SciDAC-5 NUCLEI One-Page Highlights

On this page are links to one-slide summaries of NUCLEI-related research accomplishments (also includes SciDAC-4 NUCLEI highlights). More will be added as the project progresses. Additional highlights from the SciDAC-3 NUCLEI project and from the SciDAC-2 UNEDF project are also available. All are in pdf format.

NUCLEI Research Highlights

• Ab Initio Nucleon-Nucleus scattering
     [contact: Pieter Maris, pmaris at iastate.edu]
• Fine-tuned 0⁺ resonance of the α particle: puzzle solved!
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• ⁹N and the limits of existence of atomic nuclei
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Emergent geometry and duality in the carbon nucleus
     [contact: Dean Lee, leed at frib.msu.edu]
• Ab initio calculation of the 6He beta-decay spectrum
     [contact: Saori Pastore, saori.pastore at gmail.com]
• Emulators for nucleon-nucleon scattering using chiral interactions
     [contact: Dick Furnstahl, furnstahl.1 at osu.edu]
• PREX, CREX, and nuclear models: the plot thickens
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• QMC calculations of electron-nucleus scattering in the Short-Time Approximation (STA)
     [contact: Saori Pastore, saori.pastore at gmail.com]
• Ab initio calculation of muon capture in light nuclei
     [contact: Saori Pastore, saori.pastore at gmail.com]
• Alpha clusters in Carbon-12 from ab initio theory & statistical learning
     [contacts: James Vary, jvary at iastate.edu; Pieter Maris, pmaris at iastate.edu]
• Tetraneutron discovery confirms prediction
     [contact: James Vary, jvary at iastate.edu]
• Neutrinoless double 𝛽-decay of 48Ca
     [contact: Gaute Hagen, hageng at ornl.gov]
• Caught in flight: fermion pair dynamics in open quantum systems
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Ab initio computation of the neutron skin in 208Pb
     [contact: Thomas Papenbrock, tpapenbr at utk.edu]
• Nuclei with up to A=6 nucleons with artificial neural network wave functions
     [contact: Alessandro Lovato, lovato at alcf.anl.gov]
• Variational Monte Carlo calculations with artificial neural-network correlators
     [contact: Alessandro Lovato, lovato at alcf.anl.gov]
• Supernovae Ignited by Nuclear Fission
     [contact: Chuck Horowitz, horowit at indiana.edu]
• Benchmarking Optimization & Supervised Machine Learning Methods
     [contacts: Stefan Wild, wild at anl.gov and Matt Menickelly, mmenickelly at anl.gov]
• Machine Learning-Based Inversion of Nuclear Responses
     [contacts: Alessandro Lovato, lovato at alcf.anl.gov and Stefan Wild wild at anl.gov>]
• Ab initio calculation of Gamow-Teller matrix elements
     [contact: Saori Pastore, saori.pastore at gmail.com]
• Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from QMC Calculations
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Computing nuclei at lightning speed
     [contact: Gaute Hagen, hageng at ornl.gov]
• Accurate bulk properties of nuclei and nuclear matter from potentials with Δ isobars
     [contact: Gaute Hagen, hageng at ornl.gov; Thomas Papenbrock, tpapenbr at utk.edu]
• Multimessenger constraints on the neutron-star equation of state and the Hubble constant
     [contact: Ingo Tews, itews at lanl.gov]
• Excitation energies from effective field theory with quantified uncertainties
     [contacts: Pieter Maris, pmaris at iastate.edu; Dick Furnstahl, furnstahl.1 at osu.edu]
• Theory of nuclear radii challenges the magic character of neutron number N=32
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Odd–even staggering of charge radii of exotic copper isotopes
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Many-Body Factorization & Position-Momentum Equivalence of SRC
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• How well do we know the matter that is inside of neutron stars?
     [contact: Dick Furnstahl, furnstahl at osu.edu]
• Efficient emulators for scattering using eigenvector continuation
     [contact: Dick Furnstahl, furnstahl at osu.edu]
• Ab initio calculation of neutrinoless double beta decay
     [contact: Heiko Hergert, hergert at frib.msu.edu]
• Benchmark calculations of pure neutron matter with realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions
     [contact: Maria Piarulli, mpiarulli at physics.wustl.edu]
• Inclusive neutrino scattering in 12C
     [contact: Alessandro Lovato, ale.lovato85 at gmail.com]
• Nuclear and neutron-star matter from local chiral interactions
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Discovery of mirror symmetry violation in bound nuclear ground states
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Large Sound Speed in Dense Matter and the Deformability of Neutron Stars
     [contact: Chuck Horowitz, horowit at indiana.edu]
• (e,e’p) study of momentum distribution ratios in A=3 nuclei
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Chiral Effective Field Theory for Nuclei Structure
     [contacts: James Vary, jvary at iastate.edu; Pieter Maris, pmaris at iastate.edu]
• Computing Beta Decay Everywhere
     [contact: Jon Engel, engelj at physics.unc.edu]
• Nuclear Charge Radii of Boron 10 and 11
     [contact: Alessandro Lovato, ale.lovato85 at gmail.com]
• Neutron superfluidity and kinks in charge radii at magic numbers
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• 50-year-old puzzle about beta-decay rates resolved from first principles
     [contact: Gaute Hagen, hageng at ornl.gov]
• Nuclear Pasta: strongest material in the universe
     [contact: Chuck Horowitz, horowit at indiana.edu]
• Neutron Drip Line in the Ca Region from Bayesian Model Averaging
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Deep Learning for Nuclear Binding Energy and Radius
     [contacts: James Vary, jvary at iastate.edu; Esmond Ng, egng at lbl.gov ]
• Confronting gravitational waves with modern nuclear physics constraints
     [contact: Ingo Tews, tews.ingo at gmail.com]
• Exploring new small system geometries in heavy ion collisions
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Cluster radioactivity of 294Og
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Scientific discovery through statistics
     [contact: Dick Furnstahl, furnstahl.1 at osu.edu]
• Quantum Computing of an Atomic Nucleus
     [contact: Thomas Papenbrock, tpapenbr at utk.edu]
• Ab initio short-range-correlation scaling factors in nuclei up to A=40
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Featherweight Oxygen Explained
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Puzzling Sizes of Extreme Calcium Isotopes
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Neutron-Rich Helium Isotopes: Complex Made Simple
     [contact: Kévin Fossez, kevin.fossez at gmail.com]
• Bayesian approach to model-based extrapolation of nuclear observables
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Nucleon momentum distributions for local chiral interactions
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• First Direct Evidence for the Fastest Neutrino Emission Mechanism in a Neutron Star
     [contact: Farrukh Fattoyev, ffattoye at indiana.edu]
• Connecting Neutron Skins to Gravitational Waves
     [contact: Farrukh Fattoyev, ffattoye at indiana.edu]
• Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of nuclei with local chiral interactions
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]
• Oganesson is an oddball among atoms and nuclei
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Computing the structure of the lightest tin isotopes
     [contact: T. Morris, morristd at ornl.gov ]
• Computation of fragments in the spontaneous fission of 240Pu
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Theory errors for nuclear calculations using Bayesian statistics
     [contact: Dick Furnstahl, furnstahl.1 at osu.edu]
• Quantified complex-energy shell model interaction for light nuclei
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Computer studies of colliding oxygen nuclei
     [contact: Witold Nazarewicz, witek at frib.msu.edu]
• Variational calculation of closed-shell nuclei up to A = 40
     [contact: Diego Lonardoni, lonardoni at nscl.msu.edu]

For more information on NUCLEI, please contact tpapenbr@utk.edu