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.
Tabela de Conteúdo
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
Sobre o autor
Nicolas Schunck received his Ph D 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.