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Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of light nuclei.

Conference ·
OSTI ID:793058
Accurate quantum Monte Carlo calculations of ground and low-lying excited states of light p-shell nuclei have been made for realistic nuclear forces. These include two-nucleon potentials that reproduce nucleon-nucleon scattering data and meson-exchange three-nucleon potentials constrained to reproduce the binding energies of s-shell nuclei. At present, results for more than 40 different (J{sup {pi}};T) states in A {le} 10 nuclei, plus isobaric analogs, have been obtained, with an excellent reproduction of the experimental energy spectrum. These microscopic calculations show that nuclear structure, including both single-particle and clustering aspects, can be explained starting from elementary two- and three-nucleon interactions.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
793058
Report Number(s):
ANL/PHY/CP-106597
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English