Nonperturbative shell-model interactions from the in-medium similarity renormalization group

Feb 6, 2014
5 pages
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  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 113 (2014) 142501
  • Published: Oct 3, 2014
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Abstract: (APS)

We present the first ab initio construction of valence-space Hamiltonians for medium-mass nuclei based on chiral two- and three-nucleon interactions using the in-medium similarity renormalization group. When applied to the oxygen isotopes, we find experimental ground-state energies are well reproduced, including the flat trend beyond the drip line at O24. Similarly, natural-parity spectra in O21,22,23,24 are in agreement with experiment, and we present predictions for excited states in O25,26. The results exhibit a weak dependence on the harmonic-oscillator basis parameter and reproduce spectroscopy within the standard sd valence space.

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  • 6 pages, 5 figures, published version
  • 21.60.Cs
  • 21.10.-k
  • 21.30.Fe
  • 21.60.De