Chiral three-nucleon forces at N3LO
ORAL
Abstract
In recent years, there has been substantial progress in the derivation of nuclear forces from chiral effective field theory. Accurate two-nucleon forces (2NF) have been constructed up to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (N3LO) and applied with a fair amount of success. However, chiral three-nucleon forces (3NF) have been used only at N2LO, improving some microscopic predictions, but leaving also several issues, like the ``A{\_}y puzzle'', unresolved. Thus, the 3NF at N3LO is needed for essentially two reasons: for consistency with the 2NF and to (hopefully) improve some critical predictions. I will summarize the current status of the derivation of the 3NF at N3LO and discuss the expectations of their impact on ab initio calculations.
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Authors
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Ruprecht Machleidt
University of Idaho