Electro-Weak Transitions in A=2,3 Nuclei in Pionless Effective Field Theory

TL;DR

This thesis investigates low-energy electro-weak interactions in light nuclei with fewer than four nucleons, focusing on calculating the proton-proton fusion rate using pionless effective field theory.

Contribution

It applies pionless effective field theory to compute electro-weak processes in A=2,3 nuclei, specifically targeting the proton-proton fusion rate.

Findings

Calculated the proton-proton fusion rate with pionless EFT.

Provided insights into electro-weak interactions in light nuclei.

Enhanced understanding of low-energy nuclear processes.

Abstract

In this thesis, which is in the field of few-body systems, I am studying low-energy electro-weak interactions in light nuclear systems whose number of nucleons, $A$, is smaller than 4 ({\it i.e.,} $d$, $^3$H, $^3$He), where the main purpose of this work is to calculate the proton-proton ($pp$) fusion rate.