Variational calculation of the ground state of sup 16 O

Journal Article · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.46.1741· OSTI ID:7072425

Pieper, S C; Wiringa, R B ^[1]; Pandharipande, V R ^[2]

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1. Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States)

We report variational calculations of the ground state of {sup 16}O with realistic two- and three-nucleon interactions. The trial wave function is constructed from pair- and triplet-correlation operators acting on a product of single-particle determinants. These operators include central, spin, isospin, tensor, spin-orbit, and three-nucleon potential components. Expectation values are evaluated with a cluster expansion for the noncentral correlations; terms in the expansion are evaluated exactly using Monte Carlo integration. The optimal trial function is obtained by minimizing the energy through the four-body cluster level. Results are reported for the ground-state binding energy, nucleon density and momentum distributions, charge form factor, and longitudinal structure function. They are also compared with the available results for few-body nuclei and nuclear matter with the same interactions.

• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 7072425
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Vol. 46:5; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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