299 research outputs found
High-resolution probes of low-resolution nuclei
Renormalization group (RG) methods used to soften Hamiltonians allow
large-scale computational resources to be used to greater advantage in
calculations of nuclear structure and reactions. These RG transformations lower
the effective resolution of the nuclei, which raises questions about how to
calculate and interpret high-momentum transfer probes of nuclear structure.
Such experiments are conventionally explained in terms of short-range
correlations, but these disappear with the evolution to low-momentum scales. We
highlight the important issues and prospects in the context of recent
developments in RG technology, with guidance from the analogous extraction of
parton distributions.Comment: Contribution to the proceedings of the International Conference on
Nuclear Theory in the Supercomputing Era 2013, Iowa State University, May
13-17, 2013, Ames, Iowa. 10 pages, 18 figure
Building Atomic Nuclei with the Dirac Equation
The relevance of the Dirac equation for computations of nuclear structure is
motivated and discussed. Quantitatively successful results for medium- and
heavy-mass nuclei are described, and modern ideas of effective field theory and
density functional theory are used to justify them.Comment: 9 pages, REVTeX 4.0 with 12pt.rtx, aps.rtx, amssymb.tex, bm.sty,
ntgdefs.tex. Contribution to the Dirac Centennial Symposium (FSU, 12/6-7/02
Neutron matter based on consistently evolved chiral three-nucleon interactions
We present the first results for the neutron matter equation of state (EOS)
using nucleon-nucleon and three-nucleon chiral effective field theory
interactions that are consistently evolved in the framework of the Similarity
Renormalization Group (SRG). The dependence of the EOS on the SRG resolution
scale is greatly reduced when induced three-nucleon forces (3NF) are included
and the residual variation, which in part is from missing induced four-body
interactions, is comparable to estimated many-body perturbation theory
truncation errors. The relative growth with decreasing resolution of the 3NF
contributions to the energy per neutron is of natural size, but it accelerates
at the lowest resolutions where strong renormalization of the long-range 3NF
matrix elements is also observed.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
Comment on: "Nucleon-nucleon scattering lengths in QCD sum rules,"
In a recent Physical Review Letter, Kondo and Morimatsu present a QCD sum
rule calculation of nucleon-nucleon scattering lengths. They also relate the
empirical scattering lengths to the nucleon mass shift in nuclear matter to
cast doubt on the "linear density approximation." In this Comment, we point out
flaws in both parts of their analysis and draw very different conclusions.Comment: 4 pages in RevTeX, OSU-0901/UTHEP-26
Universality in Similarity Renormalization Group Evolved Potential Matrix Elements and T-Matrix Equivalence
We examine how the universality of two-nucleon interactions evolved using
similarity renormalization group (SRG) transformations correlates with T-matrix
equivalence, with the ultimate goal of gaining insight into universality for
three-nucleon forces. With sufficient running of the SRG flow equations, the
low-energy matrix elements of different realistic potentials evolve to a
universal form. Because these potentials are fit to low-energy data, they are
(approximately) phase equivalent only up to a certain energy, and we find
universality in evolved potentials up to the corresponding momentum. More
generally we find universality in local energy regions, reflecting a local
decoupling by the SRG. The further requirements for universality in evolved
potential matrix elements are explored using two simple alternative potentials.
We see evidence that in addition to predicting the same observables, common
long-range potentials (i.e., explicit pion physics) is required for
universality in the potential matrix elements after SRG flow. In agreement with
observations made previously for Vlowk evolution, regions of universal
potential matrix elements are restricted to where half-on-shell T-matrix
equivalence holds.Comment: 13 pages, 16 figure
The Gluon Condensate and Running Coupling of QCD
An expression for the photon condensate in quantum electrodynamics is
presented and generalized to deduce a simple relation between the gluon
condensate and the running coupling constant of quantum chromodynamics (QCD).
Ambiguities in defining the condensates are discussed. The values of the gluon
condensate from some Ans\"{a}tze for the running coupling in the literature are
compared with the value determined from QCD sum rules.Comment: 10 pages, RevTex, No figure
Effective Field Theory and Nuclear Mean-Field Models
The implications of an effective field theory (EFT) interpretation of nuclear
mean-field phenomenology are reviewed.Comment: Contribution to PANIC99 conferenc
Quantum Hadrodynamics: Evolution and Revolution
The underlying philosophy and motivation for quantum hadrodynamics (QHD),
namely, relativistic field theories of nuclear phenomena featuring manifest
covariance, have evolved over the last quarter century in response to
successes, failures, and sharp criticisms. A recent revolution in QHD, based on
modern effective field theory and density functional theory perspectives,
explains the successes, provides antidotes to the failures, rebuts the
criticisms, and focuses the arguments in favor of a covariant representation.Comment: 18 pages, RevTeX; references added and minor editorial changes;
submitted to Comments on Modern Physic
Describing Nuclear Matter with Effective Field Theories
An accurate description of nuclear matter starting from free-space nuclear
forces has been an elusive goal. The complexity of the system makes
approximations inevitable, so the challenge is to find a consistent truncation
scheme with controlled errors. The virtues of an effective field theory
approach to this problem are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, Contribution to the Proceedings of the 15th
Particles and Nuclei International Conference (PANIC 99), Uppsala, Sweden,
June 10-16, 1999; minor change to Eq.
Covariant RPA in Effective Hadronic Field Theory
In an effective hadronic theory constructed to describe long-range nuclear
physics, the dynamics of the vacuum can be expanded in terms with zero or a
finite number of derivatives acting on the fields. Thus vacuum dynamics can
always be absorbed in the (infinite number of) counterterm parameters
necessarily present in the effective lagrangian. These finite parameters, which
at present must be fitted to data, encode the empirical vacuum physics as well
as other short-range dynamics into the effective lagrangian; in practice, only
a small number of parameters must be fitted. The strength of the effective
field theory (EFT) framework is that there is no need to make a concrete
picture of the vacuum dynamics, as one does in a renormalizable hadronic
theory. At the one-loop level, the most convenient renormalization scheme
requires explicit sums over long-range (``valence'') nucleon orbitals only,
thus explaining the so-called ``no-sea approximation'' used in successful
covariant mean-field theory (MFT) calculations of static ground states. When
excited states are studied in the random-phase approximation (RPA), the same
EFT scheme dictates the inclusion of both familiar particle-hole pairs and
contributions that mix valence and negative-energy single-particle Dirac wave
functions. The modern EFT strategy therefore justifies and explains the
omission of some explicit contributions from the negative-energy Dirac sea of
nucleons, as was done to maintain conservation laws in earlier pragmatic
calculations of the nuclear linear response.Comment: 19 pages, 3 figures, REVTeX4, minor correction
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