New density-independent interactions for nuclear structure calculations

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel finite-range, momentum-dependent effective interaction for nuclear structure calculations that accurately models nuclear matter without requiring three-body or density-dependent terms, simplifying theoretical approaches.

Contribution

The paper proposes a new density-independent two-body interaction that captures three-body effects within an effective two-body framework, improving nuclear matter modeling.

Findings

Accurately reproduces the equation of state of nuclear matter.

Eliminates the need for three-body or density-dependent terms.

Enhances mean-field and beyond-mean-field nuclear models.

Abstract

We present a new two-body finite-range and momentum-dependent but density-independent effective interaction, which can be interpreted as a regularized zero-range force. We show that no three-body or density-dependent terms are needed for a correct description of saturation properties in infinite matter, that is, on the level of low-energy density functional, the physical three-body effects can be efficiently absorbed in effective two-body terms. The new interaction gives a very satisfying equation of state of nuclear matter and opens up extremely interesting perspectives for the mean-field and beyond-mean-field descriptions of atomic nuclei.