ABSTRACT

The goal of nuclear structure physics is to provide a complete understanding of the static properties of atomic nuclei, their excitation spectra, their response to external fields and their decays. While it is hard to achieve these goals within a single framework, so that there is no nuclear ‘standard model’, it is clear that nuclear Density Functional Theory (DFT) has probably the widest range of applicability so far. In this paper, we try to put DFT in a broader context, with frequent comparisons to electronic DFT. We also include a discussion of the relationships with ab initio methods and Effective Field Theories (EFTs) in general, as well as a short survey of the quite large number of applications. Although written with a personal and possibly biased perspective, the paper aims at fostering cross-fertilizations with other domains of science.

摘要

核结构物理的目的是全面了解原子核的静态特性，其激发光谱，它们对外部场的响应及其衰变。尽管很难在一个框架内实现这些目标，所以没有核“标准模型”，但很显然，核密度泛函理论（DFT）可能具有迄今为止最广泛的适用性。在本文中，我们尝试将DFT放在更广泛的范围内，并与电子DFT进行频繁比较。我们还讨论了与从头开始的关系方法和有效领域理论（EFT），以及对大量应用程序的简短调查。尽管本文以个人观点并且可能带有偏见，但本文的目的是促进与其他科学领域的交叉交流。