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Density distributions of superheavy nuclei

Nuclear Theory 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We employed the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock model to investigate the density distributions and their dependence on nuclear shapes and isospins in the superheavy mass region. Different Skyrme forces were used for the calculations with a special comparison to the experimental data in 208^{208}Pb. The ground-state deformations, nuclear radii, neutron skin thicknesses and α\alpha-decay energies were also calculated. Density distributions were discussed with the calculations of single-particle wavefunctions and shell fillings. Calculations show that deformations have considerable effects on the density distributions, with a detailed discussion on the 292^{292}120 nucleus. Earlier predictions of remarkably low central density are not supported when deformation is allowed for.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0507052,
  title  = {Density distributions of superheavy nuclei},
  author = {J. C. Pei and F. R. Xu and P. D. Stevenson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0507052},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages, 10 figures