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Shell structure in neutron-rich Ca and Ni nuclei under semi-realistic mean fields

Nuclear Theory 2014-11-20 v2

Abstract

Shell structure in the neutron-rich Ca and Ni nuclei is investigated by the spherical Hartree-Fock calculations with the semi-realistic NNNN interactions. Specific ingredients of the effective interaction, particularly the tensor force, often play a key role in the ZZ dependence of the neutron shell structure. Such examples are found in N=32 and N=40; N=32 becomes magic or submagic in 52^{52}Ca while its magicity is broken in 60^{60}Ni, and N=40 is submagic (though not magic) in 68^{68}Ni but not in 60^{60}Ca. Comments are given on the doubly magic nature of 78^{78}Ni. We point out that the loose binding can lead to a submagic number N=58 in 86^{86}Ni, assisted by the weak pair coupling.

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@article{arxiv.1003.5720,
  title  = {Shell structure in neutron-rich Ca and Ni nuclei under semi-realistic mean fields},
  author = {H. Nakada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5720},
  year   = {2014}
}

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14 pages including 5 figures, to appear in Physical Review C (Rapid Communication)