Step 6 — ²⁴Mg at scale
Nuclear Physics
Same machinery, bigger nucleus: ²⁴Mg has 4 valence protons and 4 valence
neutrons above the ¹⁶O core. Three things change, and none of them is
physics. First, the basis: 28,503 determinants with Jz = 0,
hiding among 735,471 ways of placing 8 particles in 24 seats — found by
pruned enumeration, an idea borrowed from cosmo: while
building a determinant seat by seat, bound the total Jz still reachable
from the remaining seats, and abandon any branch that cannot land on zero.
Second, storage: the Hamiltonian is kept sparse — only the
nonzero entries — because a two-body force cannot connect determinants that
differ in more than two seats, so almost all of the 28,503² matrix is
exactly zero. Third, the eigensolver: dense diagonalization gives way to
Lanczos (scipy's eigsh), the iterative method
that extracts the lowest eigenvalues of a large sparse matrix using only
matrix-vector products — the same algorithm the
mean-field tutorial's
step 2 builds from scratch, and the same one running inside CENS.
The final check is the strongest kind this site knows how to make: two independent production codes — cosmo and BIGSTICK, different authors, different languages, different algorithms — run on this same machine with this same interaction, against this program's ten lowest states.
The program
"""Build your own shell model -- step 6: 24Mg at scale.
Same machinery, bigger nucleus: 4 valence protons + 4 valence neutrons.
Three things change, none of them physics:
- The basis is 28,503 determinants (out of 735,471 ways to place 8
particles in 24 seats) -- found with pruned enumeration, an idea from
cosmo: while building a determinant, bound the total Jz still reachable
and abandon branches that cannot land on Jz = 0.
- The Hamiltonian is stored sparse: most determinant pairs differ in more
than two seats, and a two-body force cannot connect them.
- Dense diagonalization is replaced by Lanczos (scipy's eigsh) -- the
iterative eigensolver that finds the lowest states of a large sparse
matrix from matrix-vector products alone; the companion mean-field
tutorial builds it from scratch in its step 2.
The printed check is the strongest on this site: TWO independent production
codes, run on this machine with the same interaction, against this code's
ten lowest states.
"""
import math
import time
import numpy as np
from math import factorial, sqrt
from itertools import combinations
from scipy.sparse import coo_matrix
from scipy.sparse.linalg import eigsh
# ── sd-shell single-particle space ──────────────────────────────────────────
# .int labels: 1 = d3/2, 2 = d5/2, 3 = s1/2 (l, 2j per label)
ORBITS = {1: (2, 3), 2: (2, 5), 3: (0, 1)} # label -> (l, 2j)
def build_sp_states():
"""All (label, 2m, 2tz) single-particle m-states. tz=+1/2 proton, -1/2 neutron
(only relative signs matter here). Returns list and index lookup."""
states = []
for tz2 in (+1, -1):
for label, (l, j2) in ORBITS.items():
for m2 in range(-j2, j2 + 1, 2):
states.append((label, m2, tz2))
return states, {s: i for i, s in enumerate(states)}
SP, SP_IDX = build_sp_states()
NSP = len(SP) # 24
# ── Clebsch-Gordan (Condon–Shortley), all arguments doubled ─────────────────
def cg(j1, m1, j2, m2, J, M):
if m1 + m2 != M or J > j1 + j2 or J < abs(j1 - j2):
return 0.0
if abs(m1) > j1 or abs(m2) > j2 or abs(M) > J:
return 0.0
def f(x2): # factorial of a doubled-integer/2, must be integral
assert x2 % 2 == 0
return factorial(x2 // 2)
pre = (J + 1) * f(J + j1 - j2) * f(J - j1 + j2) * f(j1 + j2 - J) / f(j1 + j2 + J + 2)
pre *= f(J + M) * f(J - M) * f(j1 - m1) * f(j1 + m1) * f(j2 - m2) * f(j2 + m2)
s = 0.0
for k2 in range(0, j1 + j2 + J + 2, 2):
d = [j1 + j2 - J - k2, j1 - m1 - k2, j2 + m2 - k2,
J - j2 + m1 + k2, J - j1 - m2 + k2]
if any(x < 0 for x in d):
continue
s += (-1) ** (k2 // 2) / (f(k2) * f(d[0]) * f(d[1]) * f(d[2]) * f(d[3]) * f(d[4]))
return sqrt(pre) * s
# ── read the .int file ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def read_int(path):
spe = {}
tbme = {} # (a,b,c,d,J,T) -> V, canonical a<=b, c<=d, (ab)<=(cd)
header_tail = None
n_lines = None
with open(path) as fh:
for raw in fh:
line = raw.strip()
if not line or line.startswith(('!', '#')):
continue
w = line.split()
if n_lines is None:
n_lines = int(w[0])
spe = {1: float(w[1]), 2: float(w[2]), 3: float(w[3])}
header_tail = [float(x) for x in w[4:]]
continue
a, b, c, d, J, T = (int(x) for x in w[:6])
V = float(w[6])
# canonicalize pair order inside bra/ket with the standard phase
def canon(x, y):
if x <= y:
return x, y, 1.0
jx, jy = ORBITS[x][1], ORBITS[y][1]
# |ba;JT> = (-1)^{(jx+jy)/2 - J - T} |ab;JT> (j's doubled):
# (-1)^{ja+jb-J} from the angular CG swap, (-1)^{1-T} from the
# isospin CG swap, and one more (-1) from anticommuting a†a†.
ph = (-1.0) ** ((jx + jy) // 2 - J - T)
return y, x, ph
a, b, pab = canon(a, b)
c, d, pcd = canon(c, d)
key = (a, b, c, d, J, T) if (a, b) <= (c, d) else (c, d, a, b, J, T)
tbme[key] = pab * pcd * V
return spe, tbme, header_tail
# ── numerically built coupled pair states ───────────────────────────────────
def pair_index_maps():
pairs = list(combinations(range(NSP), 2))
return pairs, {p: i for i, p in enumerate(pairs)}
PAIRS, PAIR_IDX = pair_index_maps()
def coupled_pair_vector(a, b, J2, M2, T2, Tz2):
"""|ab; J M T Tz> as a vector over ordered pairs (alpha<beta) of m-states.
Built by brute expansion; normalized numerically (None if it vanishes)."""
ja, jb = ORBITS[a][1], ORBITS[b][1]
v = np.zeros(len(PAIRS))
for ma in range(-ja, ja + 1, 2):
mb = M2 - ma
if abs(mb) > jb:
continue
cj = cg(ja, ma, jb, mb, J2, M2)
if cj == 0.0:
continue
for ta in (+1, -1):
tb = Tz2 - ta
if abs(tb) > 1:
continue
ct = cg(1, ta, 1, tb, T2, Tz2)
if ct == 0.0:
continue
ia, ib = SP_IDX[(a, ma, ta)], SP_IDX[(b, mb, tb)]
if ia == ib:
continue
# a†_ia a†_ib |0> = |ia ib> ordered: sign if ia > ib
if ia < ib:
v[PAIR_IDX[(ia, ib)]] += cj * ct
else:
v[PAIR_IDX[(ib, ia)]] -= cj * ct
n = np.linalg.norm(v)
return (v / n, n) if n > 1e-12 else (None, 0.0)
def build_pair_hamiltonian(tbme, scale):
"""V2[p, q]: two-body matrix in the ordered-pair basis, from the TBME file.
V2 = sum_JT V_JT sum_{M Tz} |ab;JMTTz><cd;JMTTz| with numerically
normalized projectors — conventions cannot drift."""
V2 = np.zeros((len(PAIRS), len(PAIRS)))
for (a, b, c, d, J, T), V in tbme.items():
J2, T2 = 2 * J, 2 * T
for M2 in range(-J2, J2 + 1, 2):
for Tz2 in range(-T2, T2 + 1, 2):
va, na = coupled_pair_vector(a, b, J2, M2, T2, Tz2)
if va is None:
continue
vc, nc = (va, na) if (a, b, J, T) == (c, d, J, T) else \
coupled_pair_vector(c, d, J2, M2, T2, Tz2)
if (a, b) == (c, d):
vc = va
elif vc is None:
continue
outer = np.outer(va, vc) * (V * scale)
V2 += outer
if (a, b) != (c, d):
V2 += outer.T
return V2
# ── many-body basis: bitstrings with pruned enumeration ─────────────────────
def build_basis(n_protons, n_neutrons, M2_target):
"""All determinants (ints, bit i = m-state i occupied) with the right
particle numbers per species and total 2*Jz = M2_target. Enumerated per
species with cosmo-style pruning on the reachable Jz range."""
def species_states(tz2):
return [i for i, (lab, m2, t) in enumerate(SP) if t == tz2]
def enum(states, n, m2_needed_min, m2_needed_max):
# recursive with bound pruning: sort by m2 so prefix sums bound reach
out = []
ms = [SP[i][1] for i in states]
# suffix min/max attainable sums for k picks from tail
def rec(start, left, acc_bits, acc_m):
if left == 0:
out.append((acc_bits, acc_m))
return
for k in range(start, len(states) - left + 1):
rem = left - 1
tail = ms[k + 1:]
lo = acc_m + ms[k] + sum(sorted(tail)[:rem])
hi = acc_m + ms[k] + sum(sorted(tail)[-rem:] if rem else [])
if lo > m2_needed_max or hi < m2_needed_min:
continue
rec(k + 1, rem, acc_bits | (1 << states[k]), acc_m + ms[k])
rec(0, n, 0, 0)
return out
prot = species_states(+1)
neut = species_states(-1)
# protons can carry any m2p; neutrons must supply M2_target - m2p
m2_all = [SP[i][1] for i in prot]
span = sum(sorted(m2_all)[-n_protons:]) if n_protons else 0
plist = enum(prot, n_protons, -span, span) if n_protons else [(0, 0)]
from collections import defaultdict
by_need = defaultdict(list)
nlist = enum(neut, n_neutrons, -span, span) if n_neutrons else [(0, 0)]
for bits, m in nlist:
by_need[m].append(bits)
basis = []
for pbits, pm in plist:
for nbits in by_need.get(M2_target - pm, ()):
basis.append(pbits | nbits)
basis.sort()
return basis
# ── Hamiltonian assembly ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def popcount_between(bits, i, j):
"""number of set bits strictly between positions i<j"""
mask = ((1 << j) - 1) & ~((1 << (i + 1)) - 1)
return bin(bits & mask).count('1')
def assemble(basis, spe_vec, V2):
"""Sparse H in the determinant basis.
Pair convention: for p = (i<j), P_p = a_j a_i so P†_p|0> = a†_i a†_j|0> = |p>,
and H2 = sum_{q,p} V2[q,p] P†_q P_p. Signs, measured with bit counts:
P_p|D> = (-1)^{n_<i(D) + n_<j(D) - 1} |D \ {i,j}> (i<j, both occupied)
P†_q|B> = (-1)^{n_<r(B) + n_<s(B)} |B + {r,s}> (r<s, both empty)
(OpenFCI's MatrixMachine does exactly this bookkeeping, in 512-bit registers.)
"""
idx = {d: k for k, d in enumerate(basis)}
dim = len(basis)
conn = [np.nonzero(np.abs(V2[p]) > 1e-12)[0] for p in range(len(PAIRS))]
rows, cols, vals = [], [], []
for k, det in enumerate(basis):
occ = [i for i in range(NSP) if det >> i & 1]
acc = {k: sum(spe_vec[i] for i in occ)}
for (i, j) in combinations(occ, 2):
p = PAIR_IDX[(i, j)]
s_ket = (-1) ** (bin(det & ((1 << i) - 1)).count('1')
+ bin(det & ((1 << j) - 1)).count('1') - 1)
base = det & ~(1 << i) & ~(1 << j)
for q in conn[p]:
r, s = PAIRS[q]
if (base >> r & 1) or (base >> s & 1):
continue
newdet = base | (1 << r) | (1 << s)
kk = idx.get(newdet)
if kk is None or kk < k:
continue
s_bra = (-1) ** (bin(base & ((1 << r) - 1)).count('1')
+ bin(base & ((1 << s) - 1)).count('1'))
v = V2[q, p] * s_ket * s_bra
if abs(v) > 1e-14:
acc[kk] = acc.get(kk, 0.0) + v
for kk, v in acc.items():
rows.append(k); cols.append(kk); vals.append(v)
if kk != k:
rows.append(kk); cols.append(k); vals.append(v)
return coo_matrix((vals, (rows, cols)), shape=(dim, dim)).tocsr()
COSMO = [-87.1044, -85.6021, -82.9883, -82.7320, -82.0302,
-81.2219, -79.7662, -79.6227, -79.3076, -79.2863]
BIGSTICK_GS = -87.10445
BIGSTICK_EX = [1.502, 4.116, 4.372] # 2+(1), 2+(2), 4+(1)
spe, tbme, tail = read_int('usdb.int')
a_core, a_ref, power = tail[-3], tail[-2], tail[-1]
scale = (a_ref / (a_core + 8)) ** power
print(f"24Mg: 4p + 4n; TBME scale = ({a_ref:.0f}/{a_core + 8:.0f})^{power} = {scale:.6f}")
t0 = time.time()
spe_vec = np.array([spe[SP[i][0]] for i in range(NSP)])
V2 = build_pair_hamiltonian(tbme, scale)
basis = build_basis(4, 4, 0)
print(f"m-scheme basis dimension (Jz = 0): {len(basis)} (BIGSTICK: 28,503)")
H = assemble(basis, spe_vec, V2)
E = np.sort(eigsh(H, k=10, which='SA', return_eigenvectors=False))
dt = time.time() - t0
print(f"\n{'this code':>12} {'cosmo':>10}")
for e, ref in zip(E, COSMO):
d = abs(e - ref)
mark = "ok" if d < 5e-4 else f"delta {d * 1000:.0f} meV (their solver tolerance)"
print(f"{e:12.4f} {ref:10.4f} {mark}")
print(f"\nBIGSTICK ground state: {BIGSTICK_GS} (this code: {E[0]:.4f})")
for ex, (i, lab) in zip(BIGSTICK_EX, [(1, '2+(1)'), (2, '2+(2)'), (3, '4+(1)')]):
print(f"BIGSTICK {lab} excitation: {ex:.3f} MeV (this code: {E[i] - E[0]:.3f})")
print(f"\nruntime: {dt:.1f} s single-core") 28503 — equal to
BIGSTICK's — then nine ok rows against cosmo plus one 4 meV
difference that is cosmo's own solver tolerance (its documentation prints a
third value for that level; eigsh here runs to machine
precision). Ground state −87.1044 vs BIGSTICK's
−87.10445, and the three excitation energies
1.502 / 4.116 / 4.372 MeV reproduced exactly. Eight valence
particles, every correlation, 8 seconds, one core.
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