Speaker
Description
The generalized contact formalism (GCF) is a useful model for analyzing the properties and implications of nuclear short-range correlations (SRCs). Based on an asymptotic factorization of the wave function when two-particles are found close to each other, the GCF was used to study two-body densities and momentum distributions, electron scattering reactions, and more, resulting in a consistent and comprehensive picture regarding the effects of SRC pairs. In this talk, I will present an overview of the GCF and then recent results regarding the description of three-nucleon SRCs, subleading corrections to the short-distance wave-function factorization, and calculations of neutrinoless double beta decay matrix elements in which SRC effects are accounted for.
LA-UR-23-21999
