The Second Random Phase Approximation (SRPA) is a natural extension of the Random Phase Approximation obtained by introducing more general excitation operators where two particle-two hole configurations, in addition to the one particle-one hole ones, are considered. Only in the last years, large-scale SRPA calculations, without usually employed approximations have been performed. The SRPA model corrected by a subtraction procedure designed to cure double counting issues and the related instabilities has been recently implemented and applied in the study of different physical cases. We report here on some of the most recent results obtained by using this model. In particular, results on the dipole strength 48Ca and on a systematic study of the isoscalar giant quadrupole resonance in spherical nuclei will be shown and discussed.
Recent applications of the subtracted SRPA approximation
