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The development of a modern and more realistic nuclear energy density functional (EDF) for accurate predictions of properties of nuclei is the subject of enhanced activity, since it is very important for the study of properties of nuclear…

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The Fayans energy density functional (EDF) has been very successful in describing global nuclear properties (binding energies, charge radii, and especially differences of radii) within nuclear density functional theory. In a recent study,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-02-26 Paul-Gerhard Reinhard , Jared O'Neal , Stefan M. Wild , Witold Nazarewicz

Covariant density functional theory (CDFT) is a modern theoretical tool for the description of nuclear structure phenomena. The current investigation aims at the global assessment of the accuracy of the description of the ground state…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 S. E. Agbemava , A. V. Afanasjev , D. Ray , P. Ring

The saturation of symmetric nuclear matter -- reflected in the nearly constant interior density of heavy nuclei -- is a defining property of nuclear matter. Modern relativistic energy density functionals (EDFs) calibrated exclusively to the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-12-30 Md Jafrul Islam , Athul Kunjipurayil , J. Piekarewicz , A. Volya

In this work, we study the odd-even effect in binding energies and charge radii, and systematic behavior of differential radii, to identify the underlying components of the effective nuclear interaction. We apply nuclear density functional…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-07-05 P. -G. Reinhard , W. Nazarewicz

We develop an effective field theory (EFT) for deformed odd-mass nuclei. These are described as an axially symmetric core to which a nucleon is coupled. In the coordinate system fixed to the core the nucleon is subject to an axially…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 T. Papenbrock , H. A. Weidenmüller

For the first time the potential energy surfaces of actinide nuclei in the $(\beta_{20}, \beta_{22}, \beta_{30})$ deformation space are obtained from a multi-dimensional constrained covariant density functional theory. With this newly…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-19 Bing-Nan Lu , En-Guang Zhao , Shan-Gui Zhou

Relativistic energy density functionals (EDF) have become a standard tool for nuclear structure calculations, providing a complete and accurate, global description of nuclear ground states and collective excitations. Guided by the medium…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 Tamara Niksic , Dario Vretenar , Peter Ring

A modified version of the previously proposed exponential model with pairing attenuation for the well deformed even-even nuclei has been applied to predict the energy levels of doubly even actinide nuclei. Satisfactory results are obtained…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 H. H. Alharbi , H. A. Alhendi , S. U. El-Kameesy

Background: Nuclear energy-density functional (EDF) approach has been widely used to describe nuclear-matter equations of state (EoS) and properties of finite nuclei. Recent advancements in neutron-star (NS) observations have put…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-10-24 Hana Gil , Nobuo Hinohara , Chang Ho Hyun , Kenichi Yoshida

Heavy even-even nuclei exhibit low-energy collective excitations that are separated in scale from the microscopic (fermion) degrees of freedom. This separation of scale allows us to approach nuclear vibrations within an effective field…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-11-21 E. A. Coello Pérez , T. Papenbrock

The systematic investigation of the ground state and fission properties of even-even actinides and superheavy nuclei with $Z=90-120$ from the two-proton up to two-neutron drip lines with proper assessment of systematic theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-03-09 A. Taninah , S. E. Agbemava , A. V. Afanasjev

We discuss the octupole deformation properties of many even-even actinide isotopes. The analysis is carried out in the mean field framework (Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approximation) by using the axially symmetric octupole moment as a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-09-06 L. M. Robledo , R. R. Rodriguez-Guzman

The electric dipole (E1) strength functions have been systematically calculated based on the time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), using the finite amplitude method and the real-time approach to the TDDFT with pairing…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Shuichiro Ebata , Tsunenori Inakura , Takashi Nakatsukasa

Relativistic energy density functionals (REDF) provide a complete and accurate, global description of nuclear structure phenomena. A modern semi-empirical functional, adjusted to the nuclear matter equation of state and to empirical masses…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 V. Prassa , T. Niksic , G. A. Lalazissis , D. Vretenar

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

The possible existence of stable axial octupole and tetrahedral deformations is investigated in $^{80}$Zr and $^{98}$Zr. HFBCS calculations with parity projection have been performed for various parametrizations of the Skyrme energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Zberecki , P. Magierski , P. -H. Heenen , N. Schunck

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

New superheavy nuclei are often identified through their characteristic $\alpha$-decay energies, which requires accurate calculations of $Q_{\alpha}$ values. While many $Q_{\alpha}$ predictions are available, little is known about their…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-01-30 Erik Olsen , Witold Nazarewicz

The multidimensionally-constrained covariant density functional theories (MDC-CDFTs) have been developed to study the influence of octupole and triaxial deformations on the ground state and fission properties. In this paper, we present a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-02-07 Xiang-Quan Deng , Shan-Gui Zhou