92 research outputs found
Radii and binding energies in oxygen isotopes: a puzzle for nuclear forces
We present a systematic study of both nuclear radii and binding energies in
(even) oxygen isotopes from the valley of stability to the neutron drip line.
Both charge and matter radii are compared to state-of-the-art {\it ab initio}
calculations along with binding energy systematics. Experimental matter radii
are obtained through a complete evaluation of the available elastic proton
scattering data of oxygen isotopes. We show that, in spite of a good
reproduction of binding energies, {\it ab initio} calculations with
conventional nuclear interactions derived within chiral effective field theory
fail to provide a realistic description of charge and matter radii. A novel
version of two- and three-nucleon forces leads to considerable improvement of
the simultaneous description of the three observables for stable isotopes, but
shows deficiencies for the most neutron-rich systems. Thus, crucial challenges
related to the development of nuclear interactions remain.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, Submitted to Nature Physics, April 12th 2016;
first version (v1 Arxiv) Internal Report Preprint Irfu-18 December 2015. 6
p., 5 fig., Submitted to Physical Review Letters, April 29, May 3rd 2016; 2nd
version. Int. Rep. Irfu-24 May 2016. Published in PRL, 27 July 2016 with the
modified title (Radii and binding energies in oxygen isotopes: a challenge
for nuclear forces
Thermodynamic properties of nuclear matter with three-body forces
We calculate thermodynamic quantities in symmetric nuclear matter within the
self-consistent Green's functions method including three-body forces. The
thermodynamic potential is computed directly from a diagrammatic expansion,
implemented with the CD-Bonn and Nijmegen nucleon-nucleon potentials and the
Urbana three-body forces. We present results for entropy and pressure up to
temperatures of 20 MeV and densities of 0.32 fm^-3. While the pressure is
sensitive to the inclusion of three-body forces, the entropy is not. The
unstable spinodal region is identified and the critical temperature associated
to the liquid-gas phase transition is determined. When three-body forces are
added we find a strong reduction of the critical temperature, obtaining T_c ~
12 MeV.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure
Diagrammatic calculation of thermodynamical quantities in nuclear matter
In medium T-matrix calculations for symmetric nuclear matter at zero and
finite temperatures are presented. The internal energy is calculated from the
Galitskii-Koltun's sum rule and from the summation of the diagrams for the
interaction energy. The pressure at finite temperature is obtained from the
generating functional form of the thermodynamic potential. The entropy at high
temperature is estimated and compared to expressions corresponding to a
quasiparticle gas.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure
In medium T-matrix for nuclear matter with three-body forces - binding energy and single particle properties
We present spectral calculations of nuclear matter properties including
three-body forces. Within the in-medium T-matrix approach, implemented with the
CD-Bonn and Nijmegen potentials plus the three-nucleon Urbana interaction, we
compute the energy per particle in symmetric and neutron matter. The three-body
forces are included via an effective density dependent two-body force in the
in-medium T-matrix equations. After fine tuning the parameters of the
three-body force to reproduce the phenomenological saturation point in
symmetric nuclear matter, we calculate the incompressibility and the energy per
particle in neutron matter. We find a soft equation of state in symmetric
nuclear matter but a relatively large value of the symmetry energy. We study
the the influence of the three-body forces on the single-particle properties.
For symmetric matter the spectral function is broadened at all momenta and all
densities, while an opposite effect is found for the case of neutrons only.
Noticeable modification of the spectral functions are realized only for
densities above the saturation density. The modifications of the self-energy
and the effective mass are not very large and appear to be strongly suppressed
above the Fermi momentum.Comment: 20 pages, 11 figure
Non-observable nature of the nuclear shell structure. Meaning, illustrations and consequences
The concept of single-nucleon shells constitutes a basic pillar of our
understanding of nuclear structure. Effective single-particle energies (ESPEs)
introduced by French and Baranger represent the most appropriate tool to relate
many-body observables to a single-nucleon shell structure. As briefly discussed
in [T. Duguet, G. Hagen, Phys. Rev. C {\bf 85}, 034330 (2012)], the dependence
of ESPEs on one-nucleon transfer probability matrices makes them purely
theoretical quantities that "run" with the non-observable resolution scale
employed in the calculation. Given that ESPEs provide a way to
interpret the many-body problem in terms of simpler theoretical ingredients,
the goal is to specify the terms, i.e. the exact sense and conditions, in which
this interpretation can be conducted meaningfully. State-of-the-art
multi-reference in-medium similarity renormalization group and self-consistent
Gorkov Green's function many-body calculations are employed to corroborate the
formal analysis. This is done by comparing the behavior of several observables
and of non-observable ESPEs (and spectroscopic factors) under (quasi) unitary
similarity renormalization group transformations of the Hamiltonian
parameterized by the resolution scale . The non-observable nature of
the nuclear shell structure, i.e. the fact that it constitutes an intrinsically
theoretical object with no counterpart in the empirical world, must be
recognized and assimilated. Eventually, practitioners can refer to nuclear
shells and spectroscopic factors in their analyses of nuclear phenomena if, and
only if, they use consistent structure and reaction theoretical schemes based
on a fixed resolution scale they have agreed on prior to performing their
analysis and comparisons.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Self-consistent Green's function approaches
We present the fundamental techniques and working equations of many-body
Green's function theory for calculating ground state properties and the
spectral strength. Green's function methods closely relate to other polynomial
scaling approaches discussed in chapters 8 and 10. However, here we aim
directly at a global view of the many-fermion structure. We derive the working
equations for calculating many-body propagators, using both the Algebraic
Diagrammatic Construction technique and the self-consistent formalism at finite
temperature. Their implementation is discussed, as well as the inclusion of
three-nucleon interactions. The self-consistency feature is essential to
guarantee thermodynamic consistency. The pairing and neutron matter models
introduced in previous chapters are solved and compared with the other methods
in this book.Comment: 58 pages, 14 figures, Submitted to Lect. Notes Phys., "An advanced
course in computational nuclear physics: Bridging the scales from quarks to
neutron stars", M. Hjorth-Jensen, M. P. Lombardo, U. van Kolck, Editor
Rooting the EDF method into the ab initio framework. PGCM-PT formalism based on MR-IMSRG pre-processed Hamiltonians
Recently, ab initio techniques have been successfully connected to the
traditional valence-space shell model. In doing so, they can either explicitly
provide ab initio shell-model effective Hamiltonians or constrain the
construction of empirical ones. In the present work, the possibility to follow
a similar path for the nuclear energy density functional (EDF) method is
analyzed. For this connection to be actualized, two theoretical techniques are
instrumental: the recently proposed ab initio PGCM-PT many-body formalism and
the MR-IMSRG pre-processing of the nuclear Hamiltonian. Based on both formal
arguments and numerical results, possible new lines of research are briefly
discussed, namely to compute ab initio EDF effective Hamiltonians at low
computational cost, to constrain empirical ones or to produce them directly via
an effective field theory that remains to be invented.Comment: 20 pages, 7 figure
Probing the N = 32 shell closure below the magic proton number Z = 20: Mass measurements of the exotic isotopes 52,53K
The recently confirmed neutron-shell closure at N = 32 has been investigated
for the first time below the magic proton number Z = 20 with mass measurements
of the exotic isotopes 52,53K, the latter being the shortest-lived nuclide
investigated at the online mass spectrometer ISOLTRAP. The resulting
two-neutron separation energies reveal a 3 MeV shell gap at N = 32, slightly
lower than for 52Ca, highlighting the doubly-magic nature of this nuclide.
Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Boguliubov and ab initio Gorkov-Green function calculations
are challenged by the new measurements but reproduce qualitatively the observed
shell effect.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Ab-initio self-consistent Gorkov-Green's function calculations of semi-magic nuclei - I. Formalism at second order with a two-nucleon interaction
An ab-initio calculation scheme for finite nuclei based on self-consistent
Green's functions in the Gorkov formalism is developed. It aims at describing
properties of doubly-magic and semi-magic nuclei employing state-of-the-art
microscopic nuclear interactions and explicitly treating pairing correlations
through the breaking of U(1) symmetry associated with particle number
conservation. The present paper introduces the formalism, necessary to
undertake applications at (self-consistent) second-order using two-nucleon
interactions, in a detailed and self-contained fashion. First applications of
such a scheme will be reported soon in a forthcoming publication. Future works
will extend the present scheme to include three-nucleon interactions and
implement more advanced truncation schemes.Comment: 38 page
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