# Ab initio folding potentials for proton-nucleus scattering with NCSM nonlocal one-body densities

## TL;DR

This paper develops a method for calculating proton-nucleus scattering potentials using ab initio nuclear densities from chiral effective field theory, enabling more accurate predictions for light nuclei.

## Contribution

It introduces a consistent full-folding approach employing nonlocal translationally invariant densities derived from chiral NNLO interactions.

## Key findings

- Successful implementation of nonlocal densities in scattering calculations
- Enhanced accuracy in optical potential predictions for light nuclei
- Framework compatible with chiral effective field theory

## Abstract

Based on the spectator expansion of the multiple scattering series we employ a nonlocal translationally invariant nuclear density derived from a chiral next-to-next-to-leading order (NNLO) and the very same interaction for consistent full-folding calculations of the effective (optical) potential for nucleon-nucleus scattering for light nuclei.