Project description
Exploring the strong interaction in exotic nuclei and neutron stars
Strong interaction is responsible for holding neutrons and protons together in atomic nuclei and for the particle interactions in neutron stars, where matter has been crushed to extremes in density. The EU-funded EUSTRONG project will shed light on these dense matter interactions both from microscopic calculations and directly from astrophysics, including from new NASA NICER observations. The same strong interactions will be tested in key heavy nuclei including full uncertainty quantification. This will be realised by developing many-body calculations with new emulation and tensor network methods. Another objective is to derive the response of heavy nuclei in dark matter direct detection and coherent neutrino scattering, where a reliable understanding of strong interaction effects is crucial.
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ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant
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64289 Darmstadt
Germany
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64289 Darmstadt
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