Real-time Skyrme TDHF dynamics of giant resonances

Abstract

Nuclear dynamics of giant resonances are investigated with the real-time Skyrme TDHF method. The TDHF equation is explicitly linearized with respect to variation of single-particle wave functions. The time evolution of transition densities are calculated for giant dipole resonances. The time-dependent densities of protons and neutrons suggest that the dynamics of giant dipole resonance in neutron-rich nuclei are significantly different from that in stable nuclei with N=Z.