Eur. Phys. J. A (2017) 53: 193
https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12369-3

Regular Article - Theoretical Physics

Towards an extended Gogny force

History, state of the art and perspectives

CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297, Arpajon cedex, France

^* e-mail: nathalie.pillet@cea.fr

Received: 20 July 2017
Accepted: 18 August 2017
Published online: 6 October 2017

Abstract

In this paper, we present a recent evolution of the analytical form of the Gogny force. The extension of the density-dependent term to a finite range is discussed and has led to the D2 Gogny force. A global refitting of the force has been done but preserving standard good properties of the Gogny force. Indeed the same fitting procedure with the same constraints and filters which have been used to obtain the D1-type parametrizations has been applied. The evolution of global properties (binding energies and nuclear radii) along the N = 8, 20, 28, 40 isotopic chains is discussed at the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approximation level. Results coming from systematic calculations based on 1385 nuclei are also presented. Axial symmetry has been assumed. A comparison with the results obtained using the D1S parametrization, which tends to show that the D2 and the D1S Gogny force display very similar axial deformation properties, is done.