Related papers: The TDHF code Sky3D version 1.2

The nuclear mean-field model based on Skyrme forces or related density functionals has found wide-spread application to the description of nuclear ground states, collective vibrational excitations, and heavy-ion collisions. The code Sky3D…

This work presents a computer program that performs symmetry-unrestricted 3D nuclear time-dependent density function theory (DFT) calculations. The program features the augmented Lagrangian constraint in the static calculation. This allows…

A description is presented of how to use the Sky3D time-dependent Hartree-Fock code to calculate giant monopole resonances. This requires modification to the code, and a step-by-step guide of how to make the necessary modification is given.…

Background: [elided for arXiv character count] Purpose: With the advancement of computational power it is now possible to undertake TDHF calculations without any symmetry assumptions and incorporate the major strides made by the nuclear…

We describe a new version of the EV8 code that solves the nuclear Skyrme-Hartree-Fock+BCS problem using a 3-dimensional cartesian mesh. Several new features have been implemented with respect to the earlier version published in 2005. In…

In nuclear astrophysics, quantum simulations of large inhomogeneous dense systems as they appear in the crusts of neutron stars present big challenges. The number of particles in a simulation with periodic boundary conditions is strongly…

The Skyrme nuclear energy density functional theory (DFT) is used to model neutron-induced fission in actinides. This paper focuses on the numerical implementation of the theory. In particular, it reports recent advances in DFT code…

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…

Following a previous paper [Y. Shi, Phys. Rev. C 98, 014329(2018)], we present an extension of the density-functional theory to allow for dynamic calculations based on the obtained static Hartree-Fock results. We perform extensive benchmark…

We present background concepts of the nuclear density functional theory (DFT) and applications of the time-dependent DFT with the Skyrme energy functional for nuclear response functions. Practical methods for numerical applications of the…

Nuclear implementation of the density functional theory (DFT) is at present the only microscopic framework applicable to the whole nuclear landscape. The extension of DFT to superfluid systems in the spirit of the Kohn-Sham approach, the…

A microscopic description of nuclear fission represents one of the most challenging problems in nuclear theory. While phenomenological coordinates, such as multipole moments, have often been employed to describe fission, it is not obvious…

The Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov code HFBTHO using the axial (2D) Transformed Harmonic Oscillator basis is tested against the HFODD (3D Cartesian HO basis) and HFBRAD (radial coordinate) codes. Results of large-scale ground-state…

In this manuscript we provide an outline of the numerical methods used in implementing the density constrained time-dependent Hartree-Fock (DC-TDHF) method and provide a few examples of its application to nuclear fusion. In this approach,…

Background: The symmetry-unrestricted Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) simulation is important for describing various quantum many-body systems. However, the HFB problem in Cartesian coordinate space is numerically challenging. Purpose: For…

The coordinate-space representation of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory is the method of choice to study weakly bound nuclei whose properties are affected by the quasiparticle continuum space. To describe such systems, we developed a…

The nuclear collective response at finite temperature is investigated for the first time in the quantum framework of the small amplitude limit of the extended TDHF approach, including a non-Markovian collision term. It is shown that the…

BiFold calculates the density-dependent (DDM3Y$n$, BDM3Y$n$, CDM3Y$n$) or independent double folded potentials between two colliding spherical nuclei. It is written in a Python package form to give the ability to use the potentials directly…

Nuclear dynamics of giant resonances are investigated with the real-time Skyrme TDHF method. The TDHF equation is explicitly linearized with respect to variation of single-particle wave functions. The time evolution of transition densities…

We describe the new version (v2.73y) of the code HFODD which solves the nuclear Skyrme Hartree-Fock or Skyrme Hartree-Fock-Bogolyubov problem by using the Cartesian deformed harmonic-oscillator basis. In the new version, we have implemented…