Local chiral effective field theory interactions and quantum Monte Carlo applications

Jun 2, 2014
16 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.C 90 (2014) 5, 054323
  • Published: Nov 18, 2014
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Report number:
  • LA-UR-14-23894

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Abstract: (APS)
We present details of the derivation of local chiral effective field theory interactions to next-to-next-to-leading order and show results for nucleon-nucleon phase shifts and deuteron properties for these potentials. We then perform systematic auxiliary-field diffusion Monte Carlo calculations for neutron matter based on the developed local chiral potentials at different orders. This includes studies of the effects of the spectral-function regularization and of the local regulators. For all orders, we compare the quantum Monte Carlo results with perturbative many-body calculations and find excellent agreement for low cutoffs.
Note:
  • 17 pages, 11 figures, published version, LA-UR-14-23894
  • 21.60.Ka
  • 21.30.-x
  • 21.65.Cd
  • 26.60.-c
  • effective field theory: chiral
  • interaction
  • potential: chiral
  • numerical calculations: Monte Carlo
  • nucleon nucleon: phase shift
  • n: matter