Speaker
Dr
Jason Holt
(TRIUMF)
Description
In this talk I will discuss recent advances which expand the scope of ab initio calculations to essentially all properties of light, medium-mass nuclei and beyon. When based on consistently derived two- and three-nucleon forces, as well as two-body currents, these powerful approaches allow first predictions of the limits of nuclear existence and the evolution of magic numbers far from stability. In particular I will focus on recent extensions to fundamental problems in nuclear-weak physics, including a proposed solution of the long- standing gA-quenching puzzle in beta decays, calculations of neutrinoless double-beta decay nuclear matrix elements, and WIMP-nucleus scattering cross sections relevant for dark matter direct detection searches.
