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We present an efficient hybrid Neural Network-Finite Element Method (NN-FEM) for solving the viscous-plastic (VP) sea-ice model. The VP model is widely used in climate simulations to represent large-scale sea-ice dynamics. However, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Nils Margenberg , Carolin Mehlmann

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

We propose a tensor neural network ($t$-NN) framework that offers an exciting new paradigm for designing neural networks with multidimensional (tensor) data. Our network architecture is based on the $t$-product (Kilmer and Martin, 2011), an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-19 Elizabeth Newman , Lior Horesh , Haim Avron , Misha Kilmer

The tensor optimized Fermi sphere (TOFS) method is applied first for the study of the property of nuclear matter using the Argonne V4' $NN$ potential. In the TOFS method, the correlated nuclear matter wave function is taken to be a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-08-27 Taiichi Yamada , Takayuki Myo , Hisashi Horiuchi , Kiyomi Ikeda , Hiroshi Toki

Mutual entrainment effects in cold neutron-proton mixtures are studied in the framework of the self-consistent nuclear energy-density functional theory. Exact expressions for the mass currents, valid for both homogeneous and inhomogeneous…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-05 Nicolas Chamel , Valentin Allard

We employ a variational method, in the framework of the Thomas-Fermi approximation, to study the effect of the symmetry energy on the neutron skin thickness and the symmetry energy coefficients of various neutron rich nuclei. We concentrate…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-05-17 M. C. Papazoglou , Ch. C. Moustakidis

Two of the most widely used electronic structure theory methods, namely Hartree-Fock and Kohn-Sham density functional theory, both requires the iterative solution of a set of Schr\"odinger-like equations. The speed of convergence of such…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-06-06 S. Hazra , U. Patil , S. Sanvito

The nuclear energy density functional method at finite temperature is a useful tool for studies of nuclear structure at high excitation, and also for researches of nuclear matter involved in explosive stellar phenomena and neutron stars.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-02 Takashi Nakatsukasa

A realistic model is suggested based on the quasiparticle Lagrange version of the self-consistent Finite Fermi Systems theory supplemented with the microscopically calculated surface parameters of the Landau-Migdal interaction amplitude.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Baldo , U. Lombardo , E. E. Saperstein , M. V. Zverev

The thermal evolution of a few thermodynamic properties of the nuclear surface like its thermodynamic potential energy, entropy and the symmetry free energy are examined for both semi-infinite nuclear matter and finite nuclei. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 B. K. Agrawal , D. Bandyopadhyay , J. N. De , S. K. Samaddar

In this work, we reinvestigate the electron fraction $Y_{e}$ and electron Fermi energy $E_{F}(e)$ of neutron stars, based on our previous work of Li et al.(2016), in which we firstly deduced a special solution to $E_{F}(e)$, and then…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-10 Zhi-Fu Gao , Xiangdong Li , Hao Shan , Wei Wang , Na Wang

Neutron star and supernova matter at densities just below the nuclear matter saturation density is expected to form a lattice of exotic shapes. These so-called nuclear pasta phases are caused by Coulomb frustration. Their elastic and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 I. Sagert , G. I. Fann , F. J. Fattoyev , S. Postnikov , C. J. Horowitz

Density functional theory is a preferred microscopic method for calculation of nuclear properties over the whole nuclear chart. Besides ground-state properties, which are calculated by Hartree-Fock theory, nuclear excitations can be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-06-02 Anton Repko

The neutron skin and halo distributions in medium and heavy nuclei are calculated within the extended Thomas-Fermi approximation. Calculations are carried out for the effective Skyrme-like forces using the direct variational method. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-12-18 S. V. Lukyanov , A. I. Sanzhur

In the previous paper I \cite{bhagwat20} we have shown that self-consistent Extended Thomas-Fermi (ETF) potentials and densities associated with a given finite-range interaction can be parametrized by generalized Fermi distributions. As a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-03-03 A. Bhagwat , M. Centelles , X. Viñas , P. Schuck

Effective field theory (EFT) methods are applied to density functional theory (DFT) as part of a program to systematically go beyond mean-field approaches to medium and heavy nuclei. A system of fermions with short-range, natural…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 S. J. Puglia , A. Bhattacharyya , R. J. Furnstahl

We propose an approach to solving partial differential equations (PDEs) using a set of neural networks which we call Neural Basis Functions (NBF). This NBF framework is a novel variation of the POD DeepONet operator learning approach where…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-04 David Witman , Alexander New , Hicham Alkendry , Honest Mrema

We study the bulk deformation properties of the Skyrme nuclear energy density functionals. Following simple arguments based on the leptodermous expansion and liquid drop model, we apply the nuclear density functional theory to assess the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-03-22 N. Nikolov , N. Schunck , W. Nazarewicz , M. Bender , J. Pei

Electron density $\rho(\vec{r})$ is the fundamental variable in the calculation of ground state energy with density functional theory (DFT). Beyond total energy, features and changes in $\rho(\vec{r})$ distributions are often used to…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-08-30 Peter Bjørn Jørgensen , Arghya Bhowmik

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