Density matrix expansion for low-momentum interactions

• A first step toward a universal nuclear energy density functional based on low-momentum interactions is taken using the density matrix expansion (DME) of Negele and Vautherin. The DME is adapted for non-local momentum space potentials and generalized to include local three-body interactions. Different prescriptions for the three-body DME are compared. Exploratory results are given at the Hartree-Fock level, along with a roadmap for systematic improvements within an effective action framework for the Kohn-Sham density functional theory.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Subatomär fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Subatomic Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

many-fermion system

nuclear-matter

hartree-fock calculations

mean-field

functional theory

finite nuclei

ground-state energy

model

legendre transformation

effective-field theory

Publication and Content Type

art (subject category)

ref (subject category)