Living on the edge of stability, the limits of the nuclear landscape
Journal article, 2013

A first-principles description of nuclear systems along the drip lines presents a substantial theoretical and computational challenge. In this paper, we discuss the nuclear theory roadmap, some of the key theoretical approaches, and present selected results with a focus on long isotopic chains. An important conclusion, which consistently emerges from these theoretical analyses, is that three-nucleon forces are crucial for both global nuclear properties and detailed nuclear structure, and that many-body correlations due to the coupling to the particle continuum are essential as one approaches particle drip lines. In the quest for a comprehensive nuclear theory, high performance computing plays a key role.

shell-model

quantum-systems

forces

drip-line

energy

monte-carlo diagonalization

continuum

mean-field

matter

matrix renormalization-group

Author

Christian Forssen

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics

G. Hagen

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

University of Tennessee

M. Hjorth-Jensen

Michigan State University

University of Oslo

W. Nazarewicz

University of Tennessee

University of Warsaw

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Jimmy Rotureau

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Subatomic Physics

Physica Scripta

00318949 (ISSN) 14024896 (eISSN)

Vol. T152 T152 014022- 014022

Ab initio approach to nuclear structure and reactions (++) (ANSR)

European Commission (EC) (EC/FP7/240603), 2009-12-01 -- 2014-11-30.

Subject Categories

Subatomic Physics

Roots

Basic sciences

DOI

10.1088/0031-8949/2013/t152/014022

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