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Medium and High Energy Physics Seminar: Maria Piarulli (Washington University in St. Louis) "Quantum Monte Carlo studies of nuclear systems"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Physics
Location
Room 464
Date
Apr 18, 2022   1:00 pm   3:00 pm
Speaker
Maria Piarulli (Washington University in St. Louis)
Contact
Brandy Koebbe
E-Mail
bkoebbe@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Physics - HEP Seminar

A major goal of nuclear theory is to explain the wealth of data and peculiarities exhibited
by nuclear systems in a fully microscopic approach. In such an approach, which we refer
to as the basic model of nuclear theory, the nucleons interact with each other via twoand
many-body e ective interactions, and with external electroweak probes via e ective
current operators. These e ective interactions and currents are the main inputs to ab-initio
methods that are aimed at solving the many-body Schrodinger equation associated with the
nuclear system under consideration. In this talk, I will review recent progress in Quantum
Monte Carlo calculations of low-lying spectra and electroweak properties of light nuclei and
nucleonic matter equation of state. Emphasis will be placed on calculations based on chiral
e ective  eld theory approach.

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