Lattice effective field theory for nuclei from A = 4 to A = 28

TL;DR

This paper extends Nuclear Lattice Effective Field Theory to medium-mass nuclei, calculating ground-state energies of nuclei from A=4 to A=28 using Euclidean time projection methods.

Contribution

It introduces an approach for simulating medium-mass nuclei within Nuclear Lattice Effective Field Theory, focusing on ground-state energy calculations.

Findings

Ground-state energies of $^{16}$O, $^{20}$Ne, $^{24}$Mg, and $^{28}$Si determined.

Extension of EFT simulations to medium-mass nuclei demonstrated.

Methodology for Euclidean time projection applied to these nuclei.

Abstract

We present an overview of the extension of Nuclear Lattice Effective Field Theory simulations to the regime of medium-mass nuclei. We focus on the determination of the ground-state energies of the alpha nuclei $^{16}$O, $^{20}$Ne, $^{24}$Mg and $^{28}$Si by means of Euclidean time projection.