The atomic nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons (collectively referred to as nucleons) and serves as a fundamental component of the microscopic material world, accounting for over 99.9% of the mass of visible matter in nature. Its physical properties directly determine the synthesis, types, and transmutation of elements—foundational aspects of matter—and have wide-ranging applications in critical fields such as nuclear energy, nuclear technology, nuclear medicine, and so on. Due to the complexity of nuclear forces and the large number of nucleons, performing rigorous many-body calculations for atomic nuclei directly from realistic nuclear interactions—known as ab initio nuclear theory—has long been a major challenge and a central goal in theoretical nuclear physics research. Precise ab initio calculations of atomic nuclei not only deepen humanity's understanding of the laws governing the microscopic material world (from the origin of elements to the evolution of celestial bodies) but also provide a solid theoretical foundation for applied disciplines related to nuclear physics.
My research focuses on developing high-precision ab initio computational methods to systematically investigate various properties of atomic nuclei, primarily covering the following directions:
- Construction of advanced many-body theoretical frameworks and solutions to many-body equations;
- Geometric shape characteristics of atomic nuclei and their dynamical effects;
- Nuclear structure studies within relativistic many-body frameworks;
- Applications of artificial intelligence and large-scale high-performance computing in nuclear physics;
- Development of ab initio nuclear density functional theory;
- Unified ab initio descriptions of nuclear structure and reactions.