https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-023-01062-z
Review
The Barcelona Catania Paris Madrid energy density functional
1
INFN, via S. Sofia 64, 95123, Catania, Italy
2
Departamento de Física Teórica and CIAFF, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain
3
Center for Computational Simulation, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Bohadilla del Monte, 28660, Madrid, Spain
4
Departament de Física Quàntica i Astrofísica, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
5
Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Facultat de Física, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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Institut Menorquí d’Estudis, Camí des Castell 28, 07702, Maó, Spain
Received:
24
May
2023
Accepted:
21
June
2023
Published online:
12
July
2023
The foundation and applications of the Barcelona Catania Paris Madrid (BCPM) energy density functional are briefly reviewed. BCPM uses a paradigm more rooted on density functional theory and fits most of its parameters to sophisticated microscopic nuclear matter calculations. Finite nuclei are accounted for by introducing a direct finite range surface term, spin orbit potential, Coulomb interaction and pairing. Applications of this functional to the calculation of finite nuclei properties are presented as well as applications to the description of neutron star physics. The large number of applications discussed are possible because of the local character of the functional that simplifies enormously calculations in finite nuclei.
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