Publications

Recently submitted

• Shell-model study of \({}^{\it 28}\)Si: coexistence of oblate, prolate and superdeformed shapes
  D. Frycz, J. Menéndez, A. Rios, B. Bally, T. R. Rodríguez, A. M. Romero
  arXiv:2404.14506 (2024)

• The unexpected uses of a bowling pin: exploiting \({}^{\it 20}\)Ne isotopes for precision characterizations of collectivity in small systems
  G. Giacalone, B. Bally, G. Nijs, S. Shen, T. Duguet, J.-P. Ebran, S. Elhatisari, et al.
  arXiv:2402.05995 (2024)

Articles

• Ab initio uncertainty quantification of neutrinoless double-beta decay in \({}^{\it 76}\)Ge
  A. Belley, J. M. Yao, B. Bally, J. Pitcher, J. Engel, H. Hergert, J. D. Holt, et al.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 182502 (2024) / arXiv:2308.15634 (2023)

• Symmetry-projected variational calculations with the numerical suite TAURUS II. Configuration mixing of symmetry-projected reference states
  B. Bally, T. R. Rodríguez
  Eur. Phys. J. A 60, 62 (2024) / arXiv:2401.00941

• The shape of gold
  B. Bally, G. Giacalone, M. Bender
  Eur. Phys. J. A 59, 58 (2023) / arXiv:2301.02420

• Evidence of the triaxial structure of \({}^{\it 129}\)Xe at the Large Hadron Collider
  B. Bally, M. Bender, G. Giacalone, V. Somà
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 082301 (2022) / arXiv:2108.09578

• Structure of \({}^{\it 128,129,130}\)Xe through multi-reference energy density functional calculations
  B. Bally, G. Giacalone, M. Bender
  Eur. Phys. J. A 58, 187 (2022) / arXiv:2207.13576

• Multi-reference many-body perturbation theory for nuclei II – Ab initio study of neon isotopes via PGCM and IM-NCSM calculations
  M. Frosini, T. Duguet, J.-P. Ebran, B. Bally, T. Mongelli, T. R. Rodríguez, R. Roth, V. Somà
  Eur. Phys. J. A 58, 63 (2022) / arXiv:2111.00797

• Multi-reference many-body perturbation theory for nuclei III – Ab initio calculations at second order in PGCM-PT
  M. Frosini, T. Duguet, J.-P. Ebran, B. Bally, H. Hergert, T. R. Rodríguez, R. Roth, et al.
  Eur. Phys. J. A 58, 64 (2022) / arXiv:2111.01461

• Symmetry-projected variational calculations with the numerical suite TAURUS I. Variation after particle-number projection
  B. Bally, A. Sánchez-Fernández, T. R. Rodríguez
  Eur. Phys. J. A 57, 69 (2021) / arXiv:2010.14169

• Projection on particle number and angular momentum: Example of triaxial Bogoliubov quasiparticle states
  B. Bally, M. Bender
  Phys. Rev. C 103, 024315 (2021), Editors’ Suggestion / arXiv:2010.15224

• Variational approximations to exact solutions in shell-model valence spaces: Systematic calculations in the sd shell
  A. Sánchez-Fernández, B. Bally, T. R. Rodríguez
  Phys. Rev. C 104, 054306 (2021) / arXiv:2106.08841

• Application of an efficient generator-coordinate subspace-selection algorithm to neutrinoless double-\(\beta\) decay
  A. M. Romero, J. M. Yao, B. Bally, T. R. Rodríguez, J. Engel
  Phys. Rev. C 104, 054317 (2021) / arXiv:2105.03471

• In-medium k-body reduction of n-body operators
  M. Frosini, T. Duguet, B. Bally, Y. Beaujeault-Taudière, J.-P. Ebran, V. Somà
  Eur. Phys. J. A 57, 151 (2021) / arXiv:2102.10120

• Ab Initio Treatment of Collective Correlations and the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay of \({}^{\it 48}\)Ca
  J. M. Yao, B. Bally, J. Engel, R. Wirth, T. R. Rodríguez, H. Hergert
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 232501 (2020) / arXiv:1908.05424

• Zero-pairing limit of Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov reference states
  T. Duguet, B. Bally, A. Tichai
  Phys. Rev. C 102, 054320 (2020) / arXiv:2006.02871

• In-beam \(\gamma\)-ray and electron spectroscopy of \({}^{\it 249,251}\)Md
  R. Briselet, Ch. Theisen, B. Sulignano, M. Airiau, K. Auranen, D. M. Cox, F. Déchery, et al.
  Phys. Rev. C 102, 014307 (2020) / arXiv:2001.10235

• Variational approximations to exact solutions in shell-model valence spaces: Calcium isotopes in the \(pf\)-shell
  B. Bally, A. Sánchez-Fernández, T. R. Rodríguez
  Phys. Rev. C 100, 044308 (2019) / arXiv:1907.05493

• Norm overlap between many-body states: Uncorrelated overlap between arbitrary Bogoliubov product states
  B. Bally, T. Duguet
  Phys. Rev. C 97, 024304 (2018) / arXiv:1704.05324

• Are There Signatures of Harmonic Oscillator Shells Far from Stability? First Spectroscopy of \({}^{\it 110}\)Zr
  N. Paul, A. Corsi, A. Obertelli, P. Doornenbal, G. Authelet, H. Baba, B. Bally, et al.
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 032501 (2017), Editors’ Suggestion

• De-excitation of the strongly coupled band in \({}^{\it 177}\)Au and implications for core intruder configurations in the light Hg isotopes
  M. Venhart, F. A. Ali, W. Ryssens, J. L. Wood, D. T. Joss, A. N. Andreyev, K. Auranen, et al.
  Phys. Rev. C 95, 061302(R) (2017)

• Beyond Mean-Field Calculations for Odd-Mass Nuclei
  B. Bally, B. Avez, M. Bender, P.-H. Heenen
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 162501 (2014) / arXiv:1406.5984

• Nuclear shell evolution and in-medium NN interaction
  N. A. Smirnova, K. Heyde, B. Bally, F. Nowacki, K. Sieja
  Phys. Rev. C 86, 034314 (2012)

• Shell evolution and nuclear forces
  N. A. Smirnova, B. Bally, K. Heyde, F. Nowacki, K. Sieja
  Phys. Lett. B 686, 109 (2010) / arXiv:1002.1006

Proceedings

• Beyond-mean-field correlations and the description of superheavy elements
  P.-H. Heenen, B. Bally, M. Bender, W. Ryssens
  EPJ Web of Conf. 131, 02001 (2016)

• Symmetry restoration for odd-mass nuclei with a Skyrme energy density functional
  B. Bally, B. Avez, M. Bender, P.-H. Heenen
  Int. J. Mod.~Phys. E 21, 1250026 (2012) / arXiv:1111.0451

Reports/white papers

• Imaging the initial condition of heavy-ion collisions and nuclear structure across the nuclide chart
  B. Bally, J. Brandenburg, G. Giacalone, U. Heinz, S. Huang, J. Jia, D. Lee, et al.
  arXiv:2209.11042 (2022)