The work of the Commission is carried out at meetings and by correspondence. The annual meetings are scheduled during conferences sponsored by the C.12 Commission. Participation by members remains at high level.
Nuclear physics is a frontier field, with strong links to other branches of physics.
Nuclear physics investigates all forms of matter bound together by the strong, short-range forces arising from the interactions between quarks and gluons. Nuclear physicists study the structure of the nucleon, the properties of atomic nuclei, the formation of the elements via stellar burning, the characteristics of hot dense nuclear matter as it occurred in the early universe and in the collisions of ultra high. Hadrons and nuclei provide testing grounds for new theories. Nuclear physics has a central contribution to the understanding of many astrophysical problems, from cosmology to stellar structure. One of the focus of this field is the solar neutrino problem.