Scalar nature of the nuclear density functional

B. G. Giraud (1)

1 IPHT - Institut de Physique Théorique - UMR CNRS 3681

We prove the existence theorem for a scalar density functional (DF) for nuclei. The theorem is a direct consequence of the rotational invariance of the nuclear Hamiltonian. Since the DF depends only on scalar densities, practical predictions of ground state (g.s.) energies reduce to one-dimensional, radial calculations

Domains: Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]

B. G. Giraud. Scalar nature of the nuclear density functional. Physical Review C, 2008, 78, pp.014307. ⟨10.1103/PHYSREVC.78.014307⟩. ⟨cea-02888917⟩