Energy Density Functional Methods for Atomic Nuclei
- Nicolas Schunck
- January 2019
Description
In the past 20 years, energy density functional (EDF) approaches have become a powerful framework to study the structure and reactions of atomic nuclei. This book provides an updated presentation of non-relativistic and covariant energy functionals, single- and multi-reference methods, and techniques to describe small- and large-amplitude collective motion or nuclei at high excitation energy. Detailed derivations, practical approaches, examples and figures are used throughout the book to give a coherent narrative of topics that have hitherto rarely been covered together.
About Editors
Nicolas Schunck received his PhD in theoretical nuclear physics from the University of Strasbourg and is currently a research scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His work is centred on the development and applications of computational methods for nuclear energy density functional theory, with a particular focus on the development of a fundamental description of nuclear fission.Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors
Glossary
Acronyms
Chapter 1 - Non-Relativistic Energy Density Functionals
Chapter 2 - Covariant Energy Density Functionals
Chapter 3 - Single-Reference and Multi-Reference Formulations
Chapter 4 - Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Chapter 5 - Small-Amplitude Collective Motion
Chapter 6 - Large-Amplitude Collective Motion
Chapter 7 - Finite Temperature
Chapter 8 - Numerical Implementations
Chapter 9 - Calibration of Energy Functionals
Bibliographic
Hardback ISBN: 9780750314237
Ebook ISBN: 9780750314220
DOI: 10.1088/2053-2563/aae0ed
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing