Advances in Nuclear Ab Initio Calculations
A special issue of Atoms (ISSN 2218-2004). This special issue belongs to the section "Nuclear Theory and Experiments".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 247
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nuclear ab initio calculations; nuclear structure and reactions; artificial intelligence
Interests: nuclear structure and reactions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Understanding the structure and dynamics of atomic nuclei from first principles is a long-standing and central goal of nuclear physics. In recent years, nuclear ab initio calculations—aimed at describing nuclei directly from underlying nuclear forces with controlled and quantified uncertainties—have experienced remarkable progress and steadily growing influence across the field.
Driven by advances in chiral effective field theory, renormalization group methods, and high-performance computing, a variety of ab initio approaches have developed into practical and increasingly accessible tools. These methods now enable quantitative studies of nuclear structure and reactions over a broad range of energy and mass scales, from light nuclei and exotic systems near the drip lines to selected medium-mass nuclei and electroweak processes. Consequently, ab initio calculations are being adopted by a wider community, including researchers in nuclear astrophysics, fundamental symmetries, and applied nuclear science.
This Special Issue aims to present a collection of recent developments and representative studies in nuclear ab initio calculations, with emphasis on methodological progress, uncertainty quantification, benchmark results, and emerging applications. It seeks to provide a snapshot of current activities in the field and to encourage further dialogue toward increasingly reliable and predictive nuclear theory.
Dr. Shihang Shen
Dr. Peng Yin
Dr. Baishan Hu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nuclear ab initio calculations
- chiral effective field theory
- nuclear many-body methods
- uncertainty quantification
- nuclear structure and reactions
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