Green's Function Monte Carlo calculations of light nuclei

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(90)90470-7· OSTI ID:5850775

Carlson, J

Recently, Green's Function Monte Carlo methods have been developed which enable one to perform exact calculations for the ground states of three and four body nuclei. These methods allow the alpha particle to be used as a testing ground for a variety of two- and three-nucleon interaction models, both in terms of their ground state energies and a variety of other ground state expectation values. We present a brief review of GFMC methods as applied to light nuclei, including recent improvements of the algorithm and a discussion of the prospects for the inclusion of momentum-dependent terms. We then discuss results for the ground state energy, one- and two-body density distributions, D-state probability, coulomb sum rule, and momentum distributions. The GFMC results are compared to experimental results and to variational Monte Carlo calculations. 27 refs., 5 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5850775
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-89-2505; CONF-8907127-2; ON: DE89015295
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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