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The pairing energy density functionals (EDFs) that include the spatial derivative and kinetic terms of the pair densities are discussed. The coupling constants of the pairing EDF are adjusted to reproduce the experimental pairing rotational…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-02-14 Nobuo Hinohara

The connection from the structure and dynamics of atomic nuclei (finite nuclear system) to the nuclear equation of state (thermodynamic limit) is primarily made through nuclear energy-density functional (EDF) theory. Failure to describe…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-10-29 Panagiota Papakonstantinou , Hana Gil

We use self-consistent mean-field methods in combination with the interacting boson model (IBM) of nuclei, to establish a linkage between universal energy density functionals (EDFs) and partial dynamical symmetry (PDS). An application to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-02-15 A. Leviatan , N. Gavrielov , K. Nomura

We aim to develop a nuclear energy density functional that can be simultaneously applied to finite nuclei and neutron stars. We use the self-consistent nuclear density functional theory (DFT) with Skyrme energy density functionals and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-01-28 J. Erler , C. J. Horowitz , W. Nazarewicz , M. Rafalski , P. -G. Reinhard

The properties of high-density nuclear and neutron matter are studied using a relativistic mean-field approximation to the nuclear matter energy functional. Based on ideas of effective field theory, nonlinear interactions between the fields…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Horst Mueller , Brian D. Serot

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 equations of state for symmetric nuclear matter and pure neutron matter are investigated with the tensor-optimized Fermi Sphere method (TOFS) up to the density $\rho=0.5$~fm$^{-3}$. This method is based on a linked-cluster expansion…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-19 Taiichi Yamada

This study analyzes and contrasts different phenomenological methods used to model the nuclear equation of state (EOS) for neutron star matter based on covariant energy density functionals (CEDF). Using two complementary methodologies, we…

Density dependent parametrization models of the nucleon-meson effective couplings, including the isovector scalar \delta-field, are applied to asymmetric nuclear matter. The nuclear equation of state and the neutron star properties are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Liu , M. Di Toro , V. Greco , C. W. Shen , E. G. Zhao , B. X. Sun

We discuss the construction of a nuclear Energy Density Functional (EDF) from ab initio calculations, and we advocate the need of a methodical approach that is free from ad hoc assumptions. The equations of state (EoS) of symmetric nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-08-18 F. Marino , C. Barbieri , G. Colò , A. Lovato , F. Pederiva , X. Roca-Maza , E. Vigezzi

A nuclear density functional can be used to find the binding energy and shell structure of nuclei and the energy gap in superconducting nuclear matter. In this paper, we study the possible application of a nuclear density functional theory…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-08 Yeunhwan Lim

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

In the field of Energy Density Functionals (EDF) used in nuclear structure and dynamics, one of the unsolved issues is the stability of the functional. Numerical issues aside, some EDFs are unstable with respect to particular perturbations…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-18 M. Kortelainen , T. Lesinski

It is shown that the equation of state of nuclear matter can be determined within the mean-field theory of $\sigma \omega$ model provided only that the nucleon effective mass curve is given. We use a family of the possible nucleon effective…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Jae Hwang Lee , Young Jae Lee , Suk-Joon Lee

Recent astronomical observations, nuclear-reaction experiments, and microscopic calculations have placed new constraints on the nuclear equation of state (EoS) and revealed that most nuclear structure models fail to satisfy those…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-07-22 Hana Gil , Panagiota Papakonstantinou , Chang Ho Hyun , Yongseok Oh

Background: The study of additional terms in functionals is relevant to better describe nuclear structure phenomenology. Among these terms, the tensor one is known to impact nuclear structure properties, especially in neutron-rich nuclei.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-29 F. Mercier , J. -P. Ebran , E. Khan

We present the covariance analysis of two successful nuclear energy density functionals, (i) a non-relativistic Skyrme functional built from a zero-range effective interaction, and (ii) a relativistic nuclear energy density functional based…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-11-25 X. Roca-Maza , N. Paar , G. Colò

We explore the density variation of the correlation coefficient of the key parameters of the nuclear equation of state (EoS) with the bulk and crustal properties of neutron stars. The analysis was performed using two diverse sets of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-06-26 Naosad Alam , Subrata Pal

The Coulomb exchange and correlation energy density functionals for electron systems are applied to nuclear systems. It is found that the exchange functionals in the generalized gradient approximation provide agreements with the exact-Fock…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-12-09 Tomoya Naito , Ryosuke Akashi , Gianluca Colò , Haozhao Liang , Xavier Roca-Maza

With the relativistic representation of the nuclear tensor force that is included automatically by the Fock diagrams, we explored the self-consistent tensor effects on the properties of nuclear matter system. The analysis were performed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-01-20 Li Juan Jiang , Shen Yang , Jian Min Dong , Wen Hui Long