Tensor interaction in mean-field and density functional theory approaches to nuclear structure

H Sagawa, G Colò - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2014 - Elsevier
The importance of the tensor force for nuclear structure has been recognized long ago.
Recently, the interest for this topic has been revived by the study of the evolution of nuclear …

Nuclear energy density optimization: Shell structure

M Kortelainen, J McDonnell, W Nazarewicz, E Olsen… - Physical Review C, 2014 - APS
Background: Nuclear density functional theory is the only microscopical theory that can be
applied throughout the entire nuclear landscape. Its key ingredient is the energy density …

Linear response of homogeneous nuclear matter with energy density functionals

A Pastore, D Davesne, J Navarro - Physics reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Response functions of infinite nuclear matter with arbitrary isospin asymmetry are studied in
the framework of the random phase approximation. The residual interaction is derived from a …

Pairing in exotic neutron-rich nuclei near the drip line and in the crust of neutron stars

A Pastore, J Margueron, P Schuck, X Vinas - Physical Review C—Nuclear …, 2013 - APS
Exotic and drip-line nuclei as well as nuclei immersed in a low-density gas of neutrons in the
inner crust of neutron stars are systematically investigated with respect to their neutron …

Properties of single-particle states in a fully self-consistent particle-vibration coupling approach

LG Cao, G Colò, H Sagawa, PF Bortignon - Physical Review C, 2014 - APS
The properties of single-particle states in the magic nuclei Ca 40 and Pb 208, in particular
the energies, spectroscopic factors, and the effective mass, have been studied in a fully self …

Linear response theory with finite-range interactions

D Davesne, A Pastore, J Navarro - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the calculation of infinite nuclear matter response functions using
phenomenological finite-range interactions, equipped or not with tensor terms. These …

Pairing phase transition: A finite-temperature relativistic Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov study

JJ Li, J Margueron, WH Long, N Van Giai - Physical Review C, 2015 - APS
Background: The relativistic Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (RHFB) theory has recently been
developed and it provides a unified and highly predictive description of both nuclear mean …

Fitting Skyrme functionals using linear response theory

A Pastore, D Davesne, K Bennaceur, J Meyer… - Physica …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
It has recently been shown that the linear response theory in symmetric nuclear matter can
be used as a tool for detecting finite-size instabilities for different Skyrme functionals. In …

Impact of statistical uncertainties on the composition of the outer crust of a neutron star

A Pastore, D Neill, H Powell, K Medler, C Barton - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
By means of Monte Carlo methods, we perform a full error analysis on the Duflo-Zucker
mass model. In particular, we study the presence of correlations in the residuals to obtain a …

Distribution of nuclei in equilibrium stellar matter from the free-energy density in a Wigner-Seitz cell

G Grams, S Giraud, AF Fantina, F Gulminelli - Physical Review C, 2018 - APS
The aim of the present study is to calculate the nuclear distribution associated at finite
temperature to any given equation of state of stellar matter based on the Wigner-Seitz …