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Prospects for modelling odd and odd-odd nuclei using energy density functionals

A. V. Afanasjev, B. Bally, M. Bender, J. Bonnard, J. Dobaczewski, M. Kortelainen, K. Nomura, S. Péru, N. Pillet, L. M. Robledo, R. Rodr\'ıguez-Guzmán, W. Ryssens, W. Younes

nucl-tharXiv:2610.20550

Abstract

About half of particle-bound nuclei have an odd number of nucleons. About one quarter more are odd-odd, meaning they have an odd number of neutrons and an odd number of protons. In this context, it is about time to shift the 70-odd-year focus of theories using nuclear energy density functionals (EDFs) away from the remaining one-quarter of even-even nuclei. This White Paper aims to present open, unresolved problems and promising research directions in nuclear EDFs that were discussed during the 2024 ESNT workshop in Saclay, France, on ``The microscopic modelling of odd-mass and odd-odd nuclei''.

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