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The experiment, E08-014, in Hall-A at Jefferson Lab aims to study the short-range correlations (SRC) which are necessary to explain the nuclear strength absent in the mean field theory. The cross sections for $\mathrm{^{2}H}$,…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2014-08-26 Zhihong Ye

The nucleon momentum distribution $n_A(k)$ for $A=$2, 3, 4, 16, and 40 nuclei is systematically analyzed in terms of wave functions resulting from advanced solutions of the nonrelativistic Schr\"{o}dinger equation, obtained within different…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-03-19 M. Alvioli , C. Ciofi degli Atti , L. P. Kaptari , C. B. Mezzetti , H. Morita

By analyzing recent microscopic many-body calculations of few-nucleon systems and complex nuclei performed by different groups in terms of realistic nucleon-nucleon (NN) interactions, it is shown that NN short-range correlations (SRCs) have…

Nuclear short-range correlations (SRCs) induce high-momentum/high-energy fluctuations in the nuclear medium. In order to assess their impact on nuclear bulk properties, like nuclear radii and kinetic energies, it is instrumental to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-07-27 W. Cosyn , J. Ryckebusch

We present results from the Jefferson Lab E08-014 experiment, investigating short-range correlations (SRC) through measurements of inclusive quasi-elastic scattering from $^2$H, $^3$He, $^4$He, $^{12}$C, $^{40}$Ca, and $^{48}$Ca. The…

Nucleon short-range correlations (SRCs) and their high-momentum tails (HMTs) encode key short-range dynamics in nuclei and dense matter. This review provides a concise overview of SRC features relevant to the Equation of State (EOS) of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-20 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li , Yu-Gang Ma

Short-range correlations in nuclear and neutron matter are examined through the properties of the correlated wave function obtained by solving the Bethe-Goldstone equation. Tensor correlations are explored through the dominant tensor-driven…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-12-24 Francesca Sammarruca

Universality of short range correlations has been investigated both in coordinate and in momentum space, by means of one-and two-body densities and momentum distributions. In this contribution we discuss one- and two-body momentum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-11-07 M. Alvioli

In this paper, we examine the hypothesis that the nuclear EMC effect comes merely from the N-N SRC pairs inside the nucleus and that the properties of N-N SRC pair are universal among the various nuclei, using the conventional $x$-rescaling…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-02-24 Rong Wang , Na-Na Ma , Tao-Feng Wang

Within an isospin- and momentum-dependent transport model for nuclear reactions at intermediate energies, we investigate the interplay of the nucleon-nucleon short-range correlations (SRC) and nuclear symmetry energy $E_{sym}(\rho)$ on hard…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-01-08 Gao-Chan Yong , Bao-An Li

The effect of Short Range Correlations (SRC) on Ca isotopes is studied using a simple phenomenological model. Theoretical expressions for the charge (proton) form factors, densities and moments of Ca nuclei are derived. The role of SRC in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 G. A. Lalazissis , S. E. Massen

Measuring nucleon-nucleon Short Range Correlations (SRC) has been a goal of the nuclear physics community for many years. They are an important part of the nuclear wavefunction, accounting for almost all of the high-momentum strength. They…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-05-30 H. Baghdasaryan , L. B. Weinstein , J. M. Laget , the CLAS Collaboration

The strongly isospin-dependent tensor force leads to short-range correlations (SRC) between neutron-proton (deuteron-like) pairs much stronger than those between proton-proton and neutron-neutron pairs. As a result of the short-range…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-11-22 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li , Lie-Wen Chen

The effects of short range correlations (SRC) in inclusive (A(e,e')X) and exclusive (A(e,e'N)X and A(e,e'2N)X) are reviewed. A new approach to the analysis of inclusive cross sections is illustrated, based upon the introduction of proper…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-03-19 Chiara Benedetta Mezzetti

The nucleon-nucleon short-range correlation NN-SRC is one of the key issues of nuclear physics, which typically manifest themselves in high-momentum components of the nuclear momentum distributions. In this letter, the nuclear spectral…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-10-27 Qinglin Niu , Jian Liu , Yuanlong Guo , Chang Xu , Mengjiao Lyu , Zhongzhou Ren

Although relativistic heavy-ion collisions have emerged as a powerful probe for studying nuclear structure, the potential influence of nucleon-nucleon short-range correlations (NN-SRCs) on the initial state has remained an open question. By…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-12-01 Pei Li , Kai-Jia Sun , Bo Zhou , Guo-Liang Ma

We discuss the implications of recent experimental evidence of nuclear Short Range Correlations (SRCs) on the modeling of the wave function of complex nuclei. We perform a calculation of potential energy contributions of pp and pn pairs in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-12-31 M. Alvioli , C. Ciofi degli Atti , M. Strikman

In the present work, we investigate the effects of short-range correlations (SRC) on the dimensionless deformability of the binary neutron system related to the GW170817 event. We implemented phenomenological SRC in a relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-26 Lucas A. Souza , Mariana Dutra , César H. Lenzi , Odilon Lourenço

Short-range correlations (SRCs) are a universal feature of nuclear structure. A wide range of measurements, primarily using electron scattering, have revealed SRC properties, such as their abundance in different nuclei, as well as the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-06 Phoebe Sharp , Axel Schmidt

Nucleon-nucleon short-range correlations (SRCs) induce a high momentum tail (HMT) in the single-nucleon momentum distribution function $n_{\v{k}}^J(\rho,\delta)$ in cold neutron-rich matter. While there are clear experimental evidences that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-10-21 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li