Nuclear Energy Density

Functional

Observables

Density dependentDensity dependentinteractionsinteractions

Fit-observablesFit-observables•experimentexperiment•pseudo datapseudo data

OptimizationOptimization

Nuclear DFTHFB (self-consistency)

Symmetry breaking

Nuclear Density Functional Theory

and Extensions

NN+NNNNN+NNNinteractionsinteractions

SofteningSoftening

Many body

method

Observables

DiagonalizationTruncation+diagonalization

Monte Carlo

truncated space

RenormalizedRenormalizedeffectiveeffective

interactioninteraction

EffectiveEffectiveinteractioninteraction

fitted to datafitted to data

Observables

full space

Symmetry restorationMulti-reference DFT (GCM)

Time dependent DFT (TDHFB)QRPA

Observables

Density MatrixDensity MatrixExpansionExpansion

Ab Initio Configuration Interaction

Expt

Expt

Expt

Expt

Compound NucleusReaction Theory

Coupled ChannelsDWBA

globalproperties

Observables

Expt cross sections

excited statesdecaysfission

spectroscopicinformation

global propertiesspectroscopy

scattering

Optical potentials

Wild/SarichSchunck

DobaczewskiKortelainenDrut

Fann/PeiStetcu, RocheSchunck