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The Hoyle state in Nuclear Lattice EFT

Nuclear Theory 2014-12-16 v1 High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We review the calculation of the Hoyle state of 12^{12}C in Nuclear Lattice Effective Field Theory (NLEFT) and its anthropic implications for the nucleosynthesis of 12^{12}C and 16^{16}O in red giant stars. We also review the extension of NLEFT to the regime of medium-mass nuclei, with emphasis on the determination of the ground-state energies of the alpha nuclei 16^{16}O, 20^{20}Ne, 24^{24}Mg and 28^{28}Si by means of Euclidean time projection. Finally, we review recent NLEFT results for the spectrum, electromagnetic properties, and alpha-cluster structure of 16^{16}O.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1403.5451,
  title  = {The Hoyle state in Nuclear Lattice EFT},
  author = {Timo A. Lähde and Evgeny Epelbaum and Hermann Krebs and Dean Lee and Ulf-G. Meißner and Gautam Rupak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.5451},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

9 pages, 1 figure, 5 tables, invited talk at the DAE symposium on nuclear physics, December 2-6 2013, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, India. To appear in Pramana - Journal of Physics

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