Application of Gaussian expansion method to nuclear mean-field calculations with deformation Original Research Article

We extensively develop a method of implementing mean-field calculations for deformed nuclei, using the Gaussian expansion method (GEM). This GEM algorithm has the following advantages: (i) it can efficiently describe the energy-dependent asymptotics of the wave functions at large r, (ii) it is applicable to various effective interactions including those with finite ranges, and (iii) the basis parameters are insensitive to nuclide, thereby many nuclei in wide mass range can be handled by a single set of bases. Superposing the spherical GEM bases with feasible truncation for the orbital angular momentum, we obtain deformed single-particle wave-functions to reasonable precision. We apply the new algorithm to the Hartree–Fock and the Hartree–Fock–Bogolyubov calculations of Mg nuclei with the Gogny interaction, by which neck structure of a deformed neutron halo is suggested for 40Mg.