The authors review the present status of self-consistent mean-field (SCMF) models for describing nuclear structure and low-energy dynamics. These models are presented as effective energy-density functionals. The three most widely used variants of SCMF's based on a Skyrme energy functional, a Gogny force, and a relativistic mean-field Lagrangian are considered side by side. The crucial role of the treatment of pairing correlations is pointed out in each case. The authors discuss other related nuclear structure models and present several extensions beyond the mean-field model which are currently used. Phenomenological adjustment of the model parameters is discussed in detail. The performance quality of the SCMF model is demonstrated for a broad range of typical applications.

Self-consistent mean-field models for nuclear structure

We present an estimate of the global budget of baryons in all states, with conservative estimates of the uncertainties, based on all relevant information we have been able to marshal. Most of the baryons today are still in the form of ionized gas, which contributes a mean density uncertain by a factor of about 4. Stars and their remnants are a relatively minor component, comprising for our best-guess plasma density only about 17% of the baryons, while populations contributing most of the blue starlight comprise less than 5%. The formation of galaxies and of stars within them appears to be a globally inefficient process. The sum over our budget, expressed as a fraction of the critical EinsteinEde Sitter density, is in the range with a best guess of (at Hubble constant 70 km 0.007 ( ) B ( 0.041, ) B D 0.021 s~1 Mpc~1). The central value agrees with the prediction from the theory of light element production and with measures of the density of intergalactic plasma at redshift z D 3. This apparent concordance suggests that we may be close to a complete survey of the major states of the baryons. Subject headings: cosmology: observations E elementary particles E galaxies: fundamental parameters

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The cosmic baryon budget

Nuclear collisions can compress nuclear matter to densities achieved within neutron stars and within core-collapse supernovae. These dense states of matter exist momentarily before expanding. We analyzed the flow of matter to extract pressures in excess of 10 34 pascals, the highest recorded under laboratory-controlled conditions. Using these analyses, we rule out strongly repulsive nuclear equations of state from relativistic mean field theory and weakly repulsive equations of state with phase transitions at densities less than three times that of stable nuclei, but not equations of state softened at higher densities because of a transformation to quark matter.

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/298/5598/1592.full.pdf

Determination of the equation of state of dense matter.

Recent Progress and New Challenges in Isospin Physics with Heavy-Ion Reactions

We present an estimate of the global budget of baryons in all states, with conservative estimates of the uncertainties, based on all relevant information we have been able to marshal. Most of the baryons today are still in the form of ionized gas, which contributes a mean density uncertain by a factor of about four. Stars and their remnants are a relatively minor component, comprising for our best-guess plasma density only about 17% of the baryons, while populations contributing most of the blue starlight comprise less than 5%. The formation of galaxies and of stars within them appears to be a globally inefficient process. The sum over our budget, expressed as a fraction of the critical Einstein-de Sitter density, is in the range $0.007\lsim\Omega_B\lsim 0.041$, with a best guess $\Omega_B\sim 0.021$ (at Hubble constant 70 km/s/Mpc). The central value agrees with the prediction from the theory of light element production and with measures of the density of intergalactic plasma at redshift $z\sim 3$. This apparent concordance suggests we may be close to a complete survey of the major states of the baryons.

The Cosmic Baryon Budget

A new parametrization for an effective nonlinear Lagrangian density of relativistic mean field (RMF) theory is proposed, which is able to provide a very good description not only for the properties of stable nuclei but also for those far from the valley of beta stability. In addition the recently measured superdeformed minimum in the {sup 194}Hg nucleus is reproduced with high accuracy. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

J. König

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New parametrization for the Lagrangian density of relativistic mean field theory