The Lorentz Integral Transform (LIT) method and its applications to perturbation induced reactions

V. D. Efros, W. Leidemann, G. Orlandini, N. Barnea

Published 2007-08-21, updated 2008-01-22Version 2

The LIT method has allowed ab initio calculations of electroweak cross sections in light nuclear systems. This review presents a description of the method from both a general and a more technical point of view, as well as a summary of the results obtained by its application. The remarkable features of the LIT approach, which make it particularly efficient in dealing with a general reaction involving continuum states, are underlined. Emphasis is given on the results obtained for electroweak cross sections of few--nucleon systems. Their implications for the present understanding of microscopic nuclear dynamics are discussed.