We analyze ground state properties of few-nucleons systems and $^{16}$O using \eftnopi (Pionless Effective Field Theory) at \ac{LO}. This is the first time the theory is extended to many-body nuclear systems. The free constants of the interaction are fitted using both experimental data and \ac{LQCD} results. The nuclear many-body Schr\"odinger equation is solved by means of the Auxiliary Field Diffusion Monte Carlo method. A linear optimization procedure has been used to recover the correct structure of the ground state wavefunction. {\eftnopi} as revealed to be an appropriate theory to describe light nuclei both in nature, and in the case where heavier quarks are used in order to make \ac{LQCD} calculation feasible. Our results are in good agreement with experiments and \ac{LQCD} predictions. In our \ac{LO} calculation, $^{16}$O appears to be unstable against breakup into four $^4$He for the quark masses considered.

Pionless Effective Field Theory: Building the Bridge Between Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics and Nuclear Physics / Contessi, Lorenzo. - (2017), pp. 1-139.

Pionless Effective Field Theory: Building the Bridge Between Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics and Nuclear Physics

Contessi, Lorenzo
2017-01-01

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We analyze ground state properties of few-nucleons systems and $^{16}$O using \eftnopi (Pionless Effective Field Theory) at \ac{LO}. This is the first time the theory is extended to many-body nuclear systems. The free constants of the interaction are fitted using both experimental data and \ac{LQCD} results. The nuclear many-body Schr\"odinger equation is solved by means of the Auxiliary Field Diffusion Monte Carlo method. A linear optimization procedure has been used to recover the correct structure of the ground state wavefunction. {\eftnopi} as revealed to be an appropriate theory to describe light nuclei both in nature, and in the case where heavier quarks are used in order to make \ac{LQCD} calculation feasible. Our results are in good agreement with experiments and \ac{LQCD} predictions. In our \ac{LO} calculation, $^{16}$O appears to be unstable against breakup into four $^4$He for the quark masses considered.
2017
XXIX
2017-2018
Fisica (29/10/12-)
Physics
Pederiva, Francesco
no
Inglese
Settore FIS/02 - Fisica Teorica, Modelli e Metodi Matematici
Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
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