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The nuclear binding energy is studied using a finite temperature density functional theory. A Skyrme interaction is used in this work. Volume, surface, and symmetry energy contributions to the binding energy are investigated. The case of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-10-02 S. J. Lee , A. Z. Mekjian

A new method for extracting neutron densities from intermediate energy elastic proton-nucleus scattering observables uses a global Dirac phenomenological (DP) approach based on the Relativistic Impulse Approximation (RIA). Data sets for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 B. C. Clark , S. Hama , L. J. Kerr

This paper presents an analysis of neutron skins based on fully microscopic equations of state, including chiral two- and three-nucleon forces consistently at N3LO. Other theoretical predictions and recent constraints are also addressed,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-06-22 Francesca Sammarruca

The neutron skin thickness of the benchmark nucleus $^{208}$Pb is crucial for our understanding of the equation of state of nuclear matter. In this paper, we discuss the effect of the neutron skin on the flow ratio observables in the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-19 Qi Liu , Shujun Zhao , Hao-jie Xu , Huichao Song

Background: Coherent {\pi}0 photoproduction on heavy nuclei has been suggested as a reliable tool to infer neutron skin thicknesses. To this aim, various experiments have been performed, especially on 208Pb. Purpose: We analyze the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-09-29 F. Colomer , P. Capel , M. Ferretti , J. Piekarewicz , C. Sfienti , M. Thiel , V. Tsaran , M. Vanderhaeghen

Neutron skin thickness ($\Delta r_{\rm np}$) of nuclei and the inferred nuclear symmetry energy are of critical importance to nuclear physics and astrophysics. It is traditionally measured by nuclear processes with significant theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-01-07 Hao-jie Xu , Hanlin Li , Ying Zhou , Xiaobao Wang , Jie Zhao , Lie-Wen Chen , Fuqiang Wang

The consistency between electron-scattering and proton-scattering is examined through the fourth moment of the charge distribution.

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-17 Toshio Suzuki , Rika Danjo , Toshimi Suda

We establish a correlation for the symmetry energy at saturation density $S_{0}$, slope parameter $L$ and curvature parameter $K_{\text{sym}}$ based on widely different mean field interactions. With the help of this correlation and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-09-11 Jianmin Dong , Wei Zuo , Jianzhong Gu , Umberto Lombardo

Proton and neutron density profiles of 760 nuclei in the mass region of A=16-304are analyzed using the Skyrme energy density for the parameter set SLy4. Simple formulae are obtained to fit the resulting radii and diffuseness data. These…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-12-09 W. M. Seif , Hesham Mansour

Foster {\it et al.} measured total neutron cross sections $\sigma_{\rm T}$ of n+$^{208}$Pb scattering at $14.137$MeV. Carlson {\it et al.} measured $\sigma_{\rm R}$ for $p$+$^{48}$Ca scattering in $23 \text{--} 48$MeV. Tanaka {\it et al.}…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2024-12-12 Shingo Tagami , Takayuki Myo , Masanobu Yahiro

The neutron skin thickness of 48Ca was deduced from the interaction cross section by adopting a microscopic optical potential. The optical potential used was constructed by folding a chiral g matrix and the Skyrme mean-field densities…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-09-07 Masayuki Matsuzaki , Masanobu Yahiro

Accurate determination of the neutron skin thickness ($\Delta R_{\mathrm{np}}$) in finite nuclei is crucial for constraining the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy. In this work, we systematically investigate $\Delta…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-04 Peng Wang , Zi-Dan Huang , Shuang-Quan Zhang , Ting-Ting Sun

Motivated by a recent experiment, the distribution of electric dipole strength in the neutron-rich 68Ni isotope was computed using a relativistic random phase approximation with a set of effective interactions that - although well…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-04 J. Piekarewicz

The neutron skin of nuclei is an important fundamental property, but its accurate measurement faces many challenges. Inspired by charge symmetry of nuclear forces, the neutron skin of a neutron-rich nucleus is related to the difference…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 M. K. Gaidarov , I. Moumene , A. N. Antonov , D. N. Kadrev , P. Sarriguren , E. Moya de Guerra

{\bf Background:} Using the chiral (Kyushu) $g$-matrix folding model with the densities calculated with GHFB+AMP, we determined $r_{\rm skin}^{208}=0.25$fm from the central values of $\sigma_{\rm R}$ of p+$^{208}$Pb scattering in $E_{\rm…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-16 Shingo Tagami , Maya Takechi , Jun Matsui , Tomotsugu Wakasa , Masanobu Yahiro

Neutron-skin thicknesses provide a sensitive probe of the isovector sector of the nuclear equation of state and its density dependence, commonly characterized by the symmetry-energy slope parameter L. A wide variety of experimental and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-05 A. Azizi , C. A. Bertulani , C. Davila

Precise knowledge of the nuclear symmetry energy can be tentatively calibrated through multimessenger constraints. The neutron skin thickness of a heavy nucleus is one of the most sensitive indicators for probing the isovector components of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-11 Rong An , Shuai Sun , Li-Gang Cao , Feng-Shou Zhang

The neutron skin thickness in neutron-rich nuclei has traditionally been measured using elastic fixed target electron-nucleus scattering since the 1970s. In this paper, we propose a novel probe of the neutron skin thickness through deep…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-13 Shan-Liang Zhang , Enke Wang , Xin-Nian Wang , Hongxi Xing

The radii of nucleon distribution, bulk density, and neutron skin in nuclei beyond the \beta-stability line are studied within the direct variational method. We evaluate the partial equation of state of finite nuclei and demonstrate that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-03-22 V. M. Kolomietz , S. V. Lukyanov , A. I. Sanzhur

The correlation between the thickness of the neutron skin in Pb-208, and the degree of isospin diffusion in heavy-ion collisions is examined. The same equation of state is used to compute the degree of isospin diffusion in an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrew W. Steiner , Bao-An Li