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Quantum and Coulomb repulsion effects on the bubble structures in $^{204, 206}$Hg

Nuclear Theory 2018-12-05 v1

Abstract

The decreasing proton and charge densities from around 5.0 fm towards the center of 204,206^{204, 206}Hg are investigated by a covariant density functional theory at the beyond mean-field level.The charge-density difference between 208^{208}Pb and 204^{204}Hg is improved significantly and a central depression is still visible in the ground-state density of 204,206^{204, 206}Hg when the dynamic correlations associated with symmetry restoration and shape mixing are taken into account. For the 02+0_2^+ and 21+2_1^+ excited states of 204,206^{204, 206}Hg, their densities remain decreasing from 5.0 fm to around 2.0 fm, but become flat in the interior region. The results show that the bubble structure in 204,206^{204, 206}Hg within 2.0 fm is mainly attributed to the quantum effect, while that beyond 2.0 fm is formed by the Coulomb repulsion.

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@article{arxiv.1809.08393,
  title  = {Quantum and Coulomb repulsion effects on the bubble structures in $^{204, 206}$Hg},
  author = {X. Y. Wu and J. Xiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.08393},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

7 pages, 7 figures, submitted to PRC