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@article{Abe1996,
	title = "On stochastic approaches of nuclear dynamics",
	journal = "Physics Reports",
	volume = "275",
	number = "2",
	pages = "49 - 196",
	year = "1996",
	issn = "0370-1573",
	doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-1573(96)00003-8",
	url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0370157396000038",
	author = "Y. Abe and S. Ayik and P.-G. Reinhard and E. Suraud",
	keywords = "Stochastic dynamics, Kinetic theory, Heavy ion collisions, Collective models"
}

@article{Afanasjev2018,
	title = "Hyperheavy nuclei: Existence and stability",
	journal = "Physics Letters B",
	volume = "782",
	pages = "533 - 540",
	year = "2018",
	issn = "0370-2693",
	doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.05.070",
	url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269318304349",
	author = "A.V. Afanasjev and S.E. Agbemava and A. Gyawali",
	keywords = "Hyperheavy nuclei, Covariant density functional theory, Fission"
}

@misc{Anguiano2013,
Author = {Anguiano, M. and Lallena, A.M. and Co, G. and De Donno, V.},
Title = {A study of self-consistent Hartree-Fock plus Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer calculations with finite-range interactions},
Year = {2013},
Eprint = {arXiv:1312.0774v1},
}

@phdthesis{Balbuena2003,
author = {Balbuena, Edgar Teran},
file = {:home/zachary/.local/share/data/Mendeley Ltd./Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Balbuena - 2003 - HARTREE-FOCK-BOGOLIUBOV CALCULATIONS FOR NUCLEI FAR FROM STABILITY(2).pdf:pdf},
pages = {82},
school = {Vanderbilt University},
title = {Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov calculations for nuclei far from stability},
year = {2003}
}

@article{Baran2011,
abstract = {Collective mass tensor derived from the cranking approximation to the adiabatic time-dependent Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (ATDHFB) approach is compared with that obtained in the Gaussian Overlap Approximation (GOA) to the generator coordinate method. Illustrative calculations are carried out for one-dimensional quadrupole fission pathways in 256Fm. It is shown that the collective mass exhibits strong variations with the quadrupole collective coordinate. These variations are related to the changes in the intrinsic shell structure. The differences between collective inertia obtained in cranking and perturbative cranking approximations to ATDHFB, and within GOA, are discussed.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {1007.3763},
author = {Baran, A. and Sheikh, J. A. and Dobaczewski, J. and Nazarewicz, W. and Staszczak, A.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.84.054321},
eprint = {1007.3763},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Baran et al. - 2011 - Quadrupole collective inertia in nuclear fission Cranking approximation.pdf:pdf},
issn = {05562813},
journal = {Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics},
mendeley-groups = {Spontaneous Fission,Cranking},
number = {5},
title = {{Quadrupole collective inertia in nuclear fission: Cranking approximation}},
volume = {84},
year = {2011}
}

@article{Bender2003,
  title = {Self-consistent mean-field models for nuclear structure},
  author = {Bender, Michael and Heenen, Paul-Henri and Reinhard, Paul-Gerhard},
  journal = {Rev. Mod. Phys.},
  volume = {75},
  issue = {1},
  pages = {121--180},
  numpages = {0},
  year = {2003},
  month = {Jan},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/RevModPhys.75.121},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.75.121}
}

@inproceedings{Bulgac2016,
abstract = {We describe the fission dynamics of 240Pu within an implementation of the Density Functional Theory (DFT) extended to superfluid systems and real-time dynamics. We demonstrate the critical role played by the pairing correlations, which even though are not the driving force in this complex dynamics, are providing the essential lubricant, without which the nuclear shape evolution would come to a screeching halt. The evolution is found to be much slower than previously expected in this fully non-adiabatic treatment of nuclear dynamics, where there are no symmetry restrictions and all collective degrees of freedom (CDOF) are allowed to participate in the dynamics.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {arXiv:1704.00689v1},
author = {Bulgac, Aurel and Magierski, Piotr and Roche, Kenneth J},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Science},
eprint = {arXiv:1704.00689v1},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Bulgac, Magierski, Roche - 2016 - Microscopic Theory of Nuclear Fission.pdf:pdf},
keywords = {Review},
mendeley-groups = {Induced Fission,Spontaneous Fission},
mendeley-tags = {Review},
pages = {0--7},
title = {{Microscopic Theory of Nuclear Fission}},
year = {2016}
}

@article{Engel1975,
abstract = {The time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory (TDHF) and its adiabatic approximation (ATDHF) are formulated in coordinate space using effective density-dependent interactions of Skyrme type. For this purpose it is necessary to derive the energy density of a Slater determinant without assuming the single-particle states to be invariant under time-reversal. The corresponding Hartree-Fock Hamiltonian is obtained by varying the total energy with respect to the single-particle density matrix. With the Skyrme interaction TDHF theory leads to an equation of continuity for the single-particle density. The ATDHF equation is transformed into a finite set of inhomogeneous differential equations. Hydrodynamic-like expressions for the collective kinetic energy are established in case the single-particle wave functions have certain generalised scaling properties. TDHF and ATDHF are applied to the description of isoscalar monopole vibrations in 16O and 40Ca. ?? 1975.},
author = {Engel, Y. M. and Brink, D. M. and Goeke, K. and Krieger, S. J. and Vautherin, D.},
doi = {10.1016/0375-9474(75)90184-0},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Engel et al. - 1975 - Time-dependent hartree-fock theory with Skyrme's interaction.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {0375-9474},
issn = {03759474},
journal = {Nuclear Physics, Section A},
mendeley-groups = {HFB/DFT},
number = {2},
pages = {215--238},
title = {{Time-dependent hartree-fock theory with Skyrme's interaction}},
volume = {249},
year = {1975}
}

@article{Frobrich1998,
	title = "Langevin description of fusion, deep-inelastic collisions and heavy-ion-induced fission",
	journal = "Physics Reports",
	volume = "292",
	number = "3",
	pages = "131 - 237",
	year = "1998",
	issn = "0370-1573",
	doi = "https://doi.org/10.1016/S0370-1573(97)00042-2",
	url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370157397000422",
	author = "P. Fröbrich and I.I. Gontchar",
	keywords = "Fusion, Deep-inelastic collisions, Heavy-ion induced fission, Langevin equations"
}

@article{Hilaire2012,
  title = {Temperature-dependent combinatorial level densities with the D1M Gogny force},
  author = {Hilaire, S. and Girod, M. and Goriely, S. and Koning, A. J.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
  volume = {86},
  issue = {6},
  pages = {064317},
  numpages = {10},
  year = {2012},
  month = {Dec},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.86.064317},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.064317}
}


@article{Baranger1978,
author = {Baranger, M and Veneroni, M},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Baranger, Veneroni - 1978 - An Adiabatic Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock Theory of Collective Motion in Finite Systems.pdf:pdf},
journal = {Annals of Physics},
mendeley-groups = {HFB/DFT,Time-Dependent HF,Collectivity},
pages = {123-200},
title = {{An Adiabatic Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock Theory of Collective Motion in Finite Systems}},
volume = {114},
year = {1978}
}

@article{Mcdonnell2014,
abstract = {Background: Recent experiments on $\beta$-delayed fission reported an asymmetric mass yield in the neutron-deficient nucleus 180 Hg. Earlier experiments in the mass region A = 190 − 200 close to the $\beta$-stability line, using the (p, f) and ($\alpha$, f) reactions, observed a more symmetric distribution of fission fragments. While the $\beta$-delayed fission of 180 Hg can be associated with relatively low excitation energy, this is not the case for light-ion reactions, which result in warm compound nuclei. The low-energy fission of 180,198 Hg has been successfully described by theory in terms of strong shell effects in pre-scission configurations associated with di-nuclear structures. Purpose: To elucidate the roles of proton and neutron numbers and excitation energy in determining symmetric and asymmetric fission yields, we compute and analyze the isentropic potential energy surfaces of 174,180,198 Hg and 196,210 Po.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {arXiv:1406.6955v1},
author = {Mcdonnell, J D and Nazarewicz, W and Sheikh, J A and Staszczak, A and Warda, M},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.90.021302},
eprint = {arXiv:1406.6955v1},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Mcdonnell et al. - 2014 - Excitation energy dependence of fission in the mercury region.pdf:pdf},
issn = {0556-2813},
journal = {Physical Review C},
mendeley-groups = {Spontaneous Fission,Induced Fission},
pages = {18--23},
title = {{Excitation energy dependence of fission in the mercury region}},
volume = {021302},
year = {2014}
}

@article{MORETTO19721,
title = "Pairing fluctuations in excited nuclei and the absence of a second order phase transition",
journal = "Physics Letters B",
volume = "40",
number = "1",
pages = "1 - 4",
year = "1972",
note = "",
issn = "0370-2693",
doi = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(72)90265-1",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0370269372902651",
author = "L.G. Moretto",
}

@article{Nazarewicz1993,
abstract = {The assumption of adiabatic motion lies in foundations of many models of nuclear collective motion. To what extend can nuclear modes be treated adiabatically? Due to the richness and complexity of the nuclear many-body problem there is no unique answer to this question. The challenges of nuclear collective dynamics invite exciting interactions between several areas of physics such as nuclear structure, field theory, nonlinear dynamics, transport theory, and quantum chaos. ?? 1993.},
author = {Nazarewicz, W},
doi = {10.1016/0375-9474(93)90565-F},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Nazarewicz - 1993 - Diabaticity of nuclear motion problems and perspectives.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {0375-9474},
issn = {03759474},
journal = {Nuclear Physics, Section A},
mendeley-groups = {Collectivity,Finite Temperature,Time-Dependent HF},
number = {C},
pages = {489--514},
title = {{Diabaticity of nuclear motion: problems and perspectives}},
volume = {557},
year = {1993}
}

@book{ring1980nuclear,
  title={The nuclear many-body problem},
  author={Ring, P. and Schuck, P.},
  isbn={9783540098201},
  url={https://books.google.com/books?id=v79PAQAAIAAJ},
  year={1980},
  publisher={Springer-Verlag}
}

@article{Sadhukhan2016,
	arxivId = {1510.08003},
	author = {Sadhukhan, J and Nazarewicz, W and Schunck, N},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.93.011304},
	journal = {Physical Review C},
	title = {{Microscopic modeling of mass and charge distributions in the spontaneous fission of Pu 240 Fission}},
	volume = {93},
	year = {2016}
}

@article{Schunck2014PES,
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {1311.2616},
author = {Schunck, N. and Duke, D. and Carr, H. and Knoll, A.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.90.054305},
eprint = {1311.2616},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Schunck et al. - 2014 - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics - Description of induced nuclear fission with Skyrme energy functionals Stat.pdf:pdf},
issn = {1089490X},
journal = {Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics},
mendeley-groups = {Induced Fission},
number = {5},
title = {{Description of induced nuclear fission with Skyrme energy functionals: Static potential energy surfaces and fission fragment properties}},
volume = {90},
year = {2014}
}

@article{Schunck2015error_analysis,
author = {Schunck, N and McDonnell, J D and Sarich, J and Wild, S M and Higdon, D},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/error{\_}analysis{\_}in{\_}DFT.pdf:pdf},
journal = {J. Phys. G},
mendeley-groups = {HFB/DFT,UNEDF,Uncertainty Quantification},
number = {3},
pages = {34024},
title = {{Error analysis in nuclear density functional theory}},
url = {http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/42/i=3/a=034024},
volume = {42},
year = {2015}
}

@article{Schunck2015FTfission,
abstract = {Understanding the mechanisms of induced nuclear fission for a broad range of neutron energies could help resolve fundamental science issues, such as the formation of elements in the universe, but could have also a large impact on societal applications in energy production or nuclear waste management. The goal of this paper is to set up the foundations of a microscopic theory to study the static aspects of induced fission as a function of the excitation energy of the incident neutron, from thermal to fast neutrons. To account for the high excitation energy of the compound nucleus, we employ a statistical approach based on finite temperature nuclear density functional theory with Skyrme energy densities, which we benchmark on the 239Pu(n,f ) reaction.We compute the evolution of the least-energy fission pathway across multidimensional potential energy surfaces with up to five collective variables as a function of the nuclear temperature and predict the evolution of both the inner and the outer fission barriers as a function of the excitation energy of the compound nucleus.We show that the coupling to the continuum induced by the finite temperature is negligible in the range of neutron energies relevant for many applications of neutron-induced fission. We prove that the concept of quantum localization introduced recently can be extended to T{\textgreater} 0, and we apply the method to study the interaction energy and total kinetic energy of fission fragments as a function of the temperature for the most probable fission. While large uncertainties in theoretical modeling remain, we conclude that a finite temperature nuclear density functional may provide a useful framework to obtain accurate predictions of fission fragment properties. DOI:},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {1311.2620},
author = {Schunck, N. and Duke, D. and Carr, H.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.91.034327},
eprint = {1311.2620},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/PhysRevC.91.034327.pdf:pdf},
journal = {Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics},
mendeley-groups = {Induced Fission},
pages = {1--17},
title = {{Description of induced nuclear fission with Skyrme energy functionals II: Finite temperature effects}},
volume = {91},
year = {2015}
}

@article{Schunck2016review,
author = {Schunck, Nicolas and Robledo, Luis M.},
doi = {10.1088/0034-4885/79/11/116301},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Schunck, Robledo - 2016 - Reports on Progress in Physics2 - Microscopic theory of nuclear fission a review.pdf:pdf},
journal = {Reports on Progress in Physics2},
keywords = {Review},
mendeley-groups = {Induced Fission,Spontaneous Fission,Our fission model},
mendeley-tags = {Review},
publisher = {IOP Publishing},
title = {{Microscopic theory of nuclear fission : a review}},
volume = {79},
year = {2016}
}

@article{SHIMIZU198733,
title = "Role of static and dynamic pairing correlations in the superdeformed band of 152Dy",
journal = "Physics Letters B",
volume = "198",
number = "1",
pages = "33 - 36",
year = "1987",
note = "",
issn = "0370-2693",
doi = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(87)90152-3",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0370269387901523",
author = "Y.R. Shimizu and E. Vigezzi and R.A. Broglia",
}

@article{SHIMIZU1990c477,
title = "How can we tell the transition from the superconducting to the normal phase?",
journal = "Nuclear Physics A",
volume = "520",
number = "",
pages = "c477 - c490",
year = "1990",
note = "Nuclear Structure in the Nineties",
issn = "0375-9474",
doi = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(90)91169-R",
url = "http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/037594749091169R",
author = "Yoshifumi R. Shimizu",
}

@book{suhonen2007nucleons,
  title={From Nucleons to Nucleus: Concepts of Microscopic Nuclear Theory},
  author={Suhonen, J.},
  isbn={9783540488613},
  series={Theoretical and Mathematical Physics},
  url={https://books.google.com/books?id=Cye7s8LH-IkC},
  year={2007},
  publisher={Springer Berlin Heidelberg}
}

@article{Zhang2016localization,
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {arXiv:1607.00422v3},
author = {Zhang, Chun Li and Schuetrumpf, Bastian and Nazarewicz, Witold},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.94.064323},
eprint = {arXiv:1607.00422v3},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Zhang, Schuetrumpf, Nazarewicz - 2016 - Physical Review C - Nucleon localization and fragment formation in nuclear fission.pdf:pdf},
journal = {Physical Review C},
mendeley-groups = {Localization},
pages = {1--6},
title = {{Nucleon localization and fragment formation in nuclear fission}},
volume = {94},
year = {2016}
}

@article{Poenaru2012,
author = {Poenaru, D. and Gherghescu, R. and Greiner, W.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.85.034615},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Poenaru, Gherghescu, Greiner - 2012 - Physical Review C - Cluster decay of superheavy nuclei.pdf:pdf},
issn = {0556-2813},
journal = {Physical Review C},
mendeley-groups = {Clusters,Superheavies,Spontaneous Fission},
number = {3},
pages = {1--7},
title = {{Cluster decay of superheavy nuclei}},
volume = {85},
year = {2012}
}

@article{Warda2011,
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {1107.1478},
author = {Warda, M. and Robledo, L. M.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.84.044608},
eprint = {1107.1478},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Warda - 2011 - Unknown - Microscopic description of cluster radioactivity in actinide nuclei.pdf:pdf},
issn = {1089490X},
journal = {Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics},
mendeley-groups = {Clusters,Spontaneous Fission},
number = {4},
title = {{Microscopic description of cluster radioactivity in actinide nuclei}},
volume = {84},
year = {2011}
}

@Article{	  warda2012,
	archiveprefix	= {arXiv},
	arxivid	= {1204.5867},
	author	= {Warda, M. and Egido, J. L.},
	doi		= {10.1103/PhysRevC.86.014322},
	eprint	= {1204.5867},
	issn		= {0556-2813},
	journal	= {Phys. Rev. C},
	month		= jul,
	number	= {1},
	pages		= {014322},
	title		= {Fission half-lives of superheavy nuclei in a microscopic
	approach},
	url		= {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.86.014322},
	volume	= {86},
	year		= {2012}
}

@article{Poenaru2011,
  title = {Heavy-Particle Radioactivity of Superheavy Nuclei},
  author = {Poenaru, D. N. and Gherghescu, R. A. and Greiner, W.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
  volume = {107},
  issue = {6},
  pages = {062503},
  numpages = {4},
  year = {2011},
  month = {Aug},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.062503},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.062503}
}

@article{Sadhukhan2013,
  title = {Spontaneous fission lifetimes from the minimization of self-consistent collective action},
  author = {Sadhukhan, Jhilam and Mazurek, K. and Baran, A. and Dobaczewski, J. and Nazarewicz, W. and Sheikh, J. A.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
  volume = {88},
  issue = {6},
  pages = {064314},
  numpages = {5},
  year = {2013},
  month = {Dec},
  publisher = {American Physical Society},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.88.064314},
  url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.88.064314}
}

@article{Giuliani2017,
      author         = "Giuliani, Samuel A. and Martinez-Pinedo, Gabriel and
                        Robledo, Luis M.",
      title          = "{Fission properties of superheavy nuclei for r-process
                        calculations}",
      year           = "2017",
      eprint         = "1704.00554",
      archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
      primaryClass   = "nucl-th",
      SLACcitation   = "%%CITATION = ARXIV:1704.00554;%%"
}

@article{Dobaczewski1997,
abstract = {We describe a method of solving the nuclear Skyrme-Hartree-Fock problem by using a deformed Cartesian harmonic oscillator basis. The complete list of expressions required to calculate local densities, total energy, and self-consistent fields is presented, and an implementation of the self-consistent symmetries is discussed. Formulas to calculate matrix elements in the Cartesian harmonic oscillator basis are derived for the nuclear and Coulomb interactions.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {nucl-th/9611036},
author = {Dobaczewski, J and Dudek, J.},
doi = {10.1016/S0010-4655(97)00005-2},
eprint = {9611036},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Dobaczewski, Dudek - 1997 - Computer Physics Communications - Solution of the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock equations in the Cartesian deformed(2).pdf:pdf},
isbn = {0010-4655},
issn = {00104655},
journal = {Computer Physics Communications},
keywords = {0705T,2160-n,2160Jz,PACS},
mendeley-groups = {HFODD},
number = {Ii},
pages = {166--182},
primaryClass = {nucl-th},
title = {{Solution of the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock equations in the Cartesian deformed harmonic oscillator basis. (I) The method}},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9611036},
volume = {102},
year = {1997}
}

@article{Schunck2015,
author = {Schunck, N and McDonnell, J D and Sarich, J and Wild, S M and Higdon, D},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Schunck et al. - 2015 - J. Phys. G - Error analysis in nuclear density functional theory.pdf:pdf},
journal = {J. Phys. G},
mendeley-groups = {HFB/DFT,UNEDF,Uncertainty Quantification},
number = {3},
pages = {34024},
title = {{Error analysis in nuclear density functional theory}},
url = {http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/42/i=3/a=034024},
volume = {42},
year = {2015}
}

@article{Kortelainen2010,
abstract = {We carry out state-of-the-art optimization of a nuclear energy density of Skyrme type in the framework of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) theory. The particle-hole and particle-particle channels are optimized simultaneously, and the experimental data set includes both spherical and deformed nuclei. The new model-based, derivative-free optimization algorithm used in this work has been found to be significantly better than standard optimization methods in terms of reliability, speed, accuracy, and precision. The resulting parameter set UNEDFpre results in good agreement with experimental masses, radii, and deformations and seems to be free of finite-size instabilities. An estimate of the reliability of the obtained parameterization is given, based on standard statistical methods. We discuss new physics insights offered by the advanced covariance analysis.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {arXiv:1005.5145v1},
author = {Kortelainen, M. and Lesinski, T. and Mor{\'{e}}, J. and Nazarewicz, W. and Sarich, J. and Schunck, Nicolas and Stoitsov, M. and Wild, Stefan M},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.82.024313},
eprint = {arXiv:1005.5145v1},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Kortelainen et al. - 2010 - Physical Review C - Nuclear energy density optimization.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {0556-2813},
issn = {0556-2813},
journal = {Physical Review C},
mendeley-groups = {UNEDF},
pages = {1--18},
title = {{Nuclear energy density optimization}},
volume = {82},
year = {2010}
}

@article{Kortelainen2008,
abstract = {A new Skyrme-like energy density suitable for studies of strongly elongated nuclei was determined in the framework of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory using the recently developed model-based, derivative-free optimization algorithm pounders. A sensitivity analysis at the optimal solution has revealed the importance of states at large deformations in driving the parameterization of the functional. The good agreement with experimental data on masses and separation energies, achieved with the previous parameterization unedf0, is largely preserved. In addition, the new energy density unedf1 gives a much improved description of the fission barriers in 240Pu and neighboring nuclei.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {arXiv:1111.4344v2},
author = {Kortelainen, M. and McDonnell, J. and Nazarewicz, W. and Reinhard, P.-G. and Sarich, J. and Schunck, N. and Stoitsov, M. V and Wild, S. M},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.85.024304},
eprint = {arXiv:1111.4344v2},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Kortelainen et al. - 2012 - Phys. Rev. C - Nuclear energy density optimization Large deformations.pdf:pdf},
isbn = {0556-2813},
issn = {0556-2813},
journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
mendeley-groups = {UNEDF},
number = {2},
pages = {1--15},
title = {{Nuclear energy density optimization: Large deformations}},
volume = {85},
year = {2012}
}

@article{Kortelainen2014,
abstract = {Nuclear density functional theory is the only microscopical theory that can be applied throughout the entire nuclear landscape. Its key ingredient is the energy density functional. In this work, we propose a new parameterization UNEDF2 of the Skyrme energy density functional. The functional optimization is carried out using the POUNDerS optimization algorithm within the framework of the Skyrme Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory. Compared to the previous parameterization UNEDF1, restrictions on the tensor term of the energy density have been lifted, yielding a very general form of the energy density functional up to second order in derivatives of the one-body density matrix. In order to impose constraints on all the parameters of the functional, selected data on single-particle splittings in spherical doubly-magic nuclei have been included into the experimental dataset. The agreement with both bulk and spectroscopic nuclear properties achieved by the resulting UNEDF2 parameterization is comparable with UNEDF1. While there is a small improvement on single-particle spectra and binding energies of closed shell nuclei, the reproduction of fission barriers and fission isomer excitation energies has degraded. As compared to previous UNEDF parameterizations, the parameter confidence interval for UNEDF2 is narrower. In particular, our results overlap well with those obtained in previous systematic studies of the spin-orbit and tensor terms. UNEDF2 can be viewed as an all-around Skyrme EDF that performs reasonably well for both global nuclear properties and shell structure. However, after adding new data aiming to better constrain the nuclear functional, its quality has improved only marginally. These results suggest that the standard Skyrme energy density has reached its limits and significant changes to the form of the functional are needed.},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
arxivId = {1312.1746},
author = {Kortelainen, M. and McDonnell, J. and Nazarewicz, W. and Olsen, E. and Reinhard, P. -G. and Sarich, J. and Schunck, N. and Wild, S. M. and Davesne, D. and Erler, J. and Pastore, A.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.89.054314},
eprint = {1312.1746},
file = {:home/zachary/Dropbox/Mendeley/Kortelainen et al. - 2014 - Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics - Nuclear energy density optimization Shell structure.pdf:pdf},
issn = {1089490X},
journal = {Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics},
mendeley-groups = {UNEDF},
pages = {1--18},
title = {{Nuclear energy density optimization: Shell structure}},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1312.1746{\%}5Cnhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.89.054314},
volume = {89},
year = {2014}
}

@article{McDonnell2015,
author = {D. McDonnell, J and Schunck, Nicolas and Higdon, D and Sarich, J and Wild, Stefan and Nazarewicz, W},
year = {2015},
month = {01},
pages = {},
title = {Uncertainty Quantification for Nuclear Density Functional Theory and Information Content of New Measurements},
volume = {114},
booktitle = {Physical review letters}
}

@article{Dobaczewski2014,
  author={J Dobaczewski and W Nazarewicz and P-G Reinhard},
  title={Error estimates of theoretical models: a guide},
  journal={Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics},
  volume={41},
  number={7},
  pages={074001},
  url={http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/41/i=7/a=074001},
  year={2014},
  abstract={This guide offers suggestions/insights on uncertainty quantification of nuclear structure models. We discuss a simple approach to statistical-error estimates, strategies to assess systematic errors, and show how to uncover inter-dependences by correlation analysis. The basic concepts are illustrated through simple examples. By providing theoretical error bars on predicted quantities and using statistical methods to study correlations between observables, theory can significantly enhance the feedback between experiment and nuclear modeling.}
}