“Sloppy” nuclear energy density functionals. II. Finite nuclei

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Tamara Nikšić; MBZ: 234533
• Author: Marko Imbrišak
• Author: Dario Vretenar; MBZ: 9570
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Science; (Department of Physics)
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: NATURAL SCIENCES; Physics

Abstract (english)

A study of parameter sensitivity of nuclear energy density functionals, initiated in the first part of this work [Nikšić and Vretenar, Phys. Rev. C 94, 024333 (2016)], is extended by the inclusion of data on ground-state properties of finite nuclei in the application of the manifold boundary approximation method (MBAM). Density functionals used in self-consistent mean-field calculations, and nuclear structure models based on them, are generally “sloppy” and exhibit an exponential range of sensitivity to parameter variations. Concepts of information geometry are used to identify the presence of effective functionals of lower dimension in parameter space associated with parameter combinations that can be tightly constrained by data. The MBAM is used in an iterative procedure that systematically reduces the complexity and dimension of parameter space of a sloppy functional, with properties of nuclear matter and data on finite nuclei determining not only the values of model parameters but also the optimal functional form of the density dependence.

• Keywords (english): nuclear energy density functional; optimization problems; information geometry
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Physical Review C
• Numbering: vol. 95, no. 5, 054304
• p-ISSN: 2469-9985
• e-ISSN: 2469-9993
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.054304
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:217:758106
• Publication: 2017
• Project: Number: IP-2014-09-9159; Title (croatian): Struktura i dinamika egzotičnih femto-sustava; Acronym: STRUDEF; Leader: Nils Paar; Jurisdiction: Croatia; Funding stream: IP
• Document URL: https://journals.aps.org/prc/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.054304
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Public note: © 2017 American Physical Society. Received 9 March 2017. Published 8 May 2017.
• Created on: 2020-02-28 20:35:52