Speaker
Dario Vretenar
(University of Zagreb)
Description
Energy density functionals (EDF) have become a standard tool for
nuclear structure calculations, providing a complete and accurate,
global description of nuclear ground states and collective excitations.
Guided by the density dependence of nucleon self-energies in nuclear
matter, semi-empirical functionals have been adjusted to the equation
of state and to bulk properties of finite nuclei, and applied to studies of
arbitrarily heavy nuclei, exotic nuclei far from stability, and even systems
at the nucleon drip-lines.
EDF-based structure models have also been developed that go beyond
the static mean-field approximation, and include collective correlations
related to restoration of broken symmetries and to fluctuations of collective
variables. These models are employed in analyses of structure phenomena
related to shell evolution, including detailed predictions of excitation spectra
and electromagnetic transition rates.
Primary author
Dario Vretenar
(University of Zagreb)
