Proton-Proton and Proton-Neutron Correlations in Medium-Weight Nuclei: Role of the Tensor Force within a Many-Body Cluster Expansion

TL;DR

This paper investigates how tensor correlations influence the structure of medium-weight nuclei, using a cluster expansion method to analyze ground state properties with realistic nuclear interactions.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of tensor correlations' effects on nuclear densities and momentum distributions within a cluster expansion framework.

Findings

Tensor correlations significantly affect one- and two-body densities.

Momentum distributions are altered by tensor forces.

The method provides reliable ground state property calculations.

Abstract

A detailed analysis of the effect of tensor correlations on one- and two-body densities and momentum distributions of complex nuclei is presented within a linked cluster expansion providing reliable results for the ground state properties of nuclei calculated with realistic interactions.