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Coupled-cluster theory for strong entanglement in nuclei

by Zhonghao Sun, Gaute Hagen, Thomas F Papenbrock
Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Physical Review C
Publication Date
Volume
108
Issue
1

Atomic nuclei can exhibit shape coexistence and multireference physics that enters in their ground states, and accurately capturing the ensuing correlations and entanglement is challenging. We address this problem by applying single-reference coupled-cluster theory based on spherical and deformed reference states and the tailored coupled-cluster method. The latter combines configuration interactions to capture static correlations with coupled-cluster theory for dynamic correlations. We compute the atomic nuclei 12C, 28Si, and 56Ni and find that the tailored coupled-cluster method and the single-reference approach based on a deformed Hartree-Fock state yield the most accurate results.