Light-Nuclei Spectra from Chiral Dynamics
Abstract
In recent years local chiral interactions have been derived and implemented in quantum Monte Carlo methods in order to test to what extent the chiral effective field theory framework impacts our knowledge of few- and many-body systems. Here in this Letter, we present Green’s function Monte Carlo calculations of light nuclei based on the family of local two-body interactions presented by our group in a previous paper in conjunction with chiral three-body interactions fitted to bound- and scattering-state observables in the three-nucleon sector. These interactions include Δ intermediate states in their two-pion-exchange components. We obtain predictions for the energy levels and level ordering of nuclei in the mass range A=4–12, accurate to ≤2% of the binding energy, in very satisfactory agreement with experimental data.
- Authors:
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- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Physics Division
- Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of Salento, Lecce (Italy). Dept. of Mathematics and Physics; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Lecce (Italy)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Pisa (Italy)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Physics Division; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Povo (Italy). Trento Inst.
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Mathematics and Computer Science Division
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Pisa (Italy); Univ. of Pisa (Italy). Dept. of Physics
- Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States). Theory Center
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1419749
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1419117; OSTI ID: 1425280
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-THY-17-2516; DOE/OR/-23177-4180; arXiv:1707.02883
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; TRN: US1801384
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; AC05-06OR23177
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Nuclear Binding; Monte Carlo; Light Nuclei; Chiral
Citation Formats
Piarulli, M., Baroni, A., Girlanda, L., Kievsky, A., Lovato, A., Lusk, Ewing, Marcucci, L. E., Pieper, Steven C., Schiavilla, R., Viviani, M., and Wiringa, R. B. Light-Nuclei Spectra from Chiral Dynamics. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.052503.
Piarulli, M., Baroni, A., Girlanda, L., Kievsky, A., Lovato, A., Lusk, Ewing, Marcucci, L. E., Pieper, Steven C., Schiavilla, R., Viviani, M., & Wiringa, R. B. Light-Nuclei Spectra from Chiral Dynamics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.052503
Piarulli, M., Baroni, A., Girlanda, L., Kievsky, A., Lovato, A., Lusk, Ewing, Marcucci, L. E., Pieper, Steven C., Schiavilla, R., Viviani, M., and Wiringa, R. B. Thu .
"Light-Nuclei Spectra from Chiral Dynamics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.052503. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1419749.
@article{osti_1419749,
title = {Light-Nuclei Spectra from Chiral Dynamics},
author = {Piarulli, M. and Baroni, A. and Girlanda, L. and Kievsky, A. and Lovato, A. and Lusk, Ewing and Marcucci, L. E. and Pieper, Steven C. and Schiavilla, R. and Viviani, M. and Wiringa, R. B.},
abstractNote = {In recent years local chiral interactions have been derived and implemented in quantum Monte Carlo methods in order to test to what extent the chiral effective field theory framework impacts our knowledge of few- and many-body systems. Here in this Letter, we present Green’s function Monte Carlo calculations of light nuclei based on the family of local two-body interactions presented by our group in a previous paper in conjunction with chiral three-body interactions fitted to bound- and scattering-state observables in the three-nucleon sector. These interactions include Δ intermediate states in their two-pion-exchange components. We obtain predictions for the energy levels and level ordering of nuclei in the mass range A=4–12, accurate to ≤2% of the binding energy, in very satisfactory agreement with experimental data.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.052503},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 5,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {2}
}
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