Quantum Many-Body Problem in the Theory of Atomic Nuclei

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Department of Physics

Synopsis:

1. Nuclear Hamiltonian and distinguishing the degrees of freedom within nuclei

2. Collective and one-body dynamics in nuclei

3. Theory of the energy density functional in nuclei

4. Theory of the energy density functional for the excited states

5. Selfconsistent mean-field model

6. Post Hartree-Fock methods

7. Tamm-Dancoff Approximation

8. Random Phase Approximation

9. Equation of Motion Phonon Method

10. Generator Coordinate Method

11. Restoration of symmetries in many-body methods

12. Coupled Cluster Method

13. Bohr collective model

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Syllabus of lectures:

The course offers a deeper insight to few selected methods to describe the structure of atomic nuclei. The emphasis will be put on the description of the collective effects of the many-body correlations in nuclei.

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Study Objective:

The course offers a deeper insight to few selected methods to describe the structure of atomic nuclei. The emphasis will be put on the description of the collective effects of the many-body correlations in nuclei.

Study materials:

[1] M. Hjorth-Jensen, M. P. Lombardo, U. van Kolck, An Advanced Course in Computational Nuclear Physics, Springer (2017).

[2] V. Zelevinsky, A. Volya, Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA (2017).

[3] J. Suhonen, From Nucleons to Nucleus, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (2007).

[4] P. Ring, P. Schuck, The Nuclear Many-Body Problem, Springer-Verlag N.Y. (1980).

[5] A. S. Dyhdalo, Aspects of the Many-Body Problem in Nuclear Physics, dissertation thesis in Ohio State University (2018).

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Jaderná a částicová fyzika (elective course)