Towards an ab initio covariant density functional theory for nuclear structure

S Shen, H Liang, WH Long, J Meng, P Ring - Progress in Particle and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nuclear structure models built from phenomenological mean fields, the effective nucleon–
nucleon interactions (or Lagrangians), and the realistic bare nucleon–nucleon interactions …

Charge radii in covariant density functional theory: A global view

UC Perera, AV Afanasjev, P Ring - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
A systematic global investigation of differential charge radii has been performed within the
CDFT framework for the first time. Theoretical results obtained with conventional covariant …

A study of some aspects of the nuclear structure in the even–even Yb isotopes

A Zyriliou, TJ Mertzimekis, A Chalil… - … Physical Journal Plus, 2022 - epjplus.epj.org
The medium-to-heavy mass ytterbium isotopes (70 Yb) in the rare-earth mass region are
known to be well-deformed nuclei, which can be populated to very high spins. Spectroscopic …

Parametric correlations in energy density functionals

A Taninah, SE Agbemava, AV Afanasjev, P Ring - Physics Letters B, 2020 - Elsevier
Parametric correlations are studied in several classes of covariant density functional
theories (CDFTs) using a statistical analysis in a large parameter hyperspace. In the present …

Covariant density functional theory input for -process simulations in actinides and superheavy nuclei: The ground state and fission properties

A Taninah, SE Agbemava, AV Afanasjev - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
A systematic investigation of the ground-state and fission properties of even-even actinides
and superheavy nuclei with Z= 90–120 from the two-proton up to two-neutron drip lines with …

Anchor-based optimization of energy density functionals

A Taninah, AV Afanasjev - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
A new anchor-based optimization method of defining energy density functionals (EDFs) is
proposed. In this approach, the optimization of the parameters of EDFs is carried out for a …

Extension of the nuclear landscape to hyperheavy nuclei

SE Agbemava, AV Afanasjev, A Taninah, A Gyawali - Physical Review C, 2019 - APS
The properties of hyperheavy nuclei and the extension of nuclear landscape to hyperheavy
nuclei are extensively studied within covariant density functional theory. Axial reflection …

Toward accurate nuclear mass tables in covariant density functional theory

A Taninah, B Osei, AV Afanasjev, UC Perera, S Teeti - Physical Review C, 2024 - APS
The current investigation focuses on detailed analysis of the anchor-based optimization
approach (ABOA), its comparison with alternative global fitting protocols and on the global …

Rotational excitations in rare-earth nuclei: A comparative study within three cranking models with different mean fields and treatments of pairing correlations

ZH Zhang, M Huang, AV Afanasjev - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
High-spin rotational bands in rare-earth Er (Z= 68), Tm (Z= 69), and Yb (Z= 70) isotopes are
investigated by three different nuclear models. These are (i) the cranked relativistic Hartree …

Accuracy of the mean-field theory in describing ground-state properties of light nuclei

YT Rong - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
The relativistic mean-field model, augmented with three types of center-of-mass corrections
and two types of rotational corrections, is employed to investigate the ground-state …