The effects of two-body correlations in 16O on the bremsstrahlung weighted cross section

Abstract

The bremsstrahlung weighted cross section σ−1, is calculated for,16O using the linked cluster expansion to introduce two-body correlations. All diagrams up to second order in the G-matrix are calculated. A particular choice is made among these diagrams which are grouped in order to preserve the normalization of the one-body density and of the two-body density. This selection of diagrams is shown to be consistent with an expansion in the number of hole-lines. The correlated value obtained in this way, σ−1 = 14.99 mb, is close to the experimental value σ−1 = 15.10 mb although the calculation might still be subject to improvement.