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Magnetic structure of nuclei using the Norfolk nuclear models with quantum Monte Carlo methods
G. Chambers-Wall, A. Gnech, G. B. King +4
We present Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of magnetic moments, form factors, and densities of nuclei within a chiral effective field theory approach. We use the Norfolk…
Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of magnetic form factors in light nuclei
G. Chambers-Wall, A. Gnech, G. B. King +4
We present Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of magnetic form factors in nuclei, based on Norfolk two- and three-nucleon interactions, and associated one- and two-body elec…
Long Range Plan: Dense matter theory for heavy-ion collisions and neutron stars
Alessandro Lovato, Travis Dore, Robert D. Pisarski +61
Since the release of the 2015 Long Range Plan in Nuclear Physics, major events have occurred that reshaped our understanding of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and nuclear matter at l…
Densities and momentum distributions in A <=12 nuclei from chiral effective field theory interactions
M. Piarulli, S. Pastore, R. B. Wiringa +2
Current and future electron and neutrino scattering experiments will be greatly aided by a better understanding of the role played by short-range correlations in nuclei. Two-body p…
Ab initio calculation of the decay spectrum of He
Garrett B. King, Alessandro Baroni, Vincenzo Cirigliano +5
We calculate the spectrum in the decay of He using Quantum Monte Carlo methods with nuclear interactions derived from chiral Effective Field Theory and consistent weak vect…
Towards Precise and Accurate Calculations of Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay: Project Scoping Workshop Report
V. Cirigliano, Z. Davoudi, J. Engel +20
We present the results of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Scoping Workshop, the purpose of which was to assess the current status of calculations for the nuclear matrix…
Partial muon capture rates in and nuclei with chiral effective field theory
G. B. King, S. Pastore, M. Piarulli +1
Searches for neutrinoless-double beta decay rates are crucial in addressing questions within fundamental symmetries and neutrino physics. The rates of these decays depend not only…
Electron scattering on nuclei from quantum Monte Carlo based approaches
Lorenzo Andreoli, Joseph Carlson, Alessandro Lovato +3
We perform first-principle calculations of electron-nucleus scattering on He and H using the Green's function Monte Carlo method and two approaches based on the factorizati…
Electroweak Currents from Chiral Effective Field Theory
Alessandro Baroni, Garrett B. King, Saori Pastore
Since the pioneering work of Weinberg, Chiral Effective Field Theory (EFT) has been widely and successfully utilized in nuclear physics to study many-nucleon interactions and as…
Scaling in the short-time approximation
S. Pastore, J. Carlson, S. Gandolfi +2
We briefly review the concept of scaling and how it occurs in quasielastic electron and neutrino scattering from nuclei, and then the particular approach to scaling in the short-ti…
Large- analysis of two-nucleon neutrinoless double beta decay and charge-independence-breaking contact terms
Thomas R. Richardson, Matthias R. Schindler, Saori Pastore +1
The interpretation of experiments that search for neutrinoless double beta decay relies on input from nuclear theory. Cirigliano et al. recently showed that, for the light Majorana…
Editorial: The Future of Nuclear Structure: Challenges and Opportunities in the Microscopic Description of Nuclei
Luigi Coraggio, Saori Pastore, Carlo Barbieri
The past two decades have witnessed tremendous progress in the microscopic description of atomic nuclei. The Topical Review `The Future of Nuclear Structure' aims at summarizing th…
Present Status of Nuclear Shell-Model Calculations of Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Matrix Elements
L. Coraggio, N. Itaco, G. De Gregorio +3
Neutrinoless double beta decay searches are currently among the major foci of experimental physics. The observation of such a decay will have important implications in our understa…
Quasielastic Electromagnetic Scattering Cross Sections and World Data Comparisons in the {\fontfamily{qcr}\selectfont GENIE} Monte Carlo Event Generator
Joshua L. Barrow, Steven Gardiner, Saori Pastore +2
The usage of Monte Carlo neutrino event generators (MCEGs) is a norm within the high-energy scattering community. The relevance of quasielastic (QE) energy regimes to os…
Chiral Effective Field Theory Calculations of Weak Transitions in Light Nuclei
G. B. King, L. Andreoli, S. Pastore +5
We report Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of weak transitions in nuclei, based on the Norfolk two- and three-nucleon chiral interactions, and associated one- and two-bo…
Quasielastic lepton scattering and back-to-back nucleons in the short-time approximation
Saori Pastore, Joseph Carlson, Stefano Gandolfi +2
Understanding quasielastic electron- and neutrino-scattering from nuclei has taken on new urgency with current and planned neutrino oscillation experiments, and with electron scatt…
A renormalized approach to neutrinoless double-beta decay
V. Cirigliano, W. Dekens, J. de Vries +6
The process at the heart of neutrinoless double-beta decay, induced by a light Majorana neutrino, is investigated in pionless and chiral effective fi…
Zemach moments and radii of 2,3H and 3,4He
N. Nevo Dinur, O. J. Hernandez, S. Bacca +5
We present benchmark calculations of Zemach moments and radii of 2,3H and 3,4He using various few-body methods. Zemach moments are required to interpret muonic atom data measured b…
Local chiral interactions and magnetic structure of few-nucleon systems
R. Schiavilla, A. Baroni, S. Pastore +8
The magnetic form factors of H, H, and He, deuteron photodisintegration cross sections at low energies, and deuteron threshold electrodisintegration cross sections at b…
Local chiral interactions, the tritium Gamow-Teller matrix element, and the three-nucleon contact term
A. Baroni, R. Schiavilla, L. E. Marcucci +8
The Gamow-Teller (GT) matrix element contributing to tritium decay is calculated with trinucleon wave functions obtained from hyperspherical-harmonics solutions of the Schrödin…
Fundamental Physics with Electroweak Probes of Nuclei
Saori Pastore
The past decade has witnessed tremendous progress in the theoretical and computational tools that produce our understanding of nuclei. A number of microscopic calculations of nucle…
Neutrinoless double beta decay matrix elements in light nuclei
S. Pastore, J. Carlson, V. Cirigliano +3
We present the first ab initio calculations of neutrinoless double beta decay matrix elements in - nuclei using Variational Monte Carlo wave functions obtained from the Ar…
Nuclear Axial Currents in Chiral Effective Field Theory
A. Baroni, L. Girlanda, S. Pastore +2
Two-nucleon axial charge and current operators are derived in chiral effective field theory up to one loop. The derivation is based on time-ordered perturbation theory, and account…
Electromagnetic structure of light nuclei
Saori Pastore
The present understanding of nuclear electromagnetic properties including electromagnetic moments, form factors and transitions in nuclei with A 10 is reviewed. Emphasis is o…