Chiral-EFT corrections to Gamow-Teller transitions in light nuclei

ORAL

Abstract

Chiral effective field theory ($\chi$EFT) is a framework to systematically derive internucleon interactions, like the LENPIC interaction, and electroweak currents. We have constructed the Gamow-Teller (GT) transition operator from the one-body and two-body weak axial currents. The operator is consistent with the LENPIC interaction up to N2LO. We have applied this operator within the no-core shell model (NCSM) approach to light nuclei. We present preliminary results for the GT transition matrix elements calculated in a harmonic oscillator basis. We also discuss the convergence of the transition matrix elements at each chiral order as function of the basis expansion, and the impact of the $\chi$EFT regulator on the operator.

*Supported by US DOE under Award Nos. DE-FG02-87ER40371, DE-SC0018223 (SciDAC-4/NUCLEI), DE-FG02-95ER-40934, and DE-SC0015376. Computational resources provided by NERSC (US DOE Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231).

Authors

  • Soham Pal

    • Iowa State University
  • Shiplu Sarker

    • Iowa State University
  • Robert Basili

    • Iowa State University
  • Pieter Maris

    • Iowa State University
  • James P. Vary

    • Iowa State University
  • Patrick J. Fasano

    • University of Notre Dame
  • Mark A. Caprio

    • University of Notre Dame