Project description
Investigating interactions between multiple nucleon particles
We might take for granted that particles inside atomic nuclei stick together. However, the interactions between the nuclear constituents are not fully understood. The EU-funded NuclearTheory project plans to use theoretical methods to describe three-particle forces acting between nuclear constituents. Project work will leverage a theoretical method known as effective field theory that is widely used in particle physics. Project members have already used this approach to describe precisely the interactions between two nucleons. Now, they intend to extend the approach to three-particle systems. The project aims to solve the long-standing challenge of accurately modelling nuclear forces determined solely by the chiral symmetry of quantum chromodynamics and few-nucleon data.
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ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant
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44801 Bochum
Germany
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44801 Bochum
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