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Ab initio many-body calculation of the 7Be(p,gamma)8B radiative capture
We apply the ab initio no-core shell model/resonating group method (NCSM/RGM)
approach to calculate the cross section of the 7Be(p,gamma)8B radiative
capture. This reaction is important for understanding the solar neutrino flux.
Starting from a selected similarity-transformed chiral nucleon-nucleon
interaction that accurately describes two-nucleon data, we performed
parameter-free many-body calculations that simultaneously predict both the
normalization and the shape of the S-factor. We study the dependence on the
number of 7Be eigenstates included in the coupled-channel equations and on the
size of the harmonic oscillator basis used for the expansion of the eigenstates
and of the localized parts of the integration kernels. Our S-factor result at
zero energy is on the lower side of, but consistent with, the latest
evaluation.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
The He total photo-absorption cross section with two- plus three-nucleon interactions from chiral effective field theory
The total photo-absorption cross section of He is evaluated
microscopically using two- (NN) and three-nucleon (NNN) interactions based upon
chiral effective field theory (EFT). The calculation is performed using
the Lorentz integral transform method along with the {\em ab initio} no-core
shell model approach. An important feature of the present study is the
consistency of the NN and NNN interactions and also, through the Siegert
theorem, of the two- and three-body current operators. This is due to the
application of the EFT framework. The inclusion of the NNN interaction
produces a suppression of the low-energy peak and enhancement of the
high-energy tail of the cross section. We compare to calculations obtained
using other interactions and to representative experiments. The rather confused
experimental situation in the giant resonance region prevents discrimination
among different interaction models.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Novel NN interaction and the spectroscopy of light nuclei
Nucleon-nucleon (NN) phase shifts and the spectroscopy of nuclei
are successfully described by an inverse scattering potential that is separable
with oscillator form factors.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, 13 table
Boson-fermion mapping and dynamical supersymmetry in fermion models
We show that a dynamical supersymmetry can appear in a purely fermionic
system. This ``supersymmetry without bosons" is constructed by application of a
recently introduced boson-fermion Dyson mapping from a fermion space to a space
comprised of collective bosons and ideal fermions. In some algebraic fermion
models of nuclear structure, particular Hamiltonians may lead to collective
spectra of even and odd nuclei that can be unified using the dynamical
supersymmetry concept with Pauli correlations exactly taken into account.Comment: 20 pages. Revtex. One PostScript figure available on request from P
Similarity Renormalization Group Evolution of Many-Body Forces in a One-Dimensional Model
A one-dimensional system of bosons with short-range repulsion and mid-range
attraction is used as a laboratory to explore the evolution of many-body forces
by the Similarity Renormalization Group (SRG). The free-space SRG is
implemented for few-body systems in a symmetrized harmonic oscillator basis
using a recursive construction analogous to no-core shell model
implementations. This approach, which can be directly generalized to
three-dimensional nuclei, is fully unitary up to induced A-body forces when
applied with an A-particle basis (e.g., A-body bound-state energies are exactly
preserved). The oscillator matrix elements for a given A can then be used in
larger systems. Errors from omitted induced many-body forces show a hierarchy
of decreasing contribution to binding energies. An analysis of individual
contributions to the growth of many-body forces demonstrates such a hierarchy
and provides an understanding of its origins.Comment: 23 pages, 11 figures, Changed section on analysis of three-body
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No-core shell model in an effective-field-theory framework
We present a new approach to the construction of effective interactions
suitable for many-body calculations by means of the no-core shell model (NCSM).
We consider an effective field theory (EFT) with only nucleon fields directly
in the NCSM model spaces. In leading order, we obtain the strengths of the
three contact terms from the condition that in each model space the
experimental ground-state energies of 2H, 3H and 4He be exactly reproduced. The
first (0^+;0) excited state of 4He and the ground state of 6Li are then
obtained by means of NCSM calculations in several spaces and frequencies. After
we remove the harmonic-oscillator frequency dependence, we predict for 4He an
energy level for the first (0^+;0) excited state in remarkable agreement with
the experimental value. The corresponding 6Li binding energy is about 70% of
the experimental value, consistent with the expansion parameter of the EFT.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, revtex
Inflation Targeting as a Stabilization Tool: Its Design and Performance in the Czech Republic
The article focuses on the development and performance of inflation targeting in the Czech Republic. It is shown that the particulars of the Czech inflation-targeting regime developed from a rather specific setting toward a framework based on international best practices. Its performance is evaluated using three methods. The results suggest that even though inflation targets have been missed more often than met, the practice of inflation targeting has significantly contributed to the stabilization of the Czech economy.inflation targeting; measuring performance of monetary policy
Labor-Market Performance and Macroeconomic Policy: Time-Varying NAIRU in the Czech Republic (in English)
During the second half of the 1990s, the Czech economy experienced a sharp increase in the unemployment rate. The authors attempt to determine whether this was caused by structural changes, worsening labor-market performance, or by the changing business-cycle position. This has direct implications for both monetary and fiscal policy. The authors use NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) estimates using time-varying NAIRU. The estimates indicate that the NAIRU increased between 1996 and 2002 by approximately 1.5 percent. Estimated increases in the NAIRU can be associated with the worsening of labor-market efficiency.forward-looking expectations, maximum-likelihood methods, non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment, time-varying NAIRU
Ab initio optical potentials and nucleon scattering on medium mass nuclei
We show the first results for the elastic scattering of neutrons off oxygen
and calcium isotopes obtained from ab initio optical potentials. The potential
is derived using self consistent Green's function theory (SCGF) with the
saturating chiral interaction NNLO. Our calculations are
compared to available scattering data and show that it is possible to reproduce
low energy scattering observables in medium mass nuclei from first principles.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, Zakopane conference on nuclear physic
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