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The properties of loosely bound proton-rich nuclei around A = 20 are investigated within the framework of nuclear shell model. In these nuclei, the strength of the effective interactions involving the loosely bound proton s1=2 orbit are…

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Context. In the cooling process of a non-accreting neutron star, the composition and properties of the crust are thought to be fixed at the finite temperature where nuclear reactions fall out of equilibrium. A lower estimation for this…

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The nuclear shell model is a benchmark for the description of the structure of atomic nuclei. The magic numbers associated with closed shells have long been assumed to be valid across the whole nuclear chart. Investigations in recent years…

Popular Physics · Physics 2010-06-15 R. Kruecken

We have investigated most stable superheavy nuclei by studying the decay properties such as alpha decay, cluster decay and spontaneous fission. We have investigated nine stable nuclei in the island of stability which can be detected through…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-07-04 H. C. Manjunatha , L. Seenappa , K. N. Sridhar

Precision mass spectrometry of neutron-rich nuclei is of great relevance for astrophysics. Masses of exotic nuclides impose constraints on models for the nuclear interaction and thus affect the description of the equation of state of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-12-17 Susanne Kreim , Matthias Hempel , David Lunney , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

We employ Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) model with NL3 parametrization to investigate the ground state properties of superheavy nucleus, Z = 124. The nuclei selected (from among complete isotopic series) for detailed investigation show that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-10-29 M. S. Mehta , Harvinder Kaur , Bharat Kumar , S. K. Patra

Fermion localization functions are used to discuss electronic and nucleonic shell structure effects in the superheavy element oganesson, the heaviest element discovered to date. Spin-orbit splitting in the $7p$ electronic shell becomes so…

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We present the results of detailed nuclear shell model calculations of the spin-dependent elastic cross section for neutralinos scattering from \si29 and \ge73. The calculations were performed in large model spaces which adequately describe…

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The even-Z odd-N neutron-halo nuclei, which are the possible lightest neutron-halo nuclei heavier than $^{37}$Mg, are explored by studying the shell-structure unique in weakly-bound neutrons for spherical or deformed shape. It is pointed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-05-24 Ikuko Hamamoto

The bulk properties of nuclear matter and neutron stars with the newly generated relativistic interaction DBHP are investigated which provides an opportunity to modify the coupling parameters keeping in view the finite nuclei, nuclear…

Although the neutron (n) does not carry a total electric charge, its charge and magnetization distributions represented in momentum space by the electromagnetic form factors, $F_1^{(n)} (q^2)$ and $F_2^{(n)} (q^2)$, lead to an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Nowakowski , N. G. Kelkar , T. Mart

We present here the mass excesses, binding energies, one- and two- neutron, one and two- proton and \alpha-particle separation energies of 6727 nuclei in the ranges 4 \leq Z \leq 120 and 8 \leq A \leq 303 calculated in the infinite nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 R. C. Nayak , L. Satpathy

Based on the relativistic mean field theory and the Thomas-Fermi approximation, we study the surface properties of compressed, superheavy atoms. By compressed, superheavy atom we mean an atom composed by a superheavy nuclear core…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-01-30 Jorge A. Rueda , Yuan-Bin Wu , She-Sheng Xue

The fragment production in collisions of $^{48,50}$Ca+$^{12}$C at 50 MeV/nucleon are simulated via the Isospin-Dependent Quantum Molecular Dynamics (IQMD) model followed by the {GEMINI code}. {By changing the diffuseness parameter of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-04-02 Z. T. Dai , D. Q. Fang , Y. G. Ma , X. G. Cao , G. Q. Zhang , W. Q. Shen

The status of relativistic nuclear many-body calculations of nuclear systems to be built up in terms of protons and neutrons is reviewed. In detail, relativistic effects on several aspects of nuclear matter such as the effective mass,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-13 E. N. E. van Dalen , H. Müther

The macroscopic-microscopic mass formula is further improved by considering mirror nuclei constraint. The rms deviation with respect to 2149 measured nuclear masses is reduced to 0.441 MeV. The shell corrections, the deformations of nuclei,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-03-22 Ning Wang , Zuoying Liang , Min Liu , Xizhen Wu

Proton elastic scattering off Sn isotopes at $E_p=295$ MeV in the mass number range of $A=$116--124 was investigated using calculation employing relativistic impulse approximation (RIA) with theoretical densities obtained for the Sn…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-06-03 Yoshiko Kanada-En'yo

Nucleon-nucleon ($NN$) interactions based on chiral effective theories are commonly used in ab initio calculations of light nuclei. Here we present a study based on three different NN interactions (up to next-to-next-to-leading order) for…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-23 R. B. Baker , M. Burrows , Ch. Elster , P. Maris , G. Popa , S. P. Weppner

There have been suggestions to measure atomic parity nonconservation (PNC) along an isotopic chain, by taking ratios of observables in order to cancel complicated atomic structure effects. Precise atomic PNC measurements could make a…

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