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The momentum distributions, natural orbits, spectroscopic factors and quasi-hole wave functions of the C12, O16, Ca40, Ca48, and Pb208 doubly closed shell nuclei, have been calculated in the framework of the Correlated Basis Function…
The application of the Correlated basis function theory and of the Fermi hypernetted chain technique, to the description of the ground state of medium-heavy nuclei is reviewed. We discuss how the formalism, originally developed for…
We extend the correlated basis functions theory (CBF) for nuclei with different number of protons and neutrons and in j-j coupling scheme. By means of the Fermi hypernetted chain integral equations, in conjunction with the single operator…
Correlated Basis Function theory and Fermi Hypernetted Chain technique are extended to study medium-heavy, doubly closed shell nuclei in j-j coupling scheme, with different single particle wave functions for protons and neutrons and isospin…
The correlated basis function theory is applied to the study of medium-heavy doubly closed shell nuclei with different wave functions for protons and neutrons and in the jj coupling scheme. State dependent correlations including tensor…
The two-nucleon spectral function in nuclear matter is studied using Correlated Basis Function perturbation theory, including central and tensor correlations produceded by a realistic hamiltonian. The factorization property of the…
The Correlated Basis Function theory (CBF) provides a theoretical framework to treat on the same ground mean-field and short-range correlations. We present, in this report, some recent results obtained using the CBF to describe the ground…
We study the properties of hypernuclei containing one lambda hyperon in the framework of the correlated basis function theory with Jastrow correlations. Fermi hypernetted chain integral equations are derived and used to evaluate energies…
We review the latest variational calculations of the ground state properties of doubly closed shell nuclei, from $^{12}$C to $^{208}$Pb, with semirealistic and realistic two- and three-nucleon interactions. The studies are carried on within…
The formalism based on Correlated Basis Functions (CBF) and the cluster-expansion technique has been recently employed to derive an effective interaction from a realistic nuclear Hamiltonian. One of the main objectives of the work described…
Performing a shell model calculation for heavy nuclei has been a long-standing problem in nuclear physics. Here we propose one possible solution. The central idea of this proposal is to take the advantages of two existing models, the…
The dynamical description of correlated nuclear motion is based on a set of coupled equations of motion for the one-body density matrix $\rho (11';t)$ and the two-body correlation function $c_2(12,1'2';t)$, which is obtained from the…
Recent BNL and Jlab data provided new evidence on two nucleon correlations (2NC) in nuclei. The data confirm the validity of the convolution model, describing the spectral function (SF) of a correlated pair moving in the mean field with…
We study the ground state properties of doubly closed shell nuclei $^{16}$O and $^{40}$Ca in the framework of Correlated Basis Function theory using state dependent correlations, with central and tensor components. The realistic Argonne…
A method for constructing semianalytical strongly correlated wave functions for single and molecular quantum dots is presented. It employs a two-step approach of symmetry breaking at the Hartree-Fock level and of subsequent restoration of…
The future neutrino research program will require improved precision. A major source of uncertainty is the interaction of neutrinos with nuclei that serve as targets for such experiments. Broadly speaking, this interaction often depends,…
The results of extensive microscopic Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) calculations for the nuclei appearing in the alpha - decay chains of recently discovered superheavy elements with Z = 109 to 118 are presented and discussed. The calculated…
In a recent paper we studied the behavior of the pairing gaps $\Delta_F$ as a function of the Fermi momentum $k_F$ for neutron and nuclear matter in all relevant angular momentum channels where superfluidity is believed to naturally emerge.…
Realistic NN interactions and many-body approaches have been used to calculate ground-state properties of nuclei with A=3, 4, 12, 16, 40, with particular emphasis on various kinds of momentum distributions. It is shown that at proper values…
We study the structure of nucleon pairs within a simple model consisting of a square well in three dimensions and a delta-function residual interaction between two weakly-bound particles at the Fermi surface. We include the continuum by…