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Title: Electromagnetic response of C 12 : A first-principles calculation

Abstract

The longitudinal and transverse electromagnetic response functions of 12C are computed in a “first-principles” Green’s function Monte Carlo calculation, based on realistic two- and three-nucleon interactions and associated one- and two-body currents. Here we find excellent agreement between theory and experiment and, in particular, no evidence for the quenching of the measured versus calculated longitudinal response. This is further corroborated by a reanalysis of the Coulomb sum rule, in which the contributions from the low-lying Jπ = 2+, 0$$+\atop{2}$$ (Hoyle), and 4+ states in 12C are accounted for explicitly in evaluating the total inelastic strength.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [3]
  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1295613
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1294715; OSTI ID: 1345149
Report Number(s):
JLAB-THY-16-2241; DOE/OR/23177-3787; arXiv:1605.00248; LA-UR-16-22606
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; AC52-06NA25396; AC05-06OR23177; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Citation Formats

Lovato, A., Gandolfi, S., Carlson, J., Pieper, Steven C., and Schiavilla, R. Electromagnetic response of C12 : A first-principles calculation. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.082501.
Lovato, A., Gandolfi, S., Carlson, J., Pieper, Steven C., & Schiavilla, R. Electromagnetic response of C12 : A first-principles calculation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.082501
Lovato, A., Gandolfi, S., Carlson, J., Pieper, Steven C., and Schiavilla, R. Mon . "Electromagnetic response of C12 : A first-principles calculation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.082501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1295613.
@article{osti_1295613,
title = {Electromagnetic response of C12 : A first-principles calculation},
author = {Lovato, A. and Gandolfi, S. and Carlson, J. and Pieper, Steven C. and Schiavilla, R.},
abstractNote = {The longitudinal and transverse electromagnetic response functions of 12C are computed in a “first-principles” Green’s function Monte Carlo calculation, based on realistic two- and three-nucleon interactions and associated one- and two-body currents. Here we find excellent agreement between theory and experiment and, in particular, no evidence for the quenching of the measured versus calculated longitudinal response. This is further corroborated by a reanalysis of the Coulomb sum rule, in which the contributions from the low-lying Jπ = 2+, 0$+\atop{2}$ (Hoyle), and 4+ states in 12C are accounted for explicitly in evaluating the total inelastic strength.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.082501},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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