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Nuclear-structure effects often provide an irreducible theory error that prevents using precision atomic measurements to test fundamental theory. We apply newly developed effective field theory tools to Hydrogen atoms, and use them to show…
We compute the proton-neutron entanglement entropy in the interacting nuclear shell model for a variety of nuclides and interactions. Some results make intuitive sense, for example that the shell structure, as governed by single-particle…
Experimentally observed heaviest $N \approx Z$ nuclei, Ru isotopes, are investigated by the shell model on a spherical basis with the extended $P+QQ$ Hamiltonian. The energy levels of all the Ru isotopes can be explained by the shell model…
Studies of nuclear fission over recent decades have led to a well-defined mapping of neutron and proton shell effects across the nuclear chart, particularly within the valley of stability. These shell effects play a crucial role in driving…
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Quantum entanglement offers a unique perspective into the underlying structure of strongly-correlated systems such as atomic nuclei. In this paper, we use quantum information tools to analyze the structure of light and medium-mass…
In order to characterize the mass density of superheavy elements, we solve numerically the relativistic Thomas-Fermi model of an atom. To obtain a range of mass densities for superheavy matter, this model is supplemented with an estimation…
Odd-odd nuclei around double shell closures are a direct source of information on the proton-neutron interaction between valence nucleons. We have performed shell-model calculations for doubly odd nuclei close to $^{208}$Pb, $^{132}$Sn and…
For the first time, the nuclear effects in the reaction \nu p -> \mu^- p \pi^+ on bound protons are investigated at E_\nu = 9 GeV and the effective atomicweight A = 21 of the composite nuclear target using the data obtained with SKAT bubble…
Mass measurements of nuclei can identify structurally-driven trends in binding energy across isotopic chains, and can also isolate specific nucleon-nucleon interactions, such as the $\delta V_{\mathrm{pn}}$ interaction of the last two…
The Quark-Meson-Coupling (QMC) model has been applied to the study of the properties of even-even super-heavy nuclei with 96 < Z < 110, over a wide range of neutron numbers. The aim is to identify the deformed shell gaps at N = 152 and N =…
The predictive power of the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum (DRHBc) for nuclear mass is examined in the superheavy region, $102 \le Z \le 120$. The accuracy of predicting the 10 (56) measured (measured and…
We build and train the artificial neural network model (ANN) based on the experimental $\alpha$-decay energy ($Q_{\alpha}$) data. Besides decays between the ground states of parent and daughter nuclei, decays from the ground state of parent…
Nuclear mass measurements and neutron matter theory tightly constrain the nuclear symmetry energy parameters $J$, $L$, $K_{sym}$ and $Q_{sym}$. Corroboration of these constraints on $J$ and $L$ can be found from measurements of the neutron…
Empirically determined values of the nuclear volume and surface symmetry energy coefficients from nuclear masses are expressed in terms of density distributions of nucleons in heavy nuclei in the local density approximation. This is then…
Fission excitation functions have been measured for a chain of neighboring compound nuclei, from 207Po to 212Po. We present a new analysis which provides a determination of the fission barriers and ground state shell effects with nearly…
Neutrinoless double beta decay searches are currently among the major foci of experimental physics. The observation of such a decay will have important implications in our understanding of the intrinsic nature of neutrinos and shed light on…