[Jlab-seminars] Theory Center Seminar

[Mary Fox]

Theory Center Seminar
Mon., May 21, 2012
CEBAF Center, Room L104
1:00 p.m. (coffee at 12:45 p.m.)


Sofia Quaglioni
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

*/Ab Initio/ Calculations of Light-Ion Fusion Reactions*

The fundamental description of both structural properties and reactions 
of light nuclei in terms of
constituent protons and neutrons interacting through nucleon-nucleon and 
three-nucleon forces is
a long-sought goal of nuclear theory. I will briefly present a promising 
technique, built upon the /
ab initio/ no-core shell model, which emerged recently as a candidate to 
reach such a goal: the
no-core shell model/resonating-group method (NCSM/RGM). This approach, 
capable of describing
simultaneously both bound and scattering states in light nuclei, 
complements a microscopic cluster
technique with the use of two-nucleon realistic interactions, and a 
microscopic and consistent
description of the nucleon clusters. I will discuss applications to 
light nuclei binary scattering
processes and fusion reactions that power stars and Earth based fusion 
facilities, such as the
deuterium-3He fusion, and outline the progress toward the inclusion of 
the three-nucleon force
into the formalism and the treatment of three-body clusters.


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