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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

We investigate heavy-ion multinucleon transfer reactions using the coupled-channels formalism. We first use the semi-classical approximation and show that a direct coupling between the entrance and the pair transfer channels improves a fit…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-11-25 Guillaume Scamps , Kouichi Hagino

The influence on fusion of coupling to the breakup process is investigated for reactions where at least one of the colliding nuclei has a sufficiently low binding energy for breakup to become an important process. Elastic scattering,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Beck , N. Keeley , A. Diaz-Torres

\item[Background] Multinucleon transfer reaction at low-energy collisions is considered to be a promising method for the production of new exotic nuclei, which are difficult to be produced by other methods. The theoretical studies are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Zhenji Wu , Lu Guo

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

Fusion reactions induced by the weakly bound nucleus $^{6}$Li with targets $^{28}$Si, $^{64}$Ni, $^{144}$Sm and $^{209}$Bi at energies around the Coulomb barrier are investigated within a three-body model where $^{6}$Li is described with an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-27 Wendi Chen , D. Y. Pang , Hairui Guo , Ye Tao , Weili Sun , Yangjun Ying

The double folding (DF) approach is one of the widely used methods for finding nucleus-nucleus interaction potential. In the present work, the influence of the nuclear matter density on the DF potential and on the Coulomb barrier parameters…

Neutrinos and their weak interactions play a vital role in the physics of core-collapse supernovae and binary neutron star mergers. Their description within astrophysical simulations, including the weak rates, is of pivotal importance not…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-19 Kamil Sokołowski , Anil Kumar , Tobias Fischer

A summary of recent researches on nuclear dynamics with realistic microscopic quantum approaches is presented. The Balian-V\'en\'eroni variational principle is used to derive the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) equation describing the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-06-03 Cédric Simenel

Experimental above-barrier fusion cross-sections for $^{17}$F + $^{12}$C are compared to the fusion excitation functions for $^{16,18}$O, $^{19}$F, and $^{20}$Ne ions on a carbon target. In comparing the different systems both the differing…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-06-16 Varinderjit Singh , J. Vadas , T. K. Steinbach , B. B. Wiggins , S. Hudan , R. T. deSouza

The multiconfiguration time-dependent Hartree-Fock (MCTDHF) method is formulated for treating the coupled electronic and nuclear dynamics of diatomic molecules without the Born- Oppenheimer approximation. The method treats the full…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Daniel J. Haxton , Keith V. Lawler , C. William McCurdy

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

Examination of high-resolution, experimental fusion excitation functions for $^{16,17,18}$O + $^{12}$C reveals a remarkable irregular behavior that is rooted in the structure of both the colliding nuclei and the quasi-molecular composite…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-28 R. T. deSouza , K. Godbey , S. Hudan , W. Nazarewicz

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

We employ the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) method to study various aspects of the reactions utilized in searches for superheavy elements. These include capture cross-sections, quasifission, prediction of $P_{\mathrm{CN}}$, and other…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-04-12 A. S. Umar , V. E. Oberacker

We employ a microscopic approach that examines the impact of isospin dynamics on the process of low energy nuclear fusion along an isotope chain and dependence on deformation. Our method utilizes the density constrained time-dependent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-10-13 Richard Gumbel , Christian Ross , A. S. Umar

\begin{description} \item[Background] Fusion reactions play an important role in nucleosynthesis and in applications to society. Yet they remain challenging to model. \item[Purpose] In this work, we investigate the features of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-16 J. Rangel , B. Pinheiro , V. A. B. Zagatto , J. Lubian , F. M. Nunes , L. F. Canto

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

Background: Nuclear fission is a complex large-amplitude collective decay mode in heavy nuclei. Microscopic density functional studies of fission have previously concentrated on adiabatic approaches based on constrained static calculations…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-11-18 P. M. Goddard , P. D. Stevenson , A. Rios

In electronic structure theory, restricted single-reference coupled cluster (CC) captures weak correlation but fails catastrophically under strong correlation. Spin-projected unrestricted Hartree-Fock (SUHF), on the other hand, misses weak…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 John A. Gomez , Thomas M. Henderson , Gustavo E. Scuseria