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In the search for superheavy elements quasifission reactions represent one of the reaction pathways that curtail the formation of an evaporation residue. In addition to its importance in these searches quasifission is also an interesting…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-03-23 K. Godbey , A. S. Umar

We propose a framework to learn the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) inter-electronic potential of a molecule from its electron density dynamics. Though the entire TDHF Hamiltonian, including the inter-electronic potential, can be…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-12-05 Harish S. Bhat , Prachi Gupta , Christine M. Isborn

The investigation delves into understanding how the Pauli exclusion principle influences the bare potential between atomic nuclei through the application of advanced theoretical methodologies. Specifically, the application of the novel…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-11 A. S. Umar , K. Godbey , C. Simenel

We introduce an individually fitted screened-exchange interaction for the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) method and show that it resolves the missing binding energies in polymethine organic dye molecules compared to time-dependent…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-06-21 Nadine C. Bradbury , Barry Y. Li , Tucker Allen , Justin R. Caram , Daniel Neuhauser

Octupole vibrations are studied in some doubly magic nuclei using the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) theory with a Skyrme energy density functional. Through the use of the linear response theory, the energies and transition amplitudes…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-09-07 C. Simenel , J. Buete , K. Vo-Phuoc

Density functional theory (DFT) provides a theoretical framework for efficient and fairly accurate calculations of the electronic structure of molecules and crystals. The main features of density functional theory are described and DFT…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2012-06-12 Hauke Paulsen , Alfred Xaver Trautwein

A recent interpretation of the caloric curve based on the expansion of the abraded spectator nucleus is re-analysed in the framework of the Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) evolution. It is shown that the TDHF dynamics is more complex…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-09-08 D. Lacroix , Ph. Chomaz

We provide a microscopic description of the fusion reactions between $^{40,48}$Ca and $^{78}$Ni. The internuclear potentials are obtained using the density-constrained (DC) time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) approach and fusion cross…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-07-28 Xiang-Xiang Sun , Lu Guo , A. S. Umar

We present a fully microscopic study of the $^{16}$O+$^{208}$Pb fusion using the density-constrained time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory. The calculated fusion cross-sections are in good agreement with the experimental data for the entire…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-23 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker

Background: Heavy-ion fusion reactions at energies near the Coulomb barrier are influenced by couplings between the relative motion and nuclear intrinsic degrees of freedom of the colliding nuclei. The time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 D. Bourgin , C. Simenel , S. Courtin , F. Haas

We show that the microscopic TDHF approach provides an important tool to shed some light on the nuclear dynamics leading to the formation of superheavy elements. In particular, we discuss studying quasifission dynamics and calculating…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-12-30 A. S. Umar , C. Simenel

Background: At energies near the Coulomb barrier, capture reactions in heavy-ion collisions result either in fusion or in quasifission. The former produces a compound nucleus in statistical equilibrium, while the second leads to a…

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

Quasifission is the primary reaction mechanism that limits the formation of superheavy nuclei and consequently an important ingredient for choosing the best target-projectile combinations for the heavy element searches. Quasifission is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-11-13 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker , C. Simenel

The multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree-Fock method (MCTDHF) is applied for simulations of the two-photon ionization of Helium. We present results for the single- and double ionization from the groundstate for photon energies in the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-12-30 D. Hochstuhl , M. Bonitz

This article examines the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) approximation of single-particle dynamics in systems of interacting fermions. We find the TDHF approximation to be accurate when there are sufficiently many particles and the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Claude Bardos , Francois Golse , Alex D. Gottlieb , Norbert J. Mauser

We simulate a heavy-ion collision using the canonical-basis time-dependent Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory (Cb-TDHFB) treating pairing correlation in the three-dimensional coordinate space. We apply the Cb-TDHFB to 22O+22O collision with a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-10-01 Shuichiro Ebata , Takashi Nakatsukasa

The structure of approximate two electron wavefunction is deeply investigated, both theoretically and numerically, in the strong-field driven ionization dynamics. Theoretical analyses clarify that for two electron singlet systems, the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-11-13 Takeshi Sato , Kenichi L Ishikawa

We introduce a new microscopic approach to calculate the dependence of fusion barriers and cross-sections on isospin dynamics. The method is based on the time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory and the isoscalar and isovector properties of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 K. Godbey , A. S. Umar , C. Simenel

While superfluidity is accurately grasped with a state that explicitly breaks the particle number symmetry, a precise description of phenomena like the particle transfer during heavy-ion reactions can only be achieved by considering systems…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-26 D. Regnier , D. Lacroix

Few-electron systems confined in two-dimensional parabolic quantum dots at high magnetic fields are studied by the Hartree-Fock (HF) and exact diagonalization methods. A generalized multicenter Gaussian basis is proposed in the HF method. A…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Szafran , S. Bednarek , J. Adamowski , M. B. Tavernier , E. Anisimovas , F. M. Peeters