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most citedHow well do we know the neutron-matter equation of state at the densities inside neutron stars? A Bayesian approach with correlated uncertainties

325 citations · 1.3k across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

nucl-th2026

Neglecting correlations leads to misestimated model errors in EFT predictions

Nathan L. Carter, Richard J. Furnstahl, Jordan A. Melendez +1

Bayesian analyses of the convergence pattern of Effective Field Theories (EFTs) enable estimation of the uncertainty induced by a truncated expansion. When an EFT that has been cal…

nucl-th2025

Assessing Convergence Patterns Across Modern Nucleon-Nucleon Potentials

P. J. Millican, R. J. Furnstahl, J. A. Melendez +1

The BUQEYE model for correlated effective field theory (EFT) truncation errors assumes a regular pattern of dimensionless coefficients extracted from order-by-order observable calc…

nucl-th2024★ 11 cited

From chiral EFT to perturbative QCD: a Bayesian model mixing approach to symmetric nuclear matter

A. C. Semposki, C. Drischler, R. J. Furnstahl +2

Constraining the equation of state (EOS) of strongly interacting, dense matter is the focus of intense experimental, observational, and theoretical effort. Chiral effective field t…

nucl-th2024

Assessing Correlated Truncation Errors in Modern Nucleon-Nucleon Potentials

P. J. Millican, R. J. Furnstahl, J. A. Melendez +2

We test the BUQEYE model of correlated effective field theory (EFT) truncation errors on Reinert, Krebs, and Epelbaum's semi-local momentum-space implementation of the chiral EFT (…

nucl-th2023★ 15 cited

Wave-function-based emulation for nucleon-nucleon scattering in momentum space

A. J. Garcia, C. Drischler, R. J. Furnstahl +2

Emulators for low-energy nuclear physics can provide fast & accurate predictions of bound-state and scattering observables for applications that require repeated calculations with…

nucl-th2022

BUQEYE Guide to Projection-Based Emulators in Nuclear Physics

C. Drischler, J. A. Melendez, R. J. Furnstahl +2

The BUQEYE collaboration (Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification: Errors in Your EFT) presents a pedagogical introduction to projection-based, reduced-order emulators for applications…

nucl-th2022★ 48 cited

Model reduction methods for nuclear emulators

J. A. Melendez, C. Drischler, R. J. Furnstahl +2

The field of model order reduction (MOR) is growing in importance due to its ability to extract the key insights from complex simulations while discarding computationally burdensom…

nucl-th2021★ 47 cited

Fast & accurate emulation of two-body scattering observables without wave functions

J. A. Melendez, C. Drischler, A. J. Garcia +2

We combine Newton's variational method with ideas from eigenvector continuation to construct a fast & accurate emulator for two-body scattering observables. The emulator will facil…

nucl-th2021★ 86 cited

Rigorous constraints on three-nucleon forces in chiral effective field theory from fast and accurate calculations of few-body observables

S. Wesolowski, I. Svensson, A. Ekström +4

We explore the constraints on the three-nucleon force (3NF) of chiral effective field theory (EFT) that are provided by bound-state observables in the and sectors. O…

nucl-th2020★ 100 cited

Light nuclei with semilocal momentum-space regularized chiral interactions up to third order

P. Maris, E. Epelbaum, R. J. Furnstahl +17

We present a systematic investigation of few-nucleon systems and light nuclei using the current LENPIC interactions comprising semilocal momentum-space regularized two- and three-n…

nucl-th2020★ 31 cited

Ab initio calculations of low-energy nuclear scattering using confining potential traps

Xilin Zhang, S. R. Stroberg, P. Navrátil +4

A recently modified method to enable low-energy nuclear scattering results to be extracted from the discrete energy levels of the target-projectile clusters confined by harmonic po…

nucl-th2020★ 24 cited

Designing Optimal Experiments: An Application to Proton Compton Scattering

J. A. Melendez, R. J. Furnstahl, H. W. Griesshammer +3

Interpreting measurements requires a physical theory, but the theory's accuracy may vary across the experimental domain. To optimize experimental design, and so to ensure that the…

nucl-th2020★ 144 cited

Quantifying uncertainties and correlations in the nuclear-matter equation of state

C. Drischler, J. A. Melendez, R. J. Furnstahl +1

We perform statistically rigorous uncertainty quantification (UQ) for chiral effective field theory (EFT) applied to infinite nuclear matter up to twice nuclear saturation densi…

nucl-th2020★ 325 cited

How well do we know the neutron-matter equation of state at the densities inside neutron stars? A Bayesian approach with correlated uncertainties

C. Drischler, R. J. Furnstahl, J. A. Melendez +1

We introduce a new framework for quantifying correlated uncertainties of the infinite-matter equation of state derived from chiral effective field theory (EFT). Bayesian machine…

nucl-th2019★ 169 cited

Quantifying Correlated Truncation Errors in Effective Field Theory

J. A. Melendez, R. J. Furnstahl, D. R. Phillips +2

Effective field theories (EFTs) organize the description of complex systems into an infinite sequence of decreasing importance. Predictions are made with a finite number of terms,…

nucl-th2018★ 99 cited

Exploring Bayesian parameter estimation for chiral effective field theory using nucleon-nucleon phase shifts

S. Wesolowski, R. J. Furnstahl, J. A. Melendez +1

We recently developed a Bayesian framework for parameter estimation in general effective field theories. Here we present selected results from using that framework to estimate para…

nucl-th2017★ 161 cited

Bayesian truncation errors in chiral effective field theory: nucleon-nucleon observables

J. A. Melendez, S. Wesolowski, R. J. Furnstahl

Chiral effective field theory (EFT) predictions are necessarily truncated at some order in the EFT expansion, which induces an error that must be quantified for robust statistical…

hep-ph2015★ 4 cited

Measuring CP-Violating Observables in Rare Top Decays at the LHC

Pratishruti Saha, Ken Kiers, Bhubanjyoti Bhattacharya +3

In this paper we consider CP-violating new-physics contributions to the decay . We examine the prospects for detecting such new physics at the LHC, which requires…

hep-ph2014★ 8 cited

Search for New Physics in Rare Top Decays: Spin Correlations and Other Observables

Ken Kiers, Pratishruti Saha, Alejandro Szynkman +3

In this paper we study new-physics contributions to the top-quark decay . We search for ways of detecting such new physics via measurements at the LHC. As top qua…