Quantum phase transitions in the shapes of atomic nuclei

P Cejnar, J Jolie, RF Casten - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2010 - APS
Signatures of criticality in the evolution of the nuclear ground-state shapes across the N× Z
plane are discussed. Attention is paid to specific data indicating sudden structural changes …

Heavy-ion collisions and fission dynamics with the time-dependent Hartree–Fock theory and its extensions

C Simenel, AS Umar - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2018 - Elsevier
Microscopic methods and tools to describe nuclear dynamics have considerably been
improved in the past few years. They are based on the time-dependent Hartree–Fock …

Nuclear mass table in deformed relativistic Hartree–Bogoliubov theory in continuum, I: Even–even nuclei

K Zhang, MK Cheoun, YB Choi, PS Chong… - Atomic Data and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ground-state properties of even–even nuclei with 8≤ Z≤ 120 from the proton drip line to the
neutron drip line have been investigated using the deformed relativistic Hartree–Bogoliubov …

New relativistic mean-field interaction with density-dependent meson-nucleon couplings

GA Lalazissis, T Nikšić, D Vretenar, P Ring - Physical Review C—Nuclear …, 2005 - APS
We adjust a new improved relativistic mean-field effective interaction with explicit density
dependence of the meson-nucleon couplings. The effective interaction DD-ME2 is tested in …

The limits of the nuclear landscape

J Erler, N Birge, M Kortelainen, W Nazarewicz, E Olsen… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
In 2011, 100 new nuclides were discovered. They joined the approximately 3,000 stable and
radioactive nuclides that either occur naturally on Earth or are synthesized in the laboratory …

Nuclear energy density optimization

M Kortelainen, T Lesinski, J Moré, W Nazarewicz… - Physical Review C …, 2010 - APS
We carry out state-of-the-art optimization of a nuclear energy density of Skyrme type in the
framework of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory. The particle-hole and particle-particle …

Future of nuclear fission theory

M Bender, R Bernard, G Bertsch, S Chiba… - Journal of Physics G …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
There has been much recent interest in nuclear fission, due in part to a new appreciation of
its relevance to astrophysics, stability of superheavy elements, and fundamental theory of …

Nuclear energy density optimization: Large deformations

M Kortelainen, J McDonnell, W Nazarewicz… - Physical Review C …, 2012 - APS
A new Skyrme-like energy density suitable for studies of strongly elongated nuclei was
determined in the framework of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory using the recently …

Astronuclear Physics: A tale of the atomic nuclei in the skies

M Arnould, S Goriely - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
A century ago, nuclear physics entered astrophysics, giving birth to a new field of science
referred to as “Nuclear Astrophysics”. With time, it developed at an impressive pace into a …

Fermion interactions and universal behavior in strongly interacting theories

J Braun - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The theory of the strong interaction, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), describes the
generation of hadronic masses and the state of hadronic matter during the early stages of …