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Fast & rigorous predictions for $A=6$ nuclei with Bayesian posterior sampling

Nuclear Theory 2022-02-04 v1 Nuclear Experiment Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

Abstract

We make ab initio predictions for the A = 6 nuclear level scheme based on two- and three-nucleon interactions up to next-to-next-to-leading order in chiral effective field theory (χ\chiEFT). We utilize eigenvector continuation and Bayesian methods to quantify uncertainties stemming from the many-body method, the χ\chiEFT truncation, and the low-energy constants of the nuclear interaction. The construction and validation of emulators is made possible via the development of JupiterNCSM -- a new M-scheme no-core shell model code that uses on-the-fly Hamiltonian matrix construction for efficient, single-node computations up to Nmax=10N_\mathrm{max} = 10 for 6Li{}^{6}\mathrm{Li}. We find a slight underbinding of 6He{}^{6}\mathrm{He} and 6Li{}^{6}\mathrm{Li}, although consistent with experimental data given our theoretical error bars. As a result of incorporating a correlated χ\chiEFT-truncation errors we find more precise predictions (smaller error bars) for separation energies: Sd(6Li)=0.89±0.44S_d({}^{6}\mathrm{Li}) = 0.89 \pm 0.44 MeV, S2n(6He)=0.20±0.60S_{2n}({}^{6}\mathrm{He}) = 0.20 \pm 0.60 MeV, and for the beta decay Q-value: Qβ(6He)=3.71±0.65Q_{\beta^-}({}^{6}\mathrm{He}) = 3.71 \pm 0.65 MeV. We conclude that our error bars can potentially be reduced further by extending the model space used by JupiterNCSM.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2108.13313,
  title  = {Fast & rigorous predictions for $A=6$ nuclei with Bayesian posterior sampling},
  author = {T. Djärv and A. Ekström and C. Forssén and H. T. Johansson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.13313},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

13 pages, 9 figures

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