Results from Shell Model Monte Carlo Studies

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9 April 1997

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.nucl-th/9704014

Abstract

We review results obtained using Shell Model Monte Carlo (SMMC) techniques. These methods reduce the imaginary-time many-body evolution operator to a coherent superposition of one-body evolutions in fluctuating one-body fields; the resultant path integral is evaluated stochastically. After a brief review of the methods, we discuss a variety of nuclear physics applications. These include studies of the ground-state properties of pf-shell nuclei, Gamow-Teller strength distributions, thermal and rotational pairing properties of nuclei near N=Z, $\gamma$-soft nuclei, and $\beta\beta$-decay in ^{76}Ge. Several other illustrative calculations are also reviewed. Finally, we discuss prospects for further progress in SMMC and related calculations.

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Published version: Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, 47 (1), 463.

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