AB INITIO NUCLEAR STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS OF p-SHELL NUCLEI WITH JISP16

Abstract

We review energies and magnetic moments of p-shell nuclei obtained with the ab initio No-Core Full Configuration (NCFC) approach using the JISP16 realistic nucleon–nucleon interaction. We present calculated ground state energies for all stable p-shell nuclei and selected unstable isotopes, as well as their magnetic moments. We also review excitation energies for narrow resonances of A = 6 to 9 nuclei. We compare our results with experimental data and with other ab initio calculations, where available. We illustrate how the decomposition of total angular momentum into intrinsic spin and orbital components provides insights into the structure of states and relationships among states. We illustrate the challenges of obtaining converged results for radii, quadrupole moments and B(E2) values.