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Pairing in high-density neutron matter Arnau Rios Huguet Lecturer in Nuclear Theory Department of Physics University of Surrey Nuclear Astrophysics Milan 18 September 2017 Summary 1. Neutron star motivation 2. Infinite matter BCS 3.


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Arnau Rios Huguet

Lecturer in Nuclear Theory Department of Physics University of Surrey

Pairing in high-density neutron matter

Nuclear Astrophysics Milan 18 September 2017

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Summary

  • 1. Neutron star motivation
  • 2. Infinite matter BCS
  • 3. Beyond-BCS with SCGF methods

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Ho, Elshamouty, Heinke, Potekhin PRC 91 015806 (2015)

Cooling of CasA

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Ho, et al., PRC 91 015806 (2015)

Cas A data

Page, et al., PRL 106 081101 (2011)

Ingredients

(a) Mass of pulsar (b) EoS (determines radius) (c) Internal composition (d) Pairing gaps (1S0 & 3PF2 channels) (e) Atmosphere composition

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Complications

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NN interaction is not unique ...but phase-shift equivalent!

30 60 90

δ [deg]

Nij CDBonn Av18 N3LO Nij93

50 100 150 200 250

E [MeV]

60 120 180

δ [deg]

1S0 3S1

  • S. Aoki, et al. Comput. Sci. Dis. 1 015009 (2008)
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Complications

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NN interaction is not unique

  • Non-uniqueness of nucleon forces ✘

...but phase-shift equivalent!

30 60 90

δ [deg]

Nij CDBonn Av18 N3LO Nij93

50 100 150 200 250

E [MeV]

60 120 180

δ [deg]

1S0 3S1

  • S. Aoki, et al. Comput. Sci. Dis. 1 015009 (2008)
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Complications

4

NN interaction is not unique

Carlson et al., Phys. Rev. C 68 025802 (2003)

Strong short-range correlations

  • Non-uniqueness of nucleon forces ✘
  • Short-range core needs many-body treatment ✘
  • S. Aoki, et al. Comput. Sci. Dis. 1 015009 (2008)
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Complications

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NN interaction is not unique

  • Non-uniqueness of nucleon forces ✘
  • Short-range core needs many-body treatment ✘
  • Three-body forces needed for saturation ✘

Saturation point of nuclear matter

Li, Lombardo, Schulze et al. PRC 74 047304 (2006)

  • S. Aoki, et al. Comput. Sci. Dis. 1 015009 (2008)
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Weinberg, Phys. Lett. B 251 288 (1990), NPB 363 3 (1991) Entem & Machleidt, PRC 68, 041001(R) (2003) Tews, Schwenk et al., PRL 110, 032504 (2013) Epelbaum, Frebs & Meissner, PRL 115, 122301 (2015)

NN forces from EFTs of QCD

Chiral perturbation theory

  • π and N as dof
  • Systematic expansion
  • 2N at N3LO - LECs from πN, NN
  • 3N at N2LO - 2 more LECs
  • (Often further renormalized)

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O ˆQ Λ ˙ Λ „ 1 GeV

ci ci π ci

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Weinberg, Phys. Lett. B 251 288 (1990), NPB 363 3 (1991) Entem & Machleidt, PRC 68, 041001(R) (2003) Tews, Schwenk et al., PRL 110, 032504 (2013) Epelbaum, Frebs & Meissner, PRL 115, 122301 (2015)

NN forces from EFTs of QCD

Chiral perturbation theory

  • π and N as dof
  • Systematic expansion
  • 2N at N3LO - LECs from πN, NN
  • 3N at N2LO - 2 more LECs
  • (Often further renormalized)

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O ˆQ Λ ˙ Λ „ 1 GeV

ci ci π ci

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In-medium interaction Ladder self-energy Dyson equation pp & hh Pauli blocking Spectral function

One-body properties Momentum distribution Thermodynamics & EoS Transport

Ramos, Polls & Dickhoff, NPA 503 1 (1989) Alm et al., PRC 53 2181 (1996) Dewulf et al., PRL 90 152501 (2003) Frick & Muther, PRC 68 034310 (2003) Rios, PhD Thesis, U. Barcelona (2007) Soma & Bozek, PRC 78 054003 (2008) Rios & Soma PRL 108 012501 (2012)

SCGF Ladder approximation

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  • Self-consistent resummation
  • Energy and momentum integral
  • @Finite T (Matsubara)

−200 −100 100 200 200 400 600 −30 −25 −20 −15 −10 −5

Ω−2µ [MeV] P [MeV] Re T(Ω+; P,q=0) [MeV fm3]

T-matrix at T=5 MeV

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T=0 extrapolations

7 10-7 10-6 10-5 10-4 10-3 10-2 10-1 100

  • 500
  • 300
  • 100

100 300

Av18 kF=1.33 fm-1

Spectral function, A(k,ω) ω−µ [MeV]

k=0

  • 500
  • 300
  • 100

100 300

ω−µ [MeV]

k=kF

  • 500
  • 300
  • 100

100 300

ω−µ [MeV]

k=2kF

T=20 MeV T=18 MeV T=16 MeV T=15 MeV T=14 MeV T=12 MeV T=11 MeV T=10 MeV T=9 MeV T=8 MeV T=6 MeV T=5 MeV T=4 MeV T=0 MeV

22.5 23 23.5 24 24.5 25 25.5 26 26.5 27 27.5 µ [MeV] data extrap 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 E/A [MeV] 44 5 10 15 20 T [MeV] 5 10 15 20 0.89 T [MeV]

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Single-particle occupation

Momentum distribution

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  • Dependence on NN interaction under control
  • PNM: 4-5% depletion at low k
  • N3LO+3NF = N3LO 2NF + N2LO 3NF @ Λ=414-500 MeV (cutoff variation only)

npkq “ A a:

kak

E

ν ª d3k p2πq3 npkq “ ρ

Neutron matter

  • Coraggio, Holt, et al. PRC 89 044321 (2014)
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Effective masses

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Neutron matter

0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.2

ρ=0.16 fm-3

m*/m

T=20 MeV T=18 MeV T=16 MeV T=14 MeV T=12 MeV T=10 MeV T=8 MeV T=6 MeV T=4 MeV T=0 MeV

0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 m*/m

Λ=500 MeV Λ=450 MeV Λ=414 MeV

0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 200 400 600 800 1000 m*

k/m

Momentum, k [MeV] 200 400 600 800 1000 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 m*

w/m

Momentum, k [MeV]

In preparation, will be publicly available Coraggio, Holt, et al. PRC 89 044321 (2014)

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Available data

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5 10 15 20 0.001 0.01 0.1 1 Temperature, T [MeV] Density, ρ [fm-3]

Self-energy, spectral function & thermodynamics Av18

In preparation, will be publicly available

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Neutron matter

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  • Mass-Radius relation from SCGF calculations
  • Cut-off variation (N3LO) and/or SRG evolution

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 8 10 12 14 16 Mass, M (Solar Masses) Radius, R (km) N3LO+3BF SLy 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 8 10 12 14 16 GR P < ∞ Causality

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Neutron matter

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  • Mass-Radius relation from SCGF calculations
  • Cut-off variation (N3LO) and/or SRG evolution

Hebeler, Lattimer, Pethick, Schwenk ApJ 773 11 (2013)

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 8 10 12 14 16 Mass, M (Solar Masses) Radius, R (km) N3LO+3BF SLy 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 8 10 12 14 16 GR P < ∞ Causality

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Summary

  • 1. Neutron star motivation
  • 2. Infinite matter BCS
  • 3. Beyond-BCS with SCGF methods

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Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer pairing

  • Single-particle spectrum choice:
  • Angular gap dependence:

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|∆k|2 = X

L

|∆L

k |2

εk = k2 2m + U(k) − µ

+ BCS equation

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Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer pairing

  • Single-particle spectrum choice:
  • Angular gap dependence:

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|∆k|2 = X

L

|∆L

k |2

εk = k2 2m + U(k) − µ

+ BCS equation

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Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer pairing

  • Single-particle spectrum choice:
  • Angular gap dependence:

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|∆k|2 = X

L

|∆L

k |2

εk = k2 2m + U(k) − µ

|∆k|2 = X

L

|∆L

k |2 ≈ |∆L k |2

+ BCS equation

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Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer pairing

  • Single-particle spectrum choice:
  • Angular gap dependence:

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|∆k|2 = X

L

|∆L

k |2

εk = k2 2m + U(k) − µ

|∆k|2 = X

L

|∆L

k |2 ≈ |∆L k |2

+ BCS equation

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3PF2 pairing: phase shift equivalence

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3P2 CDBonn

2 4 6 8 Momentum, q2 [fm-1]

  • 0.2
  • 0.1

0.1 0.2

3P2 Av18

2 4 6 8 Momentum, q2 [fm-1]

  • 0.2
  • 0.1

0.1 0.2

3P2 N3LO

2 4 6 8 Momentum, q1 [fm-1] 2 4 6 8 Momentum, q2 [fm-1]

  • 0.2
  • 0.1

0.1 0.2

10 20

δ [deg] NN phase shifts

  • 1

1 2

δ [deg]

Nij par SAID Nij data CDBonn Av18 N3LO

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5

qbin [fm

  • 1]
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1

δ [deg]

3P2 3F2

ε2

Neutron matter BCS gaps

Srinivias & Ramanan, PRC 94 064303 (2016)

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3BF effect: estimate

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0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

1S0

Pairing gap, ∆ [MeV]

BCS NN SRC NN BCS NN+3NF SRC NN+3NF

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

(a)

0.01 0.1 1 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5

3PF2

Pairing gap, ∆ [MeV] Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

0.01 0.1 1 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5

(b)

  • Singlet gap: 3NF reduce closure
  • Triplet gap: 3NF increase gap

⇒NN forces

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Drischler, Kruger, Hebler, Schwenk, PRC 95 024302 (2017)

Uncertainties at the BCS + HF level

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R=0.9 fm R=1.0 fm R=1.1 fm R=1.2 fm “Hard” “Soft”

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Drischler, Kruger, Hebler, Schwenk, PRC 95 024302 (2017)

Uncertainties at the BCS + HF level

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R=0.9 fm R=1.0 fm R=1.1 fm R=1.2 fm “Hard” “Soft”

Srinivias & Ramanan, PRC 94 064303 (2016)

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Summary

  • 1. Neutron star motivation
  • 2. Infinite matter BCS
  • 3. Beyond-BCS with SCGF methods

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Bozek, Phys. Rev. C 62 054316 (2000); Muether & Dickhoff, Phys. Rev. C 72 054313 (2005)

Beyond BCS 101: SRC

  • BCS is lowest order in Gorkov Green’s function expansion
  • T-matrix can be extended to paired systems

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Normal state

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Bozek, Phys. Rev. C 62 054316 (2000); Muether & Dickhoff, Phys. Rev. C 72 054313 (2005)

Beyond BCS 101: SRC

  • BCS is lowest order in Gorkov Green’s function expansion
  • T-matrix can be extended to paired systems

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Normal state Superfluid Δ(kF)

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Bozek, Phys. Rev. C 62 054316 (2000); Muether & Dickhoff, Phys. Rev. C 72 054313 (2005)

Beyond BCS 101: SRC

  • BCS is lowest order in Gorkov Green’s function expansion
  • T-matrix can be extended to paired systems

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Normal state Superfluid Δ(kF)

?

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+ BCS+SRC gap equation

∆L

k =

X

L0

Z

k0

hk|V LL0

nn |k0i

2 p ¯ χ2

k0 + |∆k0|2 ∆L0 k0

BCS gap equation + Gorkov gap equation

∆L

k =

X

L0

Z

k0

hk|V LL0

nn |k0i

2ξk0 ∆L0

k0

1 2ξk = Z

ω

Z

ω0

1 − f(ω) − f(ω0) ω + ω0 A(k, ω)As(k, ω0)

1 2¯ χk = Z

ω

Z

ω0

1 − f(ω) − f(ω0) ω + ω0 A(k, ω)As(k, ω0)

+ BCS+Z-factor equation

εk = k2 2m + U(k)

+ +

εk = k2 2m +

+

Zk’ Zk

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Beyond BCS 101: SRC

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Full off-shell Quasi-particle ⇔ BCS

1 2¯ χk = 1 2|εk − µ|

1 2¯ χk = Z

ω

Z

ω0

1 − f(ω) − f(ω0) ω + ω0 A(k, ω)A(k, ω0) 20 40 60 80 100 0.5 1 1.5 2

Denominator, χ(k) [MeV] Momentum, k/kF

T=20 MeV T=18 MeV T=16 MeV T=15 MeV T=14 MeV T=12 MeV T=11 MeV T=10 MeV T=9 MeV T=8 MeV T=6 MeV T=5 MeV T=4 MeV T=0 MeV

20 40 60 80 100 0.5 1 1.5 2

Av18 kF=1.33 fm-1 qp denominator, χqp(k) [MeV] Momentum, k/kF

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Neutron matter

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Beyond BCS 101: SRC

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

Pairing gap, ∆ [MeV] Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

CDBonn

1S0 BCS

SRC

0.5 1.0 1.5

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

Av18

0.5 1.0 1.5

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

N3LO

0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9

1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Pairing gap, ∆ [MeV] Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

CDBonn

3PF2 BCS

SRC 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

Av18

1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

N3LO

+

BCS+SRC

1 2χk = Z

ω

Z

ω0

1 − f(ω) − f(ω0) ω + ω0 A(k, ω)As(k, ω0)

∆L

k =

X

L0

Z

k0

hk|V LL0

nn |k0i

2 p ¯ χ2

k0 + |∆k0|2 ∆L0 k0

1S0 1S0 1S0 3PF2 3PF2 3PF2

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Neutron matter

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Beyond BCS 101: SRC

+

BCS+SRC

1 2χk = Z

ω

Z

ω0

1 − f(ω) − f(ω0) ω + ω0 A(k, ω)As(k, ω0)

∆L

k =

X

L0

Z

k0

hk|V LL0

nn |k0i

2 p ¯ χ2

k0 + |∆k0|2 ∆L0 k0

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

1S0

BCS NN Pairing gap, Δ [MeV]

N3LO Λ=414 MeV Λ=450 MeV Λ=500 MeV CDBonn Av18

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

(a)

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

1S0

BCS NN+NNN

N3LO+NNN

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

(b)

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

1S0

BCS+εk+Ζk

N3LO+NNN CDBonn Av18

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

(c)

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

1S0

SRC

N3LO+NNN CDBonn Av18

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

(d)

10-2 10-1 100 1.0 1.5 2.0

3PF2

Pairing gap, Δ [MeV] Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1] 10-2 10-1 100 1.0 1.5 2.0

(e)

1.0 1.5 2.0

3PF2

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1] 1.0 1.5 2.0

(f)

1.0 1.5 2.0

3PF2

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1] 1.0 1.5 2.0

(g)

1.0 1.5 2.0

3PF2

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1] 1.0 1.5 2.0

(h)

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  • Massive gaps 3SD1 channel but…
  • No evidence of strong np nuclear pairing
  • 3NF do not alter picture significantly
  • Short-range correlations deplete gap

Beyond BCS 101: 3SD1

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Symmetric matter

Muether & Dickhoff, PRC 72 054313 (2005) Rios, Polls & Dickhoff, arXiv:1707.04140 Maurizio, Holt & Finelli, PRC 90, 044003 (2014)

  • U. Lombardo’s talk
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  • Massive gaps 3SD1 channel but…
  • No evidence of strong np nuclear pairing
  • 3NF do not alter picture significantly
  • Short-range correlations deplete gap

Beyond BCS 101: 3SD1

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Symmetric matter

Muether & Dickhoff, PRC 72 054313 (2005) Rios, Polls & Dickhoff, arXiv:1707.04140 Maurizio, Holt & Finelli, PRC 90, 044003 (2014)

  • U. Lombardo’s talk
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Cao, Lombardo & Schuck, Phys Rev C 74 064301 (2006)

Beyond BCS 201: LRC

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  • Bare NN potential only is not the only possible interaction
  • Diagram (a): nuclear interaction
  • Diagram (b): in-medium interaction, density and spin fluctuations
  • Diagram (c): included by Landau parameters

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𝒲pair=

ph recoupled G-matrix Effective Landau parameters

ΛST (q) = Λ0

ST (q)

1 − Λ0

ST (q) × FST

h1¯ 1|V|1¯ 1i = 1 4 X

2,20

X

S,T

()S(2S + 1)h12|Gph

ST |1020iAh20¯

1|Gph

ST |2¯

10iAΛ(220)

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Landau parameters

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  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1

1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5

3P2

(b)

Diagonal V [MeVfm-3] Momentum, k [fm-1]

1 2 3 4 5-0.8

  • 0.6
  • 0.4
  • 0.2

VS=1

LRC

(d)

Momentum, k [fm-1]

  • 30
  • 20
  • 10

10 20 30 1S0

(a)

Diagonal V [MeVfm-3]

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8

VS=0

LRC

(c)

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 Fermi momentum, kF [fm

  • 1]

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6

F0 G0 F0/(1+F0)+G0/(1+G0)

Landau parameters

“Bare” Effective

  • Effective Landau parameters
  • Not consistent (yet) with NN force
  • LRC in nuclei will be different
  • Small correction
  • Repulsive in singlet
  • Attractive in triple
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Neutron matter

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Beyond BCS 201: results 1S0

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5

Pairing gap, ∆ [MeV] Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

CDBonn

1S0 BCS

SRC SRC+LRC

0.5 1.0 1.5

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

Av18

0.5 1.0 1.5

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

N3LO

0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9

1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Pairing gap, ∆ [MeV] Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

CDBonn

3PF2 BCS

SRC SRC+LRC 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

Av18

1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0

Fermi momentum, kF [fm-1]

N3LO

  • LRC 1S0 (3PF2) produces (anti-)screening

1S0 1S0 1S0 3PF2 3PF2 3PF2

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3BF effect: uncertainty estimate

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  • Singlet gap: 3NF reduce closure
  • Triplet gap: 3NF increase gap
  • LRC effect to be explored

1 2

⇒spectrum ⇒NN forces

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3BF effect: uncertainty estimate

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  • Singlet gap: 3NF reduce closure
  • Triplet gap: 3NF increase gap
  • LRC effect to be explored

1 2

⇒spectrum ⇒NN forces

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Ho et al., Sci. Adv. 2015;1:e1500578 Ho et al., 0.7566/JPSCP.14.010805

Superfluid in the core

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Collaborators

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+A. Carbone

+D. Ding, W. H. Dickhoff +A. Polls

+C. Barbieri +V. Somà +H. Arellano, F. Isaule

UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA

U B

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  • Ab initio nuclear theory to treat beyond-BCS

correlations

  • Different NN forces provide robust predictions
  • Challenges ahead
  • Full self-consistent Gorkov
  • Consistent treatment of LRC
  • Pairing in isospin asymmetric matter

Conclusions

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a.rios@surrey.ac.uk @riosarnau

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