Nuclear Theory
Chiral models of nuclear interactions provide approximate, phenomenological descriptions of dense matter that respect the symmetries of quantum chromodynamics. Their Lagrangian parameters, however, are difficult to calibrate because these…
Light front quantum mechanics in three dimensions can be used to construct boost-invariant wave functions for the internal structure of relativistic systems. The Miller-Brodsky variable $\tilde{z}$ -- which is canonically conjugate to the…
Experimental data on the production of the $^{250}$No isotope in an isomeric state in the $^{204}$Pb($^{48}$Ca, 2n)$^{250}$No reaction at $^{48}$Ca energies from 200 to 240 MeV are analyzed within a unified approach based on the…
The possible presence of hyperons in the cores of massive neutron stars has important implications for their microscopic transport properties and thermal evolution. Despite recent progress in modelling core transport, a dedicated analysis…
We present a fixed-$N_{\rm part}$ study of geometry-to-flow transfer in string-melting AMPT simulations of $^{96}{\rm Ru}+^{96}{\rm Ru}$ and $^{96}{\rm Zr}+^{96}{\rm Zr}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV. Four nuclear configurations…
The covariant density functional theory in a three-dimensional lattice space is extended to the PCF-PK1 functional with localized exchange terms and is employed to study the nuclear shape evolution of even-even Ra isotopes. Well-developed…
We derive a closed-form, non-perturbative WKB penetration formula for alpha-decay that explicitly incorporates the centrifugal potential within the Buck--Merchant--Perez (BMP) cluster model. The centrifugal term is shown to enhance the…
We present ab initio calculations of two-neutrino double-beta ($2\nu\beta\beta$) decay of $^{48}$Ca and the related Gamow-Teller (GT) strength functions in $^{48}$Sc using the valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization group…
At high densities and moderate temperatures, hadronic matter is expected to undergo a first-order phase transition into a color-superconducting (CSC) state. A proto-neutron star describes the earliest evolutionary stages during the first…
Exceptional points (EPs) are non-Hermitian degeneracies at which two eigenvalues and their eigenvectors coalesce, producing a defective Hamiltonian and a double pole of the $S$-matrix. Using the coupled-channel Gamow Shell Model with the…
We investigate the $\beta$-decay properties of $rp$-process waiting-point nuclei $^{72}$Kr, $^{68}$Se, and $^{64}$Ge from realistic nuclear forces based on chiral effective field theory. The \textit{ab initio} valence-space in-medium…
A density dependent nucleon-nucleon interaction (CDM3YR) has been parametrized based on the original M3Y-Reid interaction, to properly reproduce the saturation properties of symmetric nuclear matter (NM) in the nonrelativistic Hartree-Fock…
Employing the relativistic continuum Hartree-Bogoliubov (RCHB) theory with intrinsic electromagnetic structure corrections, this work primarily investigates the charge properties of halo nuclei along the Ne and P isotopic chains. Our…
We investigate the spin alignment of $J/\psi$ mesons in relativistic heavy-ion collisions within a two-component Boltzmann transport model. Starting from the relativistic spin Boltzmann equation, we derive the spin density matrix element…
Deuterium--tritium muon-catalyzed fusion is limited by a cycle-closure problem: a negative muon must complete enough catalytic cycles before decay or effective alpha sticking removes it from reuse. We formulate a Lawson-inspired criterion…
We investigate the low-energy scattering and femtoscopic correlation functions of the $d-\Lambda$, $d-\Sigma$, and $d-\Xi$ systems within a microscopic folding approach. The effective deuteron--hyperon interactions are constructed by…
Nuclear density functional theory (DFT) is a suitable tool for predicting nuclear ground-state and fission properties. Statistical uncertainty quantification is desirable to make those predictions reliable, especially for nuclei far from…
We study the causality and stability of first-order relativistic spin hydrodynamics with particle-number conservation. By deriving the complete dispersion relations of linear perturbations around global equilibrium, we find that…
We show that relativistic theories with purely relaxational excitation spectra, such as kinetic theory and transient hydrodynamics, naturally endow the dispersion plane $\{i\omega,ik\}$ with a Lorentzian geometric structure analogous to…
There are conflicting theoretical results about the presence of a shell closure in the neutron-rich nucleus $^{140}$Sn. We address this controversy by performing ab initio computations, using a nuclear interaction from chiral effective…