Hello, A new project on the LCRC cluster has been requested. Please forward the information on to the LCRC Allocation sub-committee. Applicant's name: Pengwei Zhao Applicant's institution: ANL Applicant's division: PHY Project Name: cdft Project title: Covariant density functional theory for nuclei under extreme conditions Associated funding: DOE Office of Nuclear Physics Other Systems: Science: This project uses Covariant Density Functional Theory [CDFT] to compute nuclear ground-state and excited-state energies, radii, electromagnetic transitions, etc. Our goal is a description of the structure of nuclei under extreme conditions, e.g., extreme spin and/or isospin. This research places strong emphasis on the explanation of the data from existing facilities, e.g, ATLAS at Argonne and on planning for and anticipating the output of future facilities; such as FRIB at Michigan. Project description: This project uses Covariant Density Functional Theory [CDFT] to compute nuclear ground-state and excited-state energies, radii, electromagnetic transitions, etc. Our goal is a description of the structure of nuclei under extreme conditions, e.g., extreme spin and/or isospin. This research places strong emphasis on supporting the experiments at the existing facilities, e.g, ATLAS at Argonne and on planning for and anticipating the output of future facilities; such as FRIB at Michigan state University. a) Multi-chirality. We intend to develop the 3D cranking covariant density functional theory to study the first observed multi-chiral bands in the high-spin excited states in Ce-133. This research supports the experiments at ATLAS. We expect to use 30000 core hours for this work. b) Impact of pairing correlations. We will study the pairing correlation effects on the orientation of the nuclear spin in rapidly rotating nuclei. This research supports the experiments at ATLAS. We expect to use 30000 core hours for this work. c) Exotic deformation. We will search for the exotic deformation in light nuclei with extremely high spin and isospin. This research supports the experiments at MSU and also RIKEN. We expect to use 20000 core hours for this work. d) Low-lying excited states. We will study the low-lying excited states for nuclei towards the neutron drip line with beyond density functional methods. We expect to use 50000 core hours for this work. We use MPI for the programs of covariant density functional theory. Some calculations in this project have already been started on Argonne's computers. From the former experience, the programs work very efficiently on parallel processors. Industry partnership: Project URL: Requested allocation: 100000 Q1: 0 Q2: 0 Q3: 50000 Q4: 50000 Justification: Storage requirements: The requester has used undetermined amount hours of their initial startup project. In addition to approving an initial amount, please specify a Category and Subcategory for this project. For a list of the current selection of approved categories, please see: https://wiki.lcrc.anl.gov/wiki/Processes/Categories Once the Allocation committee has approved the project, please go to the Project Management page to create it: https://accounts.lcrc.anl.gov/projects.php Thank You, The LCRC Accounts System