Nuclear Structure and Response based on Correlated Realistic NN   Interactions
  Starting from the Argonne V18 nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction and using the Unitary Correlation Operator Method, a correlated interaction v_UCOM has been constructed, which is suitable for calculations within restricted Hilbert spaces. In this work we employ the v_UCOM in Hartree-Fock, perturbation-theory and RPA calculations and we study the ground-state properties of various closed-shell nuclei, as well as some excited states. The present calculations provide also important feedback for the optimization of the v_UCOM and valuable information on its properties. The above scheme offers the prospect of ab initio calculations in nuclei, regardless of their mass number. It can be used in conjunction with other realistic NN interactions as well, and with various many-body methods (Second RPA, QRPA, Shell Model, etc.). 
P. Papakonstantinou, R. Roth, H. Hergert, N. Paar