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We demonstrate that the microscopic Time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) theory provides an important approach to shed light on the nuclear dynamics leading to the formation of superheavy elements. In particular, we discuss studying…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-12-06 A. S. Umar , C. Simenel , S. Ayik

Background: The Density-constraint Time-dependent Hartree-Fock method is currently the tool of choice to predict fusion cross-sections. However, it does not include pairing correlations, which have been found recently to play an important…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-08-26 G. Scamps , Y. Hashimoto

Recently measured fusion cross-sections for the neutron-rich system 20O+12C are compared to dynamic, microscopic calculations using time-dependent density functional theory. The calculations are carried out on a three-dimensional lattice…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-15 R. T. deSouza , S. Hudan , V. E. Oberacker , A. S. Umar

We provide a discussion of issues related to the center-of-mass motion and cross-channel coupling in applications of the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) theory to heavy-ion collisions. We find that the entrance channel dynamics of a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-12-18 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker

We present the first realization of Stochastic TDHF, a theory which goes beyond pure mean-field dynamics, embracing dissipation as well as fluctuations. Applications to heavy-ion collisions in the Fermi energy domain are given and analyzed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 E. Suraud , P. G. Reinhard

Time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) theory has been a powerful tool in describing a variety of complex nuclear dynamics microscopically without empirical parameters. In this contribution, recent advances in nuclear dynamics studies with TDHF…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-03-26 Kazuyuki Sekizawa

The richness of phenomena occurring in heavy-ion collisions calls for microscopic approaches where the motion of each nucleon is treated quantum mechanically. The most popular microscopic approach for low-energy collisions between atomic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-06-03 Cédric Simenel

We study fusion reactions of the $^{64}$Ni+$^{64}$Ni system using the density-constrained time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) formalism. In this formalism the fusion barriers are directly obtained from TDHF dynamics. In addition, we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker

We discuss possible avenues to study fission dynamics starting from a time-dependent mean-field approach. Previous attempts to study fission dynamics using the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) theory are analyzed. We argue that different…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-18 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker , J. A. Maruhn , P. -G. Reinhard

We present a study of fusion cross sections using a new generation Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) code which contains no approximations regarding collision geometry and uses the full Skyrme interaction, including all of the time-odd…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker

We analyze the details of mass exchange in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier for heavy-ion collisions involving neutron-rich nuclei using the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) theory. We discuss the time-dependence of transfer and show…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker , J. A. Maruhn

We present results for calculating fusion cross-sections using a new microscopic approach based on a time-dependent density-constrained DFT calculations. The theory is implemented by using densities and other information obtained from TDDFT…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-03-25 R. Keser , A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker , J. A. Maruhn , P. -G. Reinhard

Time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) is one of the fundamental post-Hartree-Fock (HF) methods to describe excited states. In its Tamm-Dancoff form, equivalent to Configuration Interaction Singles, it is still widely used and particularly…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-11-18 Uday Panta , David A. Strubbe

The crucial step in density-corrected Hartree-Fock density functional theory (DC(HF)-DFT) is to decide whether the density produced by the density functional for a specific calculation is erroneous and hence should be replaced by, in this…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-09-20 Daniel Graf , Alex J. W. Thom

For light and medium mass systems the capture cross-section may be considered to be the same as that for complete fusion, whereas for heavy systems leading to superheavy formations the evaporation residue cross-section is dramatically…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-05-12 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker , C. Simenel

We investigate the fusion barriers for reactions involving Ca isotopes $\mathrm{^{40}Ca}+\mathrm{^{40}Ca}$, $\mathrm{^{40}Ca}+\mathrm{^{48}Ca}$, and $\mathrm{^{48}Ca}+\mathrm{^{48}Ca}$ using the microscopic time-dependent Hartree-Fock…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-04-12 R. Keser , A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker

Classical mechanics and Time Dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) calculations of heavy ions collisions are performed to study the rotation of a deformed nucleus in the Coulomb field of its partner. This reorientation is shown to be independent on…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Cedric Simenel , Philippe Chomaz , Gilles De France

Background: The tensor interaction is known to play an important role in the nuclear structure studies of exotic nuclei. However, most microscopic studies of low-energy nuclear reactions neglect the tensor force, resulting in a lack of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-12-19 Lu Guo , K. Godbey , A. S. Umar

HF-DFT, the practice of evaluating approximate density functionals on Hartree-Fock densities, has long been used in testing density functional approximations. Density-corrected DFT (DC-DFT) is a general theoretical framework for identifying…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2021-10-18 Suhwan Song , Stefan Vuckovic , Eunji Sim , Kieron Burke

We perform a study of $^{16}$O+$^{16}$O fusion at above and below the interaction barrier energies using three-dimensional time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) calculations at above barrier energies and density-constrained TDHF calculations…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-09-03 C. Simenel , R. Keser , A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker