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We perform a systematic analysis of the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy within the microscopic Brueckner--Hartree--Fock (BHF) approach using the realistic Argonne V18 nucleon-nucleon potential plus a phenomenological three…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-02 Isaac Vidana , Constanca Providencia , Artur Polls , Arnau Rios

Density functional theory is a preferred microscopic method for calculation of nuclear properties over the whole nuclear chart. Besides ground-state properties, which are calculated by Hartree-Fock theory, nuclear excitations can be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-06-02 Anton Repko

The first results of a new three-dimensional, finite temperature Skyrme-Hartree-Fock+BCS study of the properties of inhomogeneous nuclear matter at densities and temperatures leading to the transition to uniform nuclear matter are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-25 W. G. Newton

The study of inhomogeneous neutron matter can provide insights into the structure of neutron stars as well as their dynamics in neutron-star mergers. In this work we tackle pure neutron matter in the presence of a periodic external field by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-02-25 Mateusz Buraczynski , Samuel Martinello , Alexandros Gezerlis

Models based on nuclear energy density functionals can provide access to a multitude of observables for thousands of nuclei in a single framework with microscopic foundations. Such models can rival the accuracy of more phenomenological…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-28 Wouter Ryssens , Guillaume Scamps , S. Goriely , Michael Bender

We investigate the stability and softness of nuclei against quadrupole, octupole, and hexadecapole deformation. By applying the spherical Skyrme-force Hartree-Fock Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer quasi-particle random phase approximation, we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-16 Le-Anh Nguyen , Minh-Loc Bui , Panagiota Papakonstantinou , Naftali Auerbach

We present an inference of the nuclear symmetry energy magnitude $J$, the slope $L$ and the curvature $K_{\rm sym}$ by combining neutron skin data on Ca, Pb and Sn isotopes and our best theoretical information about pure neutron matter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-06-30 William G. Newton , Gabriel Crocombe

Elements of nuclear symmetry energy evaluated from different energy density functionals parametrized by fitting selective bulk properties of few representative nuclei are seen to vary widely. Those obtained from experimental data on nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-08-07 C. Mondal , B. K. Agrawal , J. N. De

We employed the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock model to investigate the density distributions and their dependence on nuclear shapes and isospins in the superheavy mass region. Different Skyrme forces were used for the calculations with a special…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 J. C. Pei , F. R. Xu , P. D. Stevenson

We implement for the first time the simulated annealing method (SAM) to the problem of searching for the global minimum in the hyper-surface of the chi-square function which depends on the values of the parameters of a Skyrme type effective…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 B. K. Agrawal , S. Shlomo , V. Kim Au

The development of a modern and more realistic nuclear energy density functional (EDF) for accurate predictions of properties of nuclei is the subject of enhanced activity, since it is very important for the study of properties of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-11-14 S. Shlomo , A. I. Sanzhur

We show in the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach that unambiguous correlations exist between observables of finite nuclei and nuclear matter properties. Using this correlation analysis to existing data on the neutron skin thickness of Sn…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Jun Xu , Bao-An Li

Nuclear mass can offer profound insights into many physical branches, e.g., nuclear physics and astrophysics, while the predicted accuracy by nuclear mass models is usually far from satisfactory until now, especially within the fully…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-05-19 Jin-Liang Guo , Hua-Lei Wang , Zhen-Zhen Zhang , Min-Liang Liu

In this proceeding, we have presented some highlight results on the constraints of the nuclear matter equation of state (EOS) from the data of nucleus resonance and neutron-skin thickness using the Bayesian approach based on the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-05-08 Jun Xu

In the framework of nuclear energy density functional (EDF) methods, many nuclear phenomena can be related to the deformation of intrinsic states. Their accurate modeling relies on the correct description of the change of nuclear binding…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-26 Philippe Da Costa , Karim Bennaceur , Jacques Meyer , Wouter Ryssens , Michael Bender

A new Skyrme-like energy density suitable for studies of strongly elongated nuclei has been determined in the framework of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory using the recently developed model-based, derivative-free optimization algorithm…

Based on a systematic Hartree-Fock+BCS calculation, new perturbation scheme is proposed to modify the existing Skyrme-type effective nuclear force. Much attention is paid to have a better description of fission property of heavy nuclei. In…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-01-07 Kun Ratha Kean , Takashi Nishikawa , Yoritaka Iwata

The low-momentum interaction $V_{\text{low-k}}$ derived from realistic models of the nucleon-nucleon interaction is presented in a separable form. This separable force is supported by a contact interaction in order to achieve the saturation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-13 P. Grygorov , E. N. E. van Dalen , J. Margueron , H. Müther

We propose a new equation of state for nuclear matter based on a generalized Skyrme model which is consistent with all current constraints on the observed properties of neutron stars. This generalized model depends only on two free…

We investigate the systematics of fission barriers in superheavy elements in the range Z = 108-120 and N = 166-182. Results from two self-consistent models for nuclear structure, the relativistic mean-field (RMF) model as well as the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 T. Buervenich , M. Bender , J. A. Maruhn , P. -G. Reinhard