{"title":"What is ab initio?","authors":"R. Machleidt","doi":"10.1007/s00601-023-01857-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Microscopic nuclear theory is based on the tenet that atomic nuclei can be accurately described as collections of point-like nucleons interacting via two- and many-body forces obeying nonrelativistic quantum mechanics—and the concept of the <i>ab initio</i> approach is to calculate nuclei accordingly. The forces are fixed in free-space scattering and must be accurate. We will critically review the history of this approach from the early beginnings until today. An analysis of current <i>ab initio</i> calculations reveals that some mistakes of history are being repeated today. The ultimate goal of nuclear theory are high-precision <i>ab initio</i> calculations which, as it turns out, may be possible only at the fifths order of the chiral expansion. Thus, for its fulfillment, nuclear theory is still facing an enormous task.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":556,"journal":{"name":"Few-Body Systems","volume":"64 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"25","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Few-Body Systems","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00601-023-01857-2","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Microscopic nuclear theory is based on the tenet that atomic nuclei can be accurately described as collections of point-like nucleons interacting via two- and many-body forces obeying nonrelativistic quantum mechanics—and the concept of the ab initio approach is to calculate nuclei accordingly. The forces are fixed in free-space scattering and must be accurate. We will critically review the history of this approach from the early beginnings until today. An analysis of current ab initio calculations reveals that some mistakes of history are being repeated today. The ultimate goal of nuclear theory are high-precision ab initio calculations which, as it turns out, may be possible only at the fifths order of the chiral expansion. Thus, for its fulfillment, nuclear theory is still facing an enormous task.
期刊介绍：
The journal Few-Body Systems presents original research work – experimental, theoretical and computational – investigating the behavior of any classical or quantum system consisting of a small number of well-defined constituent structures. The focus is on the research methods, properties, and results characteristic of few-body systems. Examples of few-body systems range from few-quark states, light nuclear and hadronic systems; few-electron atomic systems and small molecules; and specific systems in condensed matter and surface physics (such as quantum dots and highly correlated trapped systems), up to and including large-scale celestial structures.
Systems for which an equivalent one-body description is available or can be designed, and large systems for which specific many-body methods are needed are outside the scope of the journal.
The journal is devoted to the publication of all aspects of few-body systems research and applications. While concentrating on few-body systems well-suited to rigorous solutions, the journal also encourages interdisciplinary contributions that foster common approaches and insights, introduce and benchmark the use of novel tools (e.g. machine learning) and develop relevant applications (e.g. few-body aspects in quantum technologies).
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