https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2007-00292-6
Quantum Monte Carlo studies of bound and unbound states
Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA
Received:
31
January
2007
Published online:
8
December
2007
Over the last fifteen years, there has been tremendous progress in understanding how nuclear structure arises from the nucleon-nucleon interaction. I describe the contribution to this progress made by quantum Monte Carlo computational methods, as well as directions to be taken in future work. Most effort in the past has concentrated on energy spectra, and we have had good success in computing the spectra of systems with A≤12. We are now shifting our attention to off-diagonal and scattering/reaction properties of the light nuclei. I also discuss briefly the relation of quantum Monte Carlo methods to other ab initio methods and their particular relevance for weakly-bound nuclei produced at radioactive-beam facilities.
PACS: 21.45.+v – Few-body systems / 25.10.+s – Nuclear reactions involving few-nucleon systems / 25.40.Dn – Elastic neutron scattering
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2007
