Benchmark calculations of pure neutron matter with realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions
M. Piarulli, Ignazio Bombaci, Domenico Logoteta, Alessandro Lovato, R. B. Wiringa
Abstract
With the advent of nuclear interactions based on chiral effective field theory, it is becoming possible to accurately describe atomic nuclei and infinite nuclear matter as found in neutron stars. A key challenge is the simultaneous quantification of uncertainties associated to the nuclear interaction and many-body approaches. By performing benchmark calculations of pure neutron matter with realistic interactions and several many-body approaches, this manuscript presents a first step in this direction.
Topics & Concepts
Benchmark (surveying)PhysicsNucleonNeutronNuclear matterNuclear physicsNeutron starField (mathematics)Atomic nucleusEffective field theoryParticle physicsAstrophysicsMathematicsGeographyPure mathematicsGeodesyPulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchNuclear physics research studiesAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research