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Correlations and realistic interactions in doubly closed shell nuclei
We review the latest variational calculations of the ground state properties
of doubly closed shell nuclei, from C to Pb, with semirealistic
and realistic two- and three-nucleon interactions. The studies are carried on
within the framework of the correlated basis function theory and integral
equations technique, with state dependent correlations having central and
tensor components. We report results for the ground state energy, one- and
two-body densities and static structure functions. For O and Ca
we use modern interactions and find that the accuracy of the method is
comparable to that attained in nuclear matter with similar hamiltonians, giving
nuclei underbound by 2 MeV/A. The computed Coulomb sums are in complete
agreement with the latest analysis of the experimental data.Comment: 11 Latex pages, 2 ps figures. Talk delivered at the 10th
International Conference on Recent Progress In Many-Body Theories, Seattle
1999. To appear in "Advances in Quantum Many-Body Theory", vol.3, World
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Ground state of medium-heavy doubly-closed shell nuclei in correlated basis function theory
The correlated basis function theory is applied to the study of medium-heavy
doubly closed shell nuclei with different wave functions for protons and
neutrons and in the jj coupling scheme. State dependent correlations including
tensor correlations are used. Realistic two-body interactions of Argonne and
Urbana type, together with three-body interactions have been used to calculate
ground state energies and density distributions of the 12C, 16O, 40Ca, 48Ca and
208Pb nuclei.Comment: Latex 10 pages, 3 Tables, 10 Figure
Renormalized Fermi hypernetted chain approach in medium-heavy nuclei
The application of the Correlated basis function theory and of the Fermi
hypernetted chain technique, to the description of the ground state of
medium-heavy nuclei is reviewed. We discuss how the formalism, originally
developed for symmetric nuclear matter, should be changed in order to describe
finite nuclear systems, with different number of protons and neutrons. This
approach allows us to describe doubly closed shell nuclei by using microscopic
nucleon-nucleon interactions. We presents results of numerical calculations
done with two-nucleon interactions of Argonne type,implemented with three-body
forces of Urbana type. Our results regard ground-state energies, matter, charge
and momentum distributions, natural orbits, occupation numbers, quasi-hole wave
functions and spectroscopic factors of 12C, 16O, 40Ca, 48Ca and 208Pb nuclei.Comment: 127 Pages, 37 figures, Accepted for publication in Physics Report
Looking for signals beyond the neutrino Standard Model
Any new neutrino physics at the TeV scale must include a suppression
mechanism to keep its contribution to light neutrino masses small enough. We
review some seesaw model examples with weakly broken lepton number, and comment
on the expected effects at large colliders and in neutrino oscillations.Comment: LaTeX 10 pages, 9 PS figures. Contribution to the Proceedings of the
XXXI International School of Theoretical Physics "Matter To The Deepest"
Ustron, Poland, September 5-11, 2007. Typos correcte
Short-range Correlations in a CBF description of closed-shell nuclei
The Correlated Basis Function theory (CBF) provides a theoretical framework
to treat on the same ground mean-field and short-range correlations. We
present, in this report, some recent results obtained using the CBF to describe
the ground state properties of finite nuclear systems. Furthermore we show some
results for the excited state obtained with a simplified model based on the CBF
theory.Comment: 10 latex pages plus 6 uuencoded figure
Enhanced graphene nonlinear response through geometrical plasmon focusing
We propose a simple approach to couple light into graphene plasmons and focus these excitations at
focal spots of a size determined by the plasmon wavelength, thus producing high optical field
enhancement that boosts the nonlinear response of the material. More precisely, we consider a
graphene structure in which incident light is coupled to its plasmons at the carbon edges and
subsequently focused on a spot of size comparable to the plasmon wavelength. We observe large
confinement of graphene plasmons, materializing in small, intense focal spots, in which the
extraordinary nonlinear response of this material leads to relatively intense harmonic generation.
This result shows the potential of plasmon focusing in suitably edged graphene structures to produce
large field confinement and nonlinear response without involving elaborated nanostructuring.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Production of Single Heavy Charged Leptons at a Linear Collider
A sequential fourth generation of quarks and leptons is allowed by precision
electroweak constraints if the mass splitting between the heavy quarks is
between 50 and 80 GeV. Although heavy quarks can be easily detected at the LHC,
it is very difficult to detect a sequential heavy charged lepton, L, due to
large backgrounds. Should the L mass be above 250 GeV, it can not be
pair-produced at a 500 GeV ILC. We calculate the cross section for the one-loop
process e+e- -> L tau. Although the cross section is small, it may be
detectable. We also consider contributions from the two Higgs doublet model and
the Randall-Sundrum model, in which case the cross section can be substantially
higher.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figure
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