Application of Evolved Three-Body Forces to P-Shell Nuclei

ORAL

Abstract

In recent years, the Similarity Renormalization Group has provided a powerful and versatile means to soften interactions for ab initio nuclear calculations. The large contribution of three-body forces to the nuclear interaction has required the consistent evolution of free-space Hamiltonians in the three-particle space. We present the most recent progress on this work, extending the calculations to the p-shell nuclei, and showing that the hierarchy of induced many-body forces is consistent with previous estimates. Calculations for A=6 including fully evolved NN+3N interactions show minor contributions due to induced four-body forces and display the same considerable convergence properties as in lighter nuclei. Preliminary results for independent operator evolution are also discussed.

*Supported by NSF Grant No. PHY--0653312, UNEDF SciDAC Collaboration under DOE Grant DE-FC02-07ER41457, and LLNL under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

Authors

  • E.D. Jurgenson

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • LLNL
  • Petr Navratil

    • Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
  • R.J. Furnstahl

    • Ohio State University
    • Ohio State Univ.