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Sensitivity of fission barrier heights to nuclear matter properties
X. Zhang, K. Hagino, J. M. Yao
We systematically investigate the correlations between nuclear fission properties and the surface energy coefficient extracted from semi-infinite nuclear matter. To…
Ab initio correlations between neutrinoless and two-neutrino double-beta decays in Ca
X. Lian, C. R. Ding, C. L. Bai +1
We develop a novel ab initio in-medium no-core configuration-interaction (IM-NCCI) framework for nuclear charge-exchange processes by combining the in-medium similarity renormaliza…
Multiple shape coexistence near Sn118: First 03+ lifetime measurement
F. Wu, C. R. Ding, C. Andreoiu +17
The intruder bands in Sn isotopes, built on the 2p-2h excitation across the proton shell gap, are well-known examples of shape coexistence near the neutron mid-shell regio…
Qcombo: A Python Package for Automated Commutator Calculations of Quantum Many-Body Operators
L. H. Chen, Y. Li, H. Hergert +1
qcombo is a Python package for the symbolic evaluation of commutators between general quantum many-body operators expressed in normal-ordered form using the generalized Wick theore…
Ab initio mapping of the boundary of the island of inversion
E. F. Zhou, C. R. Ding, Q. Y. Luo +2
Starting from a chiral two- plus three-nucleon interaction, we perform a systematic study of the low-lying states of neutron-rich nuclei around using the in-medium generator…
Microscopic study of low-lying states in odd-mass nuclei for atomic electric dipole moment searches
E. F. Zhou, J. M. Yao
We present a microscopic study of the low-lying states of five odd-mass nuclei of particular interest for experimental searches of atomic electric dipole moments (EDMs): Xe…
Sensitivity of neutrinoless double beta decays from a combined analysis of ground and excited states
C. R. Ding, K. Han, S. B. Wang +1
Next-generation neutrinoless double-beta () decay experiments, with projected half-life sensitivities approaching years, aim to probe the entire parameter space of…
Impact of shape fluctuations on nuclear Schiff moments in heavy octupole-deformed nuclei
E. F. Zhou, J. M. Yao, J. Engel +1
Permanent electric dipole moments (EDMs) are among the most sensitive probes of CP violation beyond the Standard Model. In diamagnetic atoms, the EDM is determined primarily by the…
Ab initio nuclear shape coexistence and emergence of island of inversion around
E. F. Zhou, C. R. Ding, J. M. Yao +4
We extend a nuclear ab initio framework based on chiral two- and three-nucleon interactions to investigate shape coexistence and the degradation of the magic number in both…
Statistical uncertainty quantification for multireference covariant density functional theory
X. Zhang, C. C. Wang, C. R. Ding +1
We present a theoretical framework to quantify statistical uncertainties in covariant density functional theory (CDFT) for both nuclear matter and finite nuclei, based on a relativ…
Subspace-projected multireference covariant density functional theory
X. Zhang, C. C. Wang, C. R. Ding +1
Multireference density functional theory (MR-DFT) has been a pivotal method for studying nuclear low-lying states and neutrinoless double-beta () decay. However, quantifying…
Shell structure and shape transition in odd- superheavy nuclei with proton numbers : insights from deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov in continuum
Y. X. Zhang, B. R. Liu, K. Y. Zhang +1
We present a systematic study on the structural properties of odd- superheavy nuclei with proton numbers , and neutron numbers increasing from to the neu…
Emulating generator coordinate method with extended eigenvector continuation: Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model
Q. Y. Luo, X. Zhang, L. H. Chen +1
We present a benchmark study of generator coordinate method (GCM) combined with eigenvector continuation (EC) in two different schemes for the low-lying states of Lipkin-Meshkov-Gl…
Multireference covariant density-functional theory for the low-lying states of odd-mass nuclei
E. F. Zhou, X. Y. Wu, J. M. Yao
We extend multireference covariant density-functional theory (MR-CDFT) based on a relativistic point-coupling energy functional to describe the low-lying states of odd-mass nuclei.…
Generator coordinate method for nuclear octupole excitations: status and perspectives
E. F. Zhou, J. M. Yao
Strong octupole correlations have been observed in the low-lying states of atomic nuclei across various mass regions. In this review, we provide an overview of Beyond Mean-Field (B…
Impact of isovector pairing fluctuation on neutrinoless double-beta decay in multi-reference covariant density functional theory
C. R. Ding, X. Zhang, J. M. Yao +2
We extend the multi-reference covariant density functional theory (MR-CDFT) by including fluctuations in quadrupole deformations and average isovector pairing gaps simultaneously f…
-decay nuclear matrix elements in self-consistent Skyrme quasiparticle random phase approximation: uncertainty from pairing interaction
W. -L. Lv, Y. -F. Niu, D. -L. Fang +3
The uncertainty in the nuclear matrix elements (NMEs) of decay for Ge, Se, Te, Te, and Xe in the self-consistent quasiparticle random p…
Optimization of generator coordinate method with machine-learning techniques for nuclear spectra and neutrinoless double-beta decay: ridge regression for nuclei with axial deformation
X. Zhang, W. Lin, J. M. Yao +4
The generator coordinate method (GCM) is an important tool of choice for modeling large-amplitude collective motion in atomic nuclei. The computational complexity of the GCM increa…
Beyond-mean-field approaches for nuclear neutrinoless double beta decay in the standard mechanism
J. M. Yao, J. Meng, Y. F. Niu +1
Nuclear weak decays provide important probes to fundamental symmetries in nature. A precise description of these processes in atomic nuclei requires comprehensive knowledge on both…
Application of efficient generator-coordinate subspace-selection algorithm to neutrinoless double- decay
A. M Romero, J. M. Yao, B. Bally +2
The generator coordinate method begins with the variational construction of a set of non-orthogonal mean-field states that span a subspace of the full many-body Hilbert space. Thes…
Ab initio calculation of the contact operator contribution in the standard mechanism for neutrinoless double beta decay
R. Wirth, J. M. Yao, H. Hergert
Starting from chiral nuclear interactions, we evaluate the contribution of the leading-order contact transition operator to the nuclear matrix element (NME) of neutrinoless double-…
Existence problem of proton semi-bubble structure in the state of Si
Feng Wu, C. L. Bai, J. M. Yao +2
The fully self-consistent Hartree-Fock (HF) plus random phase approximation (RPA) based on Skyrme-type interaction is used to study the existence problem of proton semi-bubble stru…
Transition from vibrational to rotational characters in low-lying states of hypernuclei
H. Mei, K. Hagino, J. M. Yao +1
In order to clarify the nature of hypernuclear low-lying states, we carry out a comprehensive study for the structure of Sm-hypernuclei, which exhibit a tra…
Anharmonicity of multi-octupole-phonon excitations in Pb: analysis with multi-reference covariant density functional theory and subbarrier fusion of O+Pb
J. M. Yao, K. Hagino
We discuss anharmonicity of the multi-octupole-phonon states in Pb based on a covariant density functional theory, by fully taking into account the interplay between the qu…