[Closed] Theoretical Nuclear Physics Laboratory

Staff

Research Areas

Nuclei are finite many-particle systems composed of protons and neutrons. They are self-bound in femto-scale by the strong interaction (nuclear force) whose study was pioneered by Hideki Yukawa. Uncommon properties of the nuclear force (repulsive core, spin-isospin dependence, tensor force, etc.) prevent complete microscopic studies of nuclear structure. There exist number of unsolved problems even at present. In addition, radioactive beam facilities reveal novel aspects of unstable nuclei. We are tackling these old problems and new issues in theoretical nuclear physics, developing new models and pursuing large-scale calculations of quantum many-body systems. We are also strongly involved in research on other quantum many-body systems, to resolve mysteries in the quantum physics.

Research Subject

1. Nuclear structure and quantum reaction theories
2. First-principle calculations with the density functional theory for many Fermion systems
3. Computational nuclear physics

RIKEN RESEARCH

List of Selected Publications

1. Yoshida K, Nakatsukasa T
   "Dipole responses in Nd and Sm isotopes with shape transitions"
   Phys. Rev. C 83, 021304 (2011)
2. Ebata S, Nakatsukasa T, Inakura T, Yoshida K, Hashimoto Y, Yabana K
   "Canonical-basis time-dependent Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory and linear-response calculations"
   Phys. Rev. C 82, 034306 (2010)
3. Hinohara N, Sato K, Nakatsukasa T, Matsuo M, Matsuyanagi K
   "Microscopic description of large-amplitude shape-mixing dynamics with inertial functions derived in local quasiparticle random-phase approximation"
   Phys. Rev. C 82, 064313 (2010)
4. Abu-Ibrahim B, Kohama A
   "Scaling properties of proton-nucleus total reaction cross sections"
   Phys. Rev. C 81, 057601(2010)
5. Hung, N. Q., Dang N. D.
   "Thermodynamic properties of hot nuclei within the self-consistent quasiparticle random-phase approximation"
   Phys. Rev. C 81, 034301 (2010)
6. Yoshida K
   "Roles of deformation and neutron excess on the giant monopole resonance in neutron-rich Zr isotopes"
   Phys. Rev. C 82, 034324 (2010)
7. Taniguchi Y, Kanada-En'yo Y, Kimura M, Ikeda K, Horiuchi H, Ideguchi E
   "Triaxial superdeformation in 40Ar"
   Phys. Rev. C 81, 011302 (2010)
8. Hinohara N, Nakatsukasa T, Matsuo M, Matsuyanagi K
   "Microscopic description of oblate-prolate shape mixing in proton-rich Se isotopes"
   Phys. Rev. C 80, 014305 (2009)
9. Inakura T, Nakatsukasa T, Yabana K
   "Self-consistent calculation of nuclear photoabsorption cross sections: Finite amplitude method with Skyrme functionals in the three-dimensional real space"
   Phys. Rev. C 80, 044301 (2009)
10. Nakatsukasa T, Inakura T, Yabana K
    "Finite Amplitude Method for the RPA Solution"
    Phys. Rev. C 76, 024318 (2007)