Quantification of Uncertainties in Nuclear Density Functional theory

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent progress in quantifying uncertainties in nuclear density functional theory, a key approach for predicting nuclear properties across the nuclear chart, with implications for science and applications.

Contribution

It summarizes recent methodological advances in assessing theoretical uncertainties within nuclear DFT, highlighting progress in this critical area.

Findings

Enhanced methods for uncertainty quantification in nuclear DFT

Improved reliability of nuclear property predictions

Frameworks applicable across the nuclear chart

Abstract

Reliable predictions of nuclear properties are needed as much to answer fundamental science questions as in applications such as reactor physics or data evaluation. Nuclear density functional theory is currently the only microscopic, global approach to nuclear structure that is applicable throughout the nuclear chart. In the past few years, a lot of effort has been devoted to setting up a general methodology to assess theoretical uncertainties in nuclear DFT calculations. In this paper, we summarize some of the recent progress in this direction. Most of the new material discussed here will be be published in separate articles.