Ab Initio Limits of Atomic Nuclei

Stroberg, S.  R.; Holt, J.  D.; Schwenk, A.; Simonis, J.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.126.022501

Ab Initio Limits of Atomic Nuclei

Journal Article · Tue Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.126.022501· OSTI ID:1850167

Stroberg, S. R. ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[3]; Simonis, J. ^[4]

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); OSTI
TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC (Canada); McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada)
Technische Univ. Darmstadt (Germany); GSI-Darmstadt (Germany). ExtreMe Matter Inst. (EMMI); Max Planck Inst. fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg (Germany)
Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz (Germany); Technische Univ. Darmstadt (Germany); GSI-Darmstadt (Germany). ExtreMe Matter Inst. (EMMI)

We predict the limits of existence of atomic nuclei, the proton and neutron drip lines, from the light through medium-mass regions. Starting from a chiral two- and three-nucleon interaction with good saturation properties, we use the valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization group to calculate ground-state and separation energies from helium to iron, nearly 700 isotopes in total. Here, we use the available experimental data to quantify the theoretical uncertainties for our ab initio calculations towards the drip lines. Where the drip lines are known experimentally, our predictions are consistent within the estimated uncertainty. For the neutron-rich sodium to chromium isotopes, we provide predictions to be tested at rare-isotope beam facilities.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-97ER41014

OSTI ID:: 1850167

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 126; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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