new ideas
and developments while retaining a pedagogical style of presentation throughout these lectures
will serve as both a reference and an advanced teaching manual for future courses and schools
in the fields of nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics.
