Theory

Perspectives of the Ab Initio No-Core Shell Model

February 10-12, 2011

TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Talks will be held in the TRIUMF Theory Group Room (119)

Thursday, February 10
09:00-09:10 Reiner Kruecken, Head of the TRIUMF Science Division, Welcome and Introduction
09:10-09:55 James P. Vary, Origin of the anomalous long lifetime of 14C
09:55-10:40 Bruce R. Barrett, Ab initio Shell Model with a Core: The Importance of Three-Nucleon Interactions
10:40-11:10 Coffee
11:10-11:55 Andreas Nogga, Subleading chiral few-nucleon forces
11:55-12:30 Discussion: Three-nucleon interaction - importance, implementation
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 R. J. Furnstahl, Atomic Nuclei at Low Resolution (TRIUMF Colloquium, Auditorium)
15:15-16:00 Robert Roth, Importance Truncated NCSM with chiral two- plus three-nucleon interactions
16:00-16:30 Coffee
16:30-17:15 K. D. Launey, Significance of SRG-generated many-body interactions
17:15-18:00 Discussion: Similarity Renormalization Group evolution
19:00 Workshop Dinner at Kerkis Greek Taverna

Friday, February 11
09:00-09:45 Petr Navratil, Unifying nuclear structure and reactions within the NCSM/RGM
09:45-10:30 Wataru Horiuchi, Toward a description of nuclear reactions with No-Core Shell Model basis
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:30 Barry Davids, Recent structure and reaction studies of light nuclei for astrophysics at TRIUMF
11:30-12:15 Christian Forssen, Towards the driplines with the ab initio no-core shell model
12:15-12:45 Discussion: Exotic nuclei, scattering, reactions
12:45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Tomas Dytrych, Ab initio no-core shell model in SU(3) symmetry-adapted basis
14:45-15:30 T. Abe, No-core Monte Carlo shell model in light nuclei
15:30-16:00 Coffee
16:00-16:45 Michael Kruse, Importance-truncation: A discussion for workshop participants
16:45-17:30 Discussion: Truncation schemes

Saturday, February 12
09:00-09:45 Calvin Johnson, Factorization algorithms in large scale shell model calculations
09:45-10:30 Ionel Stetcu, "NCSM for trapped few-body systems"
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:45 Pieter Maris, No-core full configuration calculations for neutrons in a H.O. trap
11:45-12:30 Bruce R. Barrett, Summary and Outlook
12:30 Lunch