Published September 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Coupled-cluster theory for three-body Hamiltonians

  • 1. Centre of Mathematics for Applications, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo (Norway)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 (United States)
  • 3. Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 (United States)
  • 4. Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 (United States)
  • 5. TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2A3 (Canada)
  • 6. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich (Germany)
  • 7. Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824 (United States)

Description

We derive coupled-cluster equations for three-body Hamiltonians. The equations for the one- and two-body cluster amplitudes are presented in a factorized form that leads to an efficient numerical implementation. We employ low-momentum two- and three-nucleon interactions and calculate the binding energy of 4He. The results show that the main contribution of the three-nucleon interaction stems from its density-dependent zero-, one-, and two-body terms that result from the normal ordering of the Hamiltonian in coupled-cluster theory. The residual three-body terms that remain after normal ordering can be neglected

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 034302-034302.11
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2007 The American Physical Society