Modern Nuclear Force Predictions for the<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">α</mml:mi></mml:math>Particle

Abstract

We present new calculations of the alpha particle which are based on the most modern nucleon-nucleon interactions alone and combined with the Tucson-Melbourne or the Urbana IX three-nucleon interaction. Results for the binding energies and some properties of the wave function are given. On that phenomenological level little room is left for the action of a possible four-nucleon force.