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We propose a way to improve energy density functionals (EDFs) in the density functional theory based on the combination of the inverse Kohn--Sham method and the density functional perturbation theory. Difference between the known EDF and…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-11-22 Tomoya Naito , Daisuke Ohashi , Haozhao Liang

The density dependence of the symmetry energy, instrumental in understanding the behaviour of the asymmetric nuclear matter, is investigated within the extended relativistic mean field (ERMF) model which includes the contributions from the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-05-28 B. K. Agrawal

Nuclear effective field theories (EFTs) have been developed over the last quarter-century with considerable impact on the description of light and even medium-mass nuclei. At the core of any EFT is a systematic expansion of observables,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 U. van Kolck

Calculations of nuclear masses, using nuclear density functional theory, are presented for even-even nuclei spanning the nuclear chart. The resulting binding energy differences can be interpreted in terms of valence proton-neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Stoitsov , R. B. Cakirli , R. F. Casten , W. Nazarewicz , W. Satula

Machine learning is employed to build an energy density functional for self-bound nuclear systems for the first time. By learning the kinetic energy as a functional of the nucleon density alone, a robust and accurate orbital-free density…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-21 X. H. Wu , Z. X. Ren , P. W. Zhao

New superheavy nuclei are often identified through their characteristic $\alpha$-decay energies, which requires accurate calculations of $Q_{\alpha}$ values. While many $Q_{\alpha}$ predictions are available, little is known about their…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 Erik Olsen , Witold Nazarewicz

Concepts from information geometry are used to analyse parameter sensitivity for a nuclear energy density functional, representative of a class of semi-empirical functionals that start from a microscopically motivated ansatz for the density…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-29 Tamara Niksic , Dario Vretenar

We develop a relativistic mean field (RMF) description of deformed nuclei with the pairing correlations in the BCS approximation. The treatment of the pairing correlations for nuclei with the Fermi surface being close to the threshold of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 L. S. Geng , H. Toki , S. Sugimoto , J. Meng

The foundation of the local energy-density functional method to describe the nuclear ground-state properties is given. The method is used to investigate differential observables such as the odd-even mass differences and odd-even effects in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 S. A. Fayans , S. V. Tolokonnikov , E. L. Trykov , D. Zawischa

The reconstruction of the neutrino energy is crucial in oscillation experiments that use interactions with nuclei to detect the neutrino. The common reconstruction procedure is based on the kinematics of the final-state lepton. The…

The main formalisms of partial level densities (PLD) used in preequilibrium nuclear reaction models, based on the equidistant spacing model (ESM), are considered. A collection of FORTRAN77 functions for PLD calculation by using 14…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Avrigeanu , V. Avrigeanu

We construct a complete equation of state (EOS) covering a wide range of temperature, proton fraction, and baryon density for the use of astrophysical simulations. We employ the relativistic mean-field (RMF) theory to describe nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-12-22 Hong Shen

We use effective field theory to compute the influence of nuclear structure on precision calculations of atomic energy levels. As usual, the EFT's effective couplings correspond to the various nuclear properties (such as the charge radius,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-05-19 L. Zalavari , C. P. Burgess , P. Hayman , M. Rummel

The electron localization function (ELF) is a universal measure of electron localization that allows for, e.g., an effective characterization of physical bonds in molecular and solid state systems. In the context of the widely used…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-08-20 Alexander Lindmaa , Joel Davidsson , Ann E. Mattsson , Rickard Armiento

Electromagnetic interactions serve as essential probes for studying and testing our understanding of the atomic nucleus, as they reveal emergent properties across the nuclear chart. We analyse their corresponding observables, which relate…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-13 J. Dobaczewski , B. C. Backes , R. P. de Groote , A. Restrepo-Giraldo , X. Sun , H. Wibowo

The application of density functional theory to nuclear structure is discussed, highlighting the current status of the effective action approach using effective field theory, and outlining future challenges.

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 R. J. Furnstahl

The deep inelastic scattering of leptons off nuclei is considered within the the Bethe-Salpeter formalism. It is shown that nuclear short-range structure can be expressed in terms of the nucleon structure functions and four-dimensional…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Alexander Molochkov

The exact-exchange relativistic density functional theory (Ex-RDFT) of atomic nuclei has been solved in three-dimensional lattice space for the first time. The exchange energy is treated within the framework of the orbital-dependent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-12-16 Qiang Zhao , Zhengxue Ren , Pengwei Zhao , Kenichi Yoshida

The self consistent version of the density functional theory (DFT) is presented, which allows to calculate the ground state and dynamic properties of finite multi-electron systems such as atoms, molecules and clusters. The exact functional…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Ya. Amusia , V. R. Shaginyan

Effective field theory (EFT) methods are applied to density functional theory (DFT) as part of a program to systematically go beyond mean-field approaches to medium and heavy nuclei. A system of fermions with short-range, natural…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 S. J. Puglia , A. Bhattacharyya , R. J. Furnstahl