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Résumé |
Nuclear physics has experienced something of a renaissance in recent
decades, owing in part to three developments: New experimental
facilities and capabilities, chiral effective field theory (EFT) for
nuclear interactions, and increasing computational power. This talk
will present my particular take on the latter two developments. Almost
all modern nuclear forces are derived within the framework of chiral EFT
- though many open questions about implementation remain. However, even
if nuclear forces were known unambiguously, nuclei are still strongly
interacting many-body quantum systems, and so, sophisticated numerical
techniques are needed to calculate their properties. At this juncture is
the research I will present. I will review the foundations of quantum
Monte Carlo calculations with so-called local chiral EFT interactions,
show a few recent applications, and conclude with some exciting
prospects for the future. |
