23rd Annual Midwest Theory Get-Together 2010

Theory Group

Theoretical research in Argonne's Physics Division addresses a broad range of problems involving the stucture and dynamics of hadrons and nuclei. There is a strong emphasis on comparison to data provided by experimental groups at Argonne and at other facilities around the world. A brief overview of our program is available here.

In more detail, the principal areas of research include those described below:

• Nuclear astrophysics
• Nuclear dynamics with sub-nucleonic degrees of freedom
• Nuclear forces and nuclear systems
• Heavy-ion reactions and nuclear structure
• Atomic theory and fundamental quantum mechanics

Several of these projects require major numerical simulations using massively parallel state-of-the-art computers, including the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility's IBM Blue Gene/P (Intrepid), the Laboratory Computer Resource Center's Linux cluster (Fusion) and the Mathematics and Computer Science Divison's SiCortex machine (Full Disclosure). Many projects also involve collaborators at US and foreign universities, and other national laboratories.

Quantum Monte Carlo for Light Nuclei For a cool poster of current results click here.