[Submitted on 1 Oct 2019]
New symmetry-adapted ab initio approach to nuclear reactions for intermediate-mass nuclei
Alexis Mercenne · Kristina D. Launey · Jutta E. Escher · Tomas Dytrych · Jerry P. Draayer
With a view toward describing reactions of intermediate-mass nuclei from first principles, we present first results for the norm and Hamiltonian overlaps (kernels) for the p-{\alpha}, p-16O and p-20Ne cluster systems using realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions. This is achieved in the framework of a new ab initio approach that combines the symmetry-adapted no-core shell model (SA-NCSM) with the resonating group method (RGM). In this model, a physically relevant basis based on the SU(3) symmetry is used. The structure of the clusters is provided by the ab initio SA-NCSM, which enables the description of spatially enhanced nuclear configurations and heavier nuclei, by exploiting symmetries known to dominate in nuclei. Here, we discuss the applicability and efficacy of this approach.
- Comments:
- 7 pages, 4 figures, proceeding CNR*18 Berkeley
- Subjects:
- Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
- arXiv:
- 1910.00638 [pdf]