Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations

The spin susceptibility in pure neutron matter is computed from auxiliary field diffusion Monte Carlo calculations over a wide range of densities. The calculations are performed for different spin asymmetries, while using twist-averaged boundary conditions to reduce finite-size effects. The employed...

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Main Authors: Luca Riz, Francesco Pederiva, Diego Lonardoni, Stefano Gandolfi
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Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/3/4/46
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author Luca Riz
Francesco Pederiva
Diego Lonardoni
Stefano Gandolfi
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description The spin susceptibility in pure neutron matter is computed from auxiliary field diffusion Monte Carlo calculations over a wide range of densities. The calculations are performed for different spin asymmetries, while using twist-averaged boundary conditions to reduce finite-size effects. The employed nuclear interactions include both the phenomenological Argonne AV8′ + UIX potential and local interactions that are derived from chiral effective field theory up to next-to-next-to-leading order.
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spelling doaj.art-fac31c5c40fe4a1daa0897a514a9edc52023-11-20T22:22:01ZengMDPI AGParticles2571-712X2020-11-013470671810.3390/particles3040046Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from Quantum Monte Carlo CalculationsLuca Riz0Francesco Pederiva1Diego Lonardoni2Stefano Gandolfi3Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, Povo, I–38123 Trento, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, Povo, I–38123 Trento, ItalyFacility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USATheoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USAThe spin susceptibility in pure neutron matter is computed from auxiliary field diffusion Monte Carlo calculations over a wide range of densities. The calculations are performed for different spin asymmetries, while using twist-averaged boundary conditions to reduce finite-size effects. The employed nuclear interactions include both the phenomenological Argonne AV8′ + UIX potential and local interactions that are derived from chiral effective field theory up to next-to-next-to-leading order.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/3/4/46spin susceptibilityneutron matterquantum Monte Carlo
spellingShingle Luca Riz
Francesco Pederiva
Diego Lonardoni
Stefano Gandolfi
Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations
Particles
spin susceptibility
neutron matter
quantum Monte Carlo
title Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations
title_full Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations
title_fullStr Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations
title_full_unstemmed Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations
title_short Spin Susceptibility in Neutron Matter from Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations
title_sort spin susceptibility in neutron matter from quantum monte carlo calculations
topic spin susceptibility
neutron matter
quantum Monte Carlo
url https://www.mdpi.com/2571-712X/3/4/46
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