Ab-Initio Hamiltonian Approach to Light Nuclei And to Quantum Field Theory
Nuclear structure physics is on the threshold of confronting several long-standing problems such as the origin of shell structure from basic nucleon-nucleon and three-nucleon interactions. At the same time those interactions are being developed with increasing contact to QCD, the underlying theory of the strong interactions, using effective field theory. The motivation is clear - QCD offers the promise of great predictive power spanning phenomena on multiple scales from quarks and gluons to nuclear structure. However, new tools that involve non-perturbative methods are required to build bridges from one scale to the next. We present an overview of recent theoretical and computational progress with a Hamiltonian approach to build these bridges and provide illustrative results for the nuclear structure of light nuclei and quantum field theory.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 1043840
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-REPRINT-2012-105; TRN: US1203194
- Journal Information:
- Pramana 75:39-49,2010, Conference: Prepared for 54th Annual Nuclear Physics Symposium, Mumbai, India, 8-12 Dec 2009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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