Density Matrix Renormalization Group study of Cr and Ni
arXiv:0808.1277 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.78.041303
Abstract
We discuss the development of an angular-momentum-conserving variant of the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) method for use in large-scale shell-model calculations of atomic nuclei and report a first application of the method to the ground state of Ni and improved results for Cr. In both cases, we see a high level of agreement with the exact results. A comparison of the two shows a dramatic reduction in the fraction of the space required to achieve accuracy as the size of the problem grows.
4 pages. Published in PRC Rapid