Speaker
Petr Navratil
Description
Ab initio methods that solve the quantum many-nucleon problem with controlled approximations based on validated chiral nucleon-nucleon and three-nucleon forces are currently the best path to achieving a predictive theory of nuclear structure, low-energy scattering and reactions between nuclei. Among them, the ab initio no-core shell model with continuum (NCSMC) is capable of describing bound and unbound states in light nuclei in a unified way. I will review recent applications of NCSMC to few-nucleon systems, structure of halo nuclei, nucleon scattering and radiative capture, and charge exchange and transfer reactions on light nuclei.