Multi-Reference Energy Density Functional Theory: The description and role of fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom in models of nuclear structure based on the self-consistent mean field

M. Bender (1) , P.-H. Heenen

1 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan

This contribution sketches recent efforts to explicitly include fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom into a universal energy density functional method for nuclear structure, their successes, and some remaining open questions.

Mots clés: Nuclear density functional theory; binding energies

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Théorique [nucl-th]

M. Bender, P.-H. Heenen. Multi-Reference Energy Density Functional Theory: The description and role of fluctuations in collective degrees of freedom in models of nuclear structure based on the self-consistent mean field. International Symposium Forefronts of Researches in Exotic Nuclear Structures, Mar 2010, Niigata, Japan. pp.1787-1791, ⟨10.1142/S0217732310000332⟩. ⟨in2p3-00494576⟩