Nuclei and chiral dynamics

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent advances in nuclear theory, emphasizing effective field theory, ab-initio methods, density functional development, and computational techniques, to enhance understanding of nuclei and strongly-interacting matter.

Contribution

It synthesizes recent progress and highlights the impact of chiral interactions and computational methods on nuclear structure and matter research.

Findings

Advances in effective field theory and renormalization group techniques.

Development of ab-initio methods for nuclear structure.

Progress in applying large-scale computing to nuclear physics.

Abstract

Nuclear theory has entered an exciting era. This is due to advances on many fronts, including the development of effective field theory and the renormalization group for nuclear forces, advances in ab-initio methods for nuclear structure, an effort to develop a universal density functional based on microscopic interactions, and the application of large-scale computing resources. I discuss their impact, recent highlights and the frontiers in understanding and predicting nuclei and the structure of strongly-interacting matter based on chiral interactions.