Energy density functional in nuclear physics

Abstract

Fundamentals of energy density functional in nuclear physics are presented. Much attention is paid to a mathematically rigorous treatment of deriving the energy density functional. The specific features of the density functional used in studying many-nucleon systems, which is quite different from that used in many-electron systems, are also shown. The intended audience are physicists, chemists and mathematicians. In particular those who will start to study the density functional theory are intended.

Comments: Pre-print of a chapter of the book "Density Functional Theory: Principles, Applications and Analysis", Nova Publishers; for ver.4, authors thank Prof. Dr. Paul-Gerhard Reinhard