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Scalar Nature of the Nuclear Density Functional

Nuclear Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

Because of the rotational invariance of the nuclear Hamiltonian, there exists a density functional for nuclei that depends only on two scalar densities. Practical calculations boil down to radial, one-dimensional ones.

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@article{arxiv.0801.3447,
  title  = {Scalar Nature of the Nuclear Density Functional},
  author = {B. G. Giraud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.3447},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages

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