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The nuclear energy density functional (NEDF) is the tool of choice to investigate the properties of medium-heavy mass nuclei from drip-line to drip-line and beyond. Among the different microscopic approaches to solve the nuclear many-body problem, probably no other method achieves comparable global accuracy at the same computational cost as the nuclear energy density functional. Among others, the Skyrme functional is the most used; due to its zero-range nature, it can be easily implemented into a numerical code with very low computational cost. Moreover it has been sucessfully applied in astrophysical calculation to determine some important properties of neutron stars.
The Nuclear Physics group at York has recently expanded into Nuclear Theory research and offers several projects for possible Ph.D. candidates related to the NEDF. In particular the current activity of the group is mainly focused on:

1. Development of new functionals: recent analyses indicate that the currently used NEDFs have probably reached their limits of accuracy. The question of whether these can be systematically improved appears to be the central issue of the present-day investigations in this domain of nuclear-structure physics. The main lines of current attempts are in expansions based on higher-order derivative corrections and/or including three- or four-body terms. Novel EDFs are often based on zero- range or finite-range pseudopotentials and may have local, quasilocal, or nonlocal character. Some of the new developments have already led to implementations in numerical codes and preliminary applications to finite nuclei are gradually becoming available.

2. Nuclear data: NEDF approaches have reached a very advanced state of development and allow for describing large classes of nuclear phenomena and observables. It is thus possible to perform systematic calculations of several nuclear observables as giant resonances or binding energies along the entire nuclear chart. These data are important since they form the necessary input database to describe other physical process as for example the r-process nucleosynthesis or nuclear fission.

3. Nuclear astrophysics: NEDF is the tool of choice to describe several astrophysical phenomena as stellar burning or the physics of neutron stars (NS). A NS is a type of compact star that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star after a supernova and is the densest and smallest star known to exist in the Universe. In particular, NEDF is used to determine the relation between density and pressure (Equation of State) at finite temperature. The Equation of State is then used in numerical simulations to study the thermal and time evolution of the NS.

Faculty of Sciences

University of York

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University of York

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Faculty of Social Sciences

University of York

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Electronic Engineering

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Chemistry

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Social Policy and Social Work

Faculty of Social Sciences

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York Institute for Materials Research

Physics, Chemistry, Electronic Engineering

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Economics

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Vice Chancellor's Office

University of York

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Health Sciences

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Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

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Computer Science

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Centre for Housing Policy

Social Policy and Social Work

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CNRS, IN2P3, IPNL

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Univ Valencia, CSIC, IFIC

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Univ Milan, University of Milan, Dipartimento Fis

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Universit Libre de Bruxelles

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Univ Jyvaskyla, University of Jyvaskyla, Dept Phys

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Physique NucleÍaire TheÍorique, UniversiteÍ Libre de Bruxelles

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Univ. de Sevilla

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Department of Physics, University of York

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University of York

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Univ Libre Bruxelles, PNTPM

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CEA Saclay

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Independent Researcher

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University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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Oak Ridge Natl Lab

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Univ York, University of York - UK, Dept Phys

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Argonne National Laboratory

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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CNRS, IPNO, IN2P3

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Universitat de Barcelona

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Niels Bohr Inst

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Comenius University

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Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz

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1 shared research output

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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1 shared research output

Helsingin Yliopisto

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KU Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica

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KTH Department of Physics, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.

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1 shared research output

San Diego State University

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Aarhus Universitet

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Department of Physics, University of Surrey

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Katholieke Univ Leuven, Inst Kern Stralingsfys

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1 shared research output

Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Saclay - Irfu

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1 shared research output

Yale University

External organisation: Research grants

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Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCKCEN

External organisation: Unknown

1 shared research output

University of York

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1 shared research output

Technische Universitat Munchen

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Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute

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RIKEN

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Department of Physics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, United Kingdom.

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Institute of Theoretical Physics

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European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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University of Hull

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TRIUMF

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1 shared research output

Department of Nuclear Physics

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.

External organisation: Unknown

1 shared research output

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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INFN

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Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD York, United Kingdom; [email protected].

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Imperial College London

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1 shared research output

Univ Surrey, University of Surrey, Dept Phys

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Petersburg Nucl Phys Inst

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Australian National University

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1 shared research output

Max-Planck-Institut Fr Kernphysik

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1 shared research output

National Physical Laboratory

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1 shared research output

Univ Washington, University of Washington, University of Washington Seattle

External organisation: Unknown

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Università di Catania

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Department of Physics and Astronomy

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1 shared research output

E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics

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University of Warsaw

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CONICET

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Osaka University

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TU Dresden

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Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland.

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University of California

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Institut für Physik

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CSNSM Centre de Spectrometrie Nucleaire et de Spectrometrie de Masse

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1 shared research output

Lund Univ, Lund University, Dept Phys

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1 shared research output

University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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1 shared research output

Beihang University, School of Materials Science and Engineering

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1 shared research output

University of York.

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1 shared research output

Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

External organisation: Unknown

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Legnaro National Laboratory, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.

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1 shared research output

UNIVERSITY OF SURREY

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Natural Language Technology Group, University of Brighton

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University of Manchester

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Tohoku University

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1] Castle Hill Hospital, Castle Rd, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK [2] Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK.

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Univ York, University of York - UK

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1 shared research output

Department of Physics

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University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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Building 1520

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Univ Sofia, Fac Phys

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University of Edinburgh

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CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), EN Dept

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Katholieke Univ Leuven, Catholic University of Leuven, Inst Kern Stralingsfys, KU Leuven

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UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

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1 shared research output

National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA.

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1 shared research output

GANIL

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1 shared research output

School of Physics

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1 shared research output

Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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1 shared research output

School of Physics Peking University

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