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The consistent description of the nuclear response at low and high momentum transfer requires a unified dynamical model, suitable to account for both short- and long-range correlation effects. We report the results of a study of the charged…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-06 Omar Benhar , Nicola Farina

Nuclear reactions induced by stable and/or radioactive neutron-rich nuclei provide the opportunity to pin down the equation of state of neutron-rich matter, especially the density ($\rho$) dependence of its isospin-dependent part, i.e., the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Bao-An Li , Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Andrew W. Steiner

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

The influence of correlations on the momentum distribution of nucleons in nuclei is evaluated starting from a realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction. The calculations are performed directly for the finite nucleus $\,^{16}$O making use of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-15 K. Amir-Azimi-Nili , H. Müther , L. D. Skouras , A. Polls

We construct a class of nuclear equations of state based on a schematic potential model, that originates from the work of Prakash et. al. \cite{Prakash-88}, which reproduce the results of most microscopic calculations. The equations of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 V. P. Psonis , Ch. C. Moustakidis , S. E. Massen

The self-energy of nucleons in asymmetric nuclear matter is evaluated employing different realistic models for the nucleon-nucleon interaction. Starting from the Brueckner Hartree Fock approximation without the usual angle-average in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Kh. S. A. Hassaneen , H. Müther

The nuclear symmetry energy plays a key role in determining the equation of state (EoS) of dense, neutron-rich matter, which connects the atomic nuclei with the hot and dense matter in universe, thus has been the subject of intense…

In this contribution we will review our present understanding of the matter equation of state in the density and temperature conditions where it can be described by nucleonic degrees of freedom. At zero temperature, all the information is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-01-30 F. Gulminelli

Realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction induce correlations to the nuclear many-body system which lead to a fragmentation of the single-particle strength over a wide range of energies and momenta. We address the question of how this…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Arnau Rios , Artur Polls , Angels Ramos , Herbert Müther

One of the primary goals of nuclear physics is providing a complete description of the structure of atomic nuclei. While mean-field calculations provide detailed information on the nuclear shell structure for a wide range of nuclei, they do…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2012-10-11 J. Arrington , D. W. Higinbotham , G. Rosner , M. Sargsian

The total neutron-Nucleus cross section has been calculated within an approach which takes into account nucleon-nucleon correlations, Glauber multiple scattering and inelastic shadowing corrections. Nuclear targets ranging from 4He to 208Pb…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-25 M. Alvioli , C. Ciofi degli Atti , I. Marchino , H. Morita , V. Palli

The status of relativistic nuclear many-body calculations of nuclear systems to be built up in terms of protons and neutrons is reviewed. In detail, relativistic effects on several aspects of nuclear matter such as the effective mass,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-13 E. N. E. van Dalen , H. Müther

Recent results obtained by applying the method of self-consistent Green's functions to nuclei and nuclear matter are reviewed. Particular attention is given to the description of experimental data obtained from the (e,e'p) and (e,e'2N)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 W. H. Dickhoff , C. Barbieri

The nuclear symmetry energy represents a response to the neutron-proton asymmetry. In this survey we discuss various aspects of symmetry energy in the framework of nuclear density functional theory, considering both non-relativistic and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-08-07 W. Nazarewicz , P. -G. Reinhard , W. Satula , D. Vretenar

We explore the impact of nuclear matter saturation on the properties and systematics of finite nuclei across the nuclear chart. Using the ab initio in-medium similarity renormalization group (IM-SRG), we study ground-state energies and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-07-12 J. Simonis , S. R. Stroberg , K. Hebeler , J. D. Holt , A. Schwenk

Heavy-ion reactions induced by neutron-rich nuclei provide a unique means to investigate the equation of state of isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter, especially the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy. In particular, recent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-29 Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Bao-An Li , Gao-Chan Yong

A simple method is presented to evaluate the effects of short-range correlations on the momentum distribution of nucleons in nuclear matter within the framework of the Green's function approach. The method provides a very efficient…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Müther , G. Knehr , A. Polls

Neutron stars are valuable laboratories for the study of dense matter. Recent observations have uncovered both massive and low-mass neutron stars and have also set constraints on neutron star radii. The largest mass measurements are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-05-16 James M. Lattimer

We study a particular class of relativistic nuclear energy density functionals in which only nucleon degrees of freedom are explicitly used in the construction of effective interaction terms. Short-distance (high-momentum) correlations, as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 T. Niksic , D. Vretenar , P. Ring

The single-particle spectral functions in asymmetric nuclear matter are computed using the ladder approximation within the theory of finite temperature Green's functions. The internal energy and the momentum distributions of protons and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Frick , H. Müther , A. Rios , A. Polls , A. Ramos