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In FermionicMolecular Dynamics antisymmetrized products of Gaussian wave packets are projected on angular momentum, linear momentum, and parity. An appropriately chosen set of these states span the many-body Hilbert space in which the Hamiltonian is diagonalized. The wave packet parameters -- position, momentum, width and spin -- are obtained by variation under constraints. The great flexibility of this basis allows to describe not only shell-model like states but also exotic states like halos, e.g. the two-proton halo in 17Ne, or cluster states as they appear for example in 12C close to the α breakup threshold where the Hoyle state is located. Even a fully microscopic calculation of the ³ He(α,γ)7Be capture reaction is possible and yields an astrophysical S-factor that compares very well with newer data. As representatives of numerous results these cases will be discussed in this contribution, some of them not published so far. The Hamiltonian is based on the realistic Argonne V18 nucleon-nucleon interaction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The structure of light nuclei in the p- and sd-shell features exotic phenomena like halos and clustering. In the Fermionic Molecular Dynamics (FMD) approach we aim at a consistent microscopic description of well bound nuclei and of loosely bound exotic systems. This is possible due to the flexibility of the single-particle basis states using Gaussian wave-packets localized in phase space. Many-body basis states are Slater determinants projected on parity, angular and total linear momentum. The structure of 12C is discussed. Here the ground state band can be well described within a shell model picture but excited states above the three-α threshold, including the famous Hoyle state, show a pronounced cluster structure. As another example we study the structure of the Neon isotopes 17–22Ne. In 17Ne we find a large s2 occupation related to a large charge radius. The charge radius decreases for 18Ne but gets again very large for 19Ne and 20Ne which is explained by significant admixtures of 3He and 4He cluster components into to the ground state wave functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]