Future directions
Last modification: 1996/3/26
Among the future problems for the extensive mean-field calculations of
the nuclear ground-states properties are the improvements of the
method to determine the pairing force strengths and the extension of
the calculation to the neutron drip line by incorporating the coupling
to the continuum in the pairing channel. Our final goal is the
comparison of various Skyrme forces in their ability to reproduce the
nuclear ground-state properties globally in the nuclear chart, and
possibly the improvements of the force parameters.
As a next step, we are now investigating the deformations of light
nuclei ($N, Z < 50$) and their dependence on the Skyrme force
parameter sets, since this paper has shown that the deformations of
heavy nuclei are reproduced excellently with the Skyrme SIII force
while those of light nuclei are not always reproduced so well.
We are also doing an extensive investigation of zero-spin super
deformation states using the same cartesian-mesh HF+BCS code.