Theoretical Nuclear Structure Physics

新的理论思想和计算机技术的进步创造了微观核结构理论的复兴。越来越多的核理论研究小组开始研究如何在微观上计算有限核的结构，主要是在极大的模型空间中。我们的研究小组是第一个参与这种对微观核结构计算重新产生兴趣的研究小组之一，我们的方法是在选定的模型空间中构建最佳可能的相互作用。这导致我们在一个大的模型空间中工作，其中所有的核粒子（即核子）都是活跃的。到目前为止，这种方法在描述具有2到10个核子的原子核的微观性质方面非常成功。我们计划将这种方法扩展到16个核子甚至更大的原子核。拥有超过100个核子的超大核，不能用上述方法来研究，将使用核子对的模型来研究，而不是单个核子。

New theoretical ideas and advancements in computer technology have created a Renaissance in microscopic nuclear structure theory. More and more nuclear-theory groups are turning to the problem of how to calculate the structure of finite nuclei microscopically, mainly in terms of extremely large model spaces. Our research group was one of the first to become involved in this renewed interest in microscopic nuclear-structure calculations, our approach being one of constructing the best possible interaction to employ in the chosen model space. This has led us to work in a large model space, in which all the nuclear particles (i.e., nucleons) are active. So far this approach has been extremely successful in describing microscopically the properties of nuclei with two to ten nucleons. We plan to extend this approach to nuclei with up to 16 nucleons or even larger. Extremely large nuclei with more than 100 nucleons, which cannot be investigated by the above approach, will be studied using a model in terms of pairs of nucleons, instead of individual nucleons.