The Hoyle state in Nuclear Lattice EFT
Abstract
We review the calculation of the Hoyle state of 12C in Nuclear Lattice Effective Field Theory (NLEFT) and its anthropic implications for the nucleosynthesis of 12C and 16O in red giant stars. We also review the extension of NLEFT to the regime of medium-mass nuclei, with emphasis on the determination of the ground-state energies of the alpha nuclei 16O, 20Ne, 24Mg and 28Si by means of Euclidean time projection. Finally, we review recent NLEFT results for the spectrum, electromagnetic properties, and alpha-cluster structure of 16O.
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