Electronic Resource
Palo Alto, Calif.
:
Annual Reviews
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
47 (1997), S. 463-504
ISSN:
0163-8998
Source:
Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We review results obtained using Shell-Model Monte Carlo (SMMC) techniques. These methods reduce the imaginary-time many-body evolution operator to a coherent superposition of one-body evolutions in fluctuating one-body fields; the resultant path integral is evaluated stochastically. After a brief review of the methods, we discuss a variety of nuclear-physics applications. These include studies of the ground-state properties of pf-shell nuclei, Gamow-Teller strength distributions, thermal and rotational pairing properties of nuclei near N = Z, gamma-soft nuclei, and betabeta-decay in 76Ge. Several other illustrative calculations are also reviewed. Finally, we discuss prospects for further progress in SMMC and related calculations.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.nucl.47.1.463
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