Calculation of the two-body scattering T-matrix in configuration space

S. P. Merkur′ev, Sergei Leonidovich Yakovlev

R. Girard, H. Kröger

N. Michel

Open quantum systems (OQS), extended in space (halo nuclei) or even unbound, differ from closed quantum systems (CQS), for which the methods of standard shell model (SM) [1] can be utilized in order to expand their wave function in a configuration interaction framework. Configuration interaction methods based on the use of Berggren bases [2], comprising bound, resonant and scattering states, which have the ability to generate the very long range asymptotic behavior of OQSs, are used instead for that matter. This demands the introduction of new computational techniques, including the optimization and discretization of the Berggren basis [3], the development of an algorithm to efficiently calculate their two-body matrix elements [4], and an overall optimization of memory storage absent from SM, where, for instance, all data related to proton and neutron spaces only can be precalculated and stored [1]. In order to diagonalize the very large induced matrices, the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) method [5] extended to OQSs has been developed [6, 7]. A renormalization procedure which generates more and more correlated many-body basis states iteratively is used therein, so that the Hamiltonian matrix to diagonalize is very small compared to that occurring with a many-body basis of independent particles [6, 7]. Parallelization of presented methods will also be discussed.

Jing-Lun Li, Shu‐Lin Cong

We derive a high-rank separable potential formula of the atom-atom interaction by using the two-body wave function in the coordinate space as inputs. This high-rank separable potential can be utilized to numerically solve the two-body Lippmann-Schwinger equation and three-body Faddeev equation. By analyzing the convenience and stability of numerical calculations for different kinds of the matrix forms of the Lippmann-Schwinger and Faddeev equations, we can find the optimal forms of the kernal matrices in the two- and three-body scattering equations. We calculate the dimer bound energy, two-body scattering phase shift and off-shell t-matrix, the trimer bound energy, atom-dimer scattering length, and three-body recombination rate using the high-rank separable potentials, taking the identical 4He atoms as an application example. All the calculations converge quickly for the rank number N⩾3. The high-rank separable potential is valid for two-body scattering calculation of 4He atoms, but not accurate enough for reproducing the three-body scattering results by using only two-body s-wave interaction and describing the contributions of two-body high partial-waves to the three-body scattering for the 4He3 system.

Vidya Sagar Bhasin, I. Mazumdar

Werner Zickendraht