Towards the continuum coupling in nuclear lattice effective field theory Ⅰ: A three-particle model

Weakly bound states often occur in nuclear physics.To precisely understand their properties,the coupling to the continuum should be worked out explicitly.As the first step,we use a simple nuclear model in the continuum and on a lattice to investigate the influence of a third particle on a loosely bound state of a particle and a heavy core.Our approach is consistent with the Lüscher formalism.

Alfvén continuum in the presence of a magnetic island in a cylinder configuration

In this work,the effect of a magnetic island on Alfvén waves is studied.A physical model is established wherein Alfvén waves propagate in the presence of a magnetic island in a cylindrical geometry.The structure of the Alfvén wave continuum is calculated by considering only the coupling caused by the periodicity in the helical angle of the magnetic island.The results show that the magnetic island can induce an upshift in the Alfvén continuum.Moreover,the coupling between different branches of the continuous spectrum becomes more significant with increasing continuum mode numbers near the boundary of the magnetic island.

Elastic scattering and total reaction cross sections of^(6)Li examined via a microscopic continuum discretized coupled-channels model

We present a systematic study of 6Li elastic scattering and total reaction cross sections at incident energies around the Coulomb barrier within the continuum discretized coupled-channels(CDCC)framework,where 6Li is treated in anα+d two-body model.Collisions with 27Al,64Zn,138Ba,and 208Pa are analyzed.The microscopic optical potentials(MOP)based on Skyrme nucleon-nucleon interaction forαand d are adopted in CDCC calculations and satisfactory agreement with the experimental data is obtained without any adjustment on MOPs.For comparison,αand d global phenomenological optical potentials(GOP)are also used in CDCC analysis and a reduction of no less than 50%on the surface imaginary part of deuteron GOP is required for describing the data.In all cases,the 6Li breakup effect is significant and provides repulsive correction to the folding model potential.The reduction on the surface imaginary part of GOP of deuteron reveals a strong suppression of the reaction probability of deuteron as a component of 6Li when compared with that of a free deuteron.Further investigation is performed by considering the d breakup process equivalently within the dynamic polarization potential approach,and the results show that d behaves in a manner similar to a tightly bound nucleus in 6Li induced reactions.

Spectroscopic factors of resonance states with the Gamow shell model

We provide an investigation of the spectroscopic factor of resonance states in A=5-8 nuclei,utilizing the Gamow shell model(GSM).Within the GSM,the configuration mixing is taken into account exactly with the shell model framework,and the continuum coupling is addressed via the complex-energy Berggren ensemble,which treats bound,resonance,and non-resonant continuum single-particle states on an equal footing.As a result,both the configuration mixing and continuum coupling are meticulously considered in the GSM.We first calculate the low-lying states of helium isotopes and isotones with the GSM,and the results are compared with that of ab initio no-core shell model(NCSM)calculations.The results indicate that GSM can reproduce the low-lying resonance states more accurately than the NCSM.Following this,we delve into the spectroscopic factors of the resonance states as computed through both GSM and NCSM,concurrently conducting systematic calculations of overlap functions pertinent to these resonance states.Finally,the calculated overlap function and spectroscopic factor of6He(01+)■νp3/2→^(7)He(3/2_(1)-)with GSM are compared with the results from ab initio NCSM,variational Monte Carlo,and Green’s function Monte Carlo calculations,as well as available experimental data.The results assert that wave function asymptotes can only be reproduced in GSM,where resonance and continuum coupling are precisely addressed.

The Gamow shell model with realistic interactions:a theoretical framework for ab initio nuclear structure at drip-lines

Ab initio approaches are among the most advanced models to solve the nuclear many-body problem.In particular,the no-core-shell model and many-body perturbation theory have been recently extended to the Gamow shell model framework,where the harmonic oscillator basis is replaced by a basis bearing bound,resonance and scattering states,i.e.the Berggren basis.As continuum coupling is included at basis level and as configuration mixing takes care of internucleon correlations,halo and resonance nuclei can be properly described with the Gamow shell model.The development of the no-core Gamow shell model and the introduction of the■-box method in the Gamow shell model,as well as their first ab initio applications,will be reviewed in this paper.Peculiarities compared to models using harmonic oscillator bases will be shortly described.The current power and limitations of ab initio Gamow shell model will also be discussed,as well as its potential for future applications.

Efficient Flexible Boundary Conditions for Long Dislocations

We present a novel efficient implementation of the flexible boundary condition(FBC)method,initially proposed by Sinclair et al.,for large single-periodic problems.Efficiency is primarily achieved by constructing a hierarchical matrix(H-matrix)representation of the periodic Green matrix,reducing the complexity for updating the boundary conditions of the atomistic problem from quadratic to almost linear in the number of pad atoms.In addition,our implementation is supported by various other tools from numerical analysis,such as a residual-based transformation of the boundary conditions to accelerate the convergence.We assess the method for a comprehensive set of examples,relevant for predicting mechanical properties,such as yield strength or ductility,including dislocation bow-out,dislocation-precipitate interaction,and dislocation cross-slip.The main result of our analysis is that the FBC method is robust,easy-to-use,and up to two orders of magnitude more efficient than the current state-of-the-art method for this class of problems,the periodic array of dislocations(PAD)method,in terms of the required number of per-atom force computations when both methods give similar accuracy.This opens new prospects for large-scale atomistic simulations—without having to worry about spurious image effects that plague classical boundary conditions.