Semiclassical Description of Exotic Nuclear Shapes
Nuclear Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
Exotic nuclear structures such as bubbles and tori are analyzed through semiclassical extended Thomas-Fermi calculations with the Skyrme force SkM. The variational equations for neutron and proton densities are solved fully self-consistently in spherical (bubbles) and cylindrical (tori) symmetries. The possible existence of bubble configurations in some astrophysical scenarios is discussed. The stability of toroidal structures against change of quadrupole moment is studied. A global minimum of the energy is found in heavy
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.5832,
title = {Semiclassical Description of Exotic Nuclear Shapes},
author = {X. Viñas and M. Centelles and M. Warda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.5832},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
13 pages, 6 figures, Contribution to XIV Nuclear Physics Workshop at Kazimierz Dolny, Poland, Sept. 26-29, 2007