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Pairing core swelling effect in Pb isotopes at $N>126$

Nuclear Theory 2022-04-20 v1

Abstract

We revisit a sudden increase of the isotope shift of the charge radius of Pb isotope at N>126N>126 based on a Skyrme Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory. New parametrizations of the pairing interaction optimized for selected four Skyrme interactions greatly improve a description of this phenomenon. The density-dependent spin-orbit interaction is also investigated and further increases the charge radius. The pairing correlations significantly change the properties of the neutron orbits near the Fermi level and play a vital role in pulling out the well-bound protons in the Pb isotopes at N>126N>126. Regarding 208^{208}Pb as a "core" nucleus, a novel pairing core swelling effect is proposed: The pairing interaction reduces the radius of "valence" neutron orbits by the shrinkage of diffused 1g9/21g_{9/2} orbit and the mixing of sharp 0i11/20i_{11/2} orbit. Simultaneously, the core nucleus swells, leading to the sudden enhancement of the charge radius at N>126N > 126. This characteristic behavior appears in the density profile near the nuclear surface and its measurement is highly desirable.

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@article{arxiv.2203.13462,
  title  = {Pairing core swelling effect in Pb isotopes at $N>126$},
  author = {W. Horiuchi and T. Inakura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.13462},
  year   = {2022}
}

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9 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables, to appear in Phys. Rev. C

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