176 research outputs found
Superfluid nuclear matter calculations
We present a method to calculate nuclear matter properties in the superfluid
phase. The method is based on the use of self-consistent off-shell nucleon
propagators in the T-matrix equation. Such a complete treatment of the spectral
function, is required below and around due to a pseudogap formation in
the spectral function. In the superfluid phase we introduce the anomalous
self-energy in the fermion propagators and in the T-matrix equation,
consistently with the strong coupling BCS equations. The equations for the
nucleon spectral function include both a contribution of condensed and
scattering pairs. The method is illustrated by numerical calculations. Above
pseudogap formation is visible in the spectral function and below a
superfluid gap also appears.Comment: correted version, appendix on numerical methods adde
Towards a fully self-consistent spectral function of the nucleon in nuclear matter
We present a calculation of nuclear matter which goes beyond the usual
quasi-particle approximation in that it includes part of the off-shell
dependence of the self-energy in the self-consistent solution of the
single-particle spectrum. The spectral function is separated in contributions
for energies above and below the chemical potential. For holes we approximate
the spectral function for energies below the chemical potential by a
-function at the quasi-particle peak and retain the standard form for
energies above the chemical potential. For particles a similar procedure is
followed. The approximated spectral function is consistently used at all levels
of the calculation. Results for a model calculation are presented, the main
conclusion is that although several observables are affected by the inclusion
of the continuum contributions the physical consistency of the model does not
improve with the improved self-consistency of the solution method. This in
contrast to expectations based on the crucial role of self-consistency in the
proofs of conservation laws.Comment: 26 pages Revtex with 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Saturation of nuclear matter and short-range correlations
A fully self-consistent treatment of short-range correlations in nuclear
matter is presented. Different implementations of the determination of the
nucleon spectral functions for different interactions are shown to be
consistent with each other. The resulting saturation densities are closer to
the empirical result when compared with (continuous-choice)
Brueckner-Hartree-Fock values. Arguments for the dominance of short-range
correlations in determining the nuclear-matter saturation density are
presented. A further survey of the role of long-range correlations suggests
that the inclusion of pionic contributions to ring diagrams in nuclear matter
leads to higher saturation densities than empirically observed. A possible
resolution of the nuclear-matter saturation problem is suggested.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figure, to be published in Phys.Rev.Let
A Self-Consistent Solution to the Nuclear Many-Body Problem at Finite Temperature
The properties of symmetric nuclear matter are investigated within the
Green's functions approach. We have implemented an iterative procedure allowing
for a self-consistent evaluation of the single-particle and two-particle
propagators. The in-medium scattering equation is solved for a realistic
(non-separable) nucleon-nucleon interaction including both particle-particle
and hole-hole propagation. The corresponding two-particle propagator is
constructed explicitely from the single-particle spectral functions. Results
are obtained for finite temperatures and an extrapolation to T=0 is presented.Comment: 11 pages 5 figure
Short-range correlations in nuclear matter using Green's functions within a discrete pole approximation
We treat short-range correlations in nuclear matter, induced by the repulsive
core of the nucleon-nucleon potential, within the framework of a
self-consistent Green's function theory. The effective in-medium interaction
sums the ladder diagrams of both the particle-particle and hole-hole type. The
demand of self-consistency results in a set of nonlinear equations which must
be solved by iteration. We explore the possibility of approximating the
single-particle Green's function by a limited number of poles and residues.Comment: 9 pages, 3 eps-figures; added two tables dealing with calculations
including larger sets of BAGEL-pole
In medium T-matrix for superfluid nuclear matter
We study a generalized ladder resummation in the superfluid phase of the
nuclear matter. The approach is based on a conserving generalization of the
usual T-matrix approximation including also anomalous self-energies and
propagators. The approximation here discussed is a generalization of the usual
mean-field BCS approach and of the in medium T-matrix approximation in the
normal phase. The numerical results in this work are obtained in the
quasi-particle approximation. Properties of the resulting self-energy,
superfluid gap and spectral functions are studied.Comment: 38 pages, 19 figures, Introduction rewritten, Refs. adde
Effect of kinematics on final state interactions in (e,e'p) reactions
Recent data from experiment E97-006 at TJNAF using the 12C(e,e'p) reaction at
very large missing energies and momenta are compared to a calculation of
two-step rescattering.
A comparison between parallel and perpendicular kinematics suggests that the
effects of final state interactions can be strongly reduced in the former case.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, submitted to LP
S-pairing in neutron matter. I. Correlated Basis Function Theory
S-wave pairing in neutron matter is studied within an extension of correlated
basis function (CBF) theory to include the strong, short range spatial
correlations due to realistic nuclear forces and the pairing correlations of
the Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer (BCS) approach. The correlation operator
contains central as well as tensor components. The correlated BCS scheme of
Ref. [Nucl. Phys. A363 (1981) 383], developed for simple scalar correlations,
is generalized to this more realistic case. The energy of the correlated pair
condensed phase of neutron matter is evaluated at the two--body order of the
cluster expansion, but considering the one--body density and the corresponding
energy vertex corrections at the first order of the Power Series expansion.
Based on these approximations, we have derived a system of Euler equations for
the correlation factors and for the BCS amplitudes, resulting in correlated non
linear gap equations, formally close to the standard BCS ones. These equations
have been solved for the momentum independent part of several realistic
potentials (Reid, Argonne v_{14} and Argonne v_{8'}) to stress the role of the
tensor correlations and of the many--body effects. Simple Jastrow correlations
and/or the lack of the density corrections enhance the gap with respect to
uncorrelated BCS, whereas it is reduced according to the strength of the tensor
interaction and following the inclusion of many--body contributions.Comment: 20 pages, 8 figures, 1 tabl
Long-Range Correlations and the Momentum Distribution in Nuclei
The influence of correlations on the momentum distribution of nucleons in
nuclei is evaluated starting from a realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction. The
calculations are performed directly for the finite nucleus \,^{16}O making
use of the Green's function approach. The emphasis is focused on the
correlations induced by the excitation modes at low energies described within a
model-space of shell-model configurations including states up to the sdg shell.
Our analysis demonstrates that these long-range correlations do not produce any
significant enhancement of the momentum distribution at high missing momenta
and low missing energies. This is in agreement with high resolution
experiments for this nucleus. We also try to simulate the corresponding effects
in large nuclei by quenching the energy-spacing between single-particle orbits.
This yields a sizable enhancement of the spectral function at large momenta and
small energy. Such behavior could explain the deviation of the momentum
distribution from the mean field prediction, which has been observed in
experiments on heavy nuclei like Pb
Image Retrieval with Mixed Initiative and Multimodal Feedback
How would you search for a unique, fashionable shoe that a friend wore and
you want to buy, but you didn't take a picture? Existing approaches propose
interactive image search as a promising venue. However, they either entrust the
user with taking the initiative to provide informative feedback, or give all
control to the system which determines informative questions to ask. Instead,
we propose a mixed-initiative framework where both the user and system can be
active participants, depending on whose initiative will be more beneficial for
obtaining high-quality search results. We develop a reinforcement learning
approach which dynamically decides which of three interaction opportunities to
give to the user: drawing a sketch, providing free-form attribute feedback, or
answering attribute-based questions. By allowing these three options, our
system optimizes both the informativeness and exploration capabilities allowing
faster image retrieval. We outperform three baselines on three datasets and
extensive experimental settings.Comment: In submission to BMVC 201
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