Description of nucleus-nucleus interaction using the Skyrme energy density functional

12 May 2025, 16:45
25m
Blokhintsev hall (4th floor) (BLTP)

Blokhintsev hall (4th floor)

BLTP

Speaker

Mikhail Kosarev (Lomonosov Moscow State University Branch in Sarov, BLTP, JINR)

Description

M.S. Kosarev$^{1,2,3}$, N.V. Antonenko$^{1}$, N.N. Arsenyev$^{1}$, and A.P. Severyukhin$^{1,4}$
$^1$ Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
$^2$ Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
$^3$ Branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University in Sarov, Sarov, 607328, Russia
$^4$ Dubna State University, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141982 Russia

The typical requirement for the energy density functional (EDF) is the accurate description of the binding energies of nuclei, the energy spectra of single-particle states, and the properties of collective excitations [1]. At present, the EDFs based on the effective Skyrme-type interaction serve as a powerful tool for studying the nuclear structure. However, a simultaneous description of nuclei properties and their interaction potential within the Skyrme EDF has yet to be realized. As known, the sub-barrier fusion cross sections, as well as astrophysical reaction rates, are very sensitive to the effective nucleus-nucleus potential [2]. The experimentally determined height of the Coulomb barrier will become an additional criteria for finding a new set of the EDF parameters. In the present report, we discuss a procedure aimed for improving the Coulomb barrier height while preserving the description of nuclear structure based on the new EDF set.

The research was supported within the framework of the scientific program of the National Center for Physics and Mathematics, topic No. 6 "Nuclear and Radiation Physics" (stage 2023-2025).

References:
1. M. Bender, P.-H. Heenen, and P.-G. Reinhard, Rev. Mod. Phys. 75, 121 (2003).
2. A. Aprahamian, K. Langanke, and M. Wiescher, Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 54, 535 (2005).

Author

Mikhail Kosarev (Lomonosov Moscow State University Branch in Sarov, BLTP, JINR)

Co-authors

Alexey Severyukhin (BLTP, JINR) Prof. Nikolai Antonenko (BLTP, JINR) Nikolay Arsenyev (Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research)

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