Quantum corrections to the Relativistic mean-field theory

TL;DR

This paper compares the relativistic mean-field (RMF) theory with the deformed oscillator shells (DOS) model for light nuclei, revealing differences in wave functions and densities, and introduces quantum corrections to improve the theory's accuracy.

Contribution

It provides an explicit analytical relation between RMF and DOS models and introduces quantum corrections to enhance RMF's description of nuclear quantum properties.

Findings

RMF potential differs significantly from DOS potential.

Nucleon densities from RMF contradict experimental data.

Quantum corrections improve the description of nuclear properties.

Abstract

In this paper, we compare the RMF theory and the model of deformed oscillator shells (DOS) in description of the quantum properties of the bound states of the spherically symmetric light nuclei. We obtain an explicit analytical relation between differential equations for the RMF theory and DOS model, which determine wave functions for nucleons. On such a basis we perform analysis of correspondence of quantum properties of nuclei. We find: (1) Potential $V_{RMF}$ of the RMF theory for nucleons has the wave functions $f$ and $g$ with joint part $h$ coincident exactly with the nucleon wave function of DOS model with potential $V_{\rm shell}$. But, a difference between $V_{RMF}$ and $V_{\rm shell}$ is essential for any nucleus. (2) The nucleon wave functions and densities obtained by the DOS and RMF theories are essentially different. The nucleon densities of the RMF theory contradict to knowledge about distribution of the proton and neutron densities inside the nuclei obtained from experimental data. This indicates that $g$ and $f$ have no sense of the wave functions of quantum physics. But, $h$ provides proper description of quantum properties of nucleons inside the nucleus. (3) We calculate meson function $w^{0}$ and potential $V_{w}$ in RMF theory based on the found nucleon density. (4) $f$ and $g$ are not solutions of Dirac equation with $V_{w}$. If the meson theory describes quantum properties of nucleus well, then a difference between $V_{w}$ and $V_{RMF}$ should be as small as possible. We introduce new quantum corrections characterizing difference between these potentials. We find that (a) The function $w^{0}$ should be reinforced strongly, (b) The corrections are necessary to describe the quantum properties of the nuclei.