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A very good linear correlation is found between the four-point charge radius relation $\delta R_{2p-2n}(Z,N)$ with that of quadrupole deformation data in even-even nuclei. This results in a further improved charge radius relation that holds…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-01-19 Bao-Hua Sun , Chuan-Ye Liu , Hao-Xin Wang

We demonstrate that recent advances in QED theory of Li-like ions [V. A. Yerokhin et al., Phys. Rev. A 112, 042801 (2025)] enable determinations of absolute nuclear charge radii for heavy elements. By incorporating constraints derived from…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 V. A. Yerokhin , B. Ohayon

A unified theoretical model reproducing charge radii of known atomic nuclei plays an essential role in making extrapolations for unknown nuclei. Recently developed new ansatz which phenomenologically takes into account the neutron-proton…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-02-17 Rong An , Xiang Jiang , Li-Gang Cao , Feng-Shou Zhang

Radii of nuclear charge distributions carry information about the strong and electromagnetic forces acting inside the atomic nucleus. While the global behavior of nuclear charge radii is governed by the bulk properties of nuclear matter,…

Nuclear charge radii of $^{7,9,10,11}$Be have been determined by high-precision laser spectroscopy. On-line measurements were performed with collinear laser spectroscopy in the $2s_{1/2} \to 2p_{1/2}$ transition on a beam of Be$^{+}$ ions.…

Pronounced changes of nuclear charge radii provide a stringent benchmark on the theoretical models and play a vital role in recognizing various nuclear phenomena. In this work, the systematic evolutions of nuclear charge radii along even…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-28 Rong An , Xiao-Xu Dong , Li-Gang Cao , Feng-Shou Zhang

Accurately determining the size of the atomic nucleus with realistic nuclear forces is a long outstanding issue of nuclear physics. The no-core shell model (NCSM), one of the powerful ab initio methods for nuclear structure, can achieve…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-02-07 Xiang-Xiang Sun , Hoai Le , Ulf-G. Meißner , Andreas Nogga

Nuclear radius is a fundamental structural observable that informs many properties of atomic nuclei and nuclear matter. Experimental studies of radii in drip line nuclei are in the forefront of research with radioactive ion beams. Of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-25 Y. R. Lin , S. M. Wang , W. Nazarewicz

The charge radius is one of the most basic characteristics of the nucleons. The proton charge radius is especially of great importance for many applications such as the structure studies of the atomic nuclei, the determination of the…

Collinear laser spectroscopy measurements were performed on $^{68-74}$Ge isotopes ($Z = 32$) at ISOLDE-CERN, by probing the $4s^2 4p^2 \, ^3\!P_1 \rightarrow 4s^2 4p 5s \, ^3\!P_1^o$ atomic transition (269~nm) of germanium. Nuclear charge…

New formulas to calculate the nuclear charge radii and the nuclear binding energies have been derived in the framework of an alpha-cluster model. The particular features of the model are two assumptions that the proton-neutron pair…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 G. K. Nie

Bulk nuclear observables such as charge radii and binding energies are well described by both nonrelativistic and covariant mean-field models. However, predictions of neutron radii, which are not tightly constrained by reliable data, vary…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-07-09 R. J. Furnstahl

We study the charge and mass distributions within a nucleon and compute the associated squared radii based on a potential model approach. Different constituent quark configurations such as $\Delta$, $Y$, and quark-diquark are considered and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-13 Daniel Gallimore , Jinfeng Liao

Charge radius is one of the most fundamental properties of a nucleus. However, a precise description of the evolution of charge radii along an isotopic chain is highly nontrivial, as reinforced by recent experimental measurements. In this…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-01-19 Xiao-Xu Dong , Rong An , Jun-Xu Lu , Li-Sheng Geng

Multi-neutron systems are crucial to understanding the physics of neutron-rich nuclei and neutron stars. Neutron drops, neutrons confined in an external field, are investigated systematically in both non-relativistic and relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-10-19 P. W. Zhao , S. Gandolfi

Shape deformations and charge radii, basic properties of atomic nuclei, are influenced by both the global features of the nuclear force and the nucleonic shell structure. As functions of proton and neutron number, both quantities show…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-07-20 Paul-Gerhard Reinhard , Witek Nazarewicz

Charge radii are one of the most fundamental properties of atomic nuclei characterizing their charge distributions. Though the general trend as a function of the mass number is well described by the $A^{1/3}$ rule, some fine structures,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-08-12 Rong An , Li-Sheng Geng , Shi-Sheng Zhang

Charge radii measured with high accuracy provide a stringent benchmark for characterizing nuclear structure phenomena. In this work, the systematic evolution of charge radii for nuclei with $Z=19$-$29$ is investigated through relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-05 Rong An , Xiang Jiang , Na Tang , Li-Gang Cao , Feng-Shou Zhang

Background: Precise measurements of atomic transitions affected by electron-nucleus hyperfine interactions offer sensitivity to explore basic properties of the atomic nucleus and study fundamental symmetries, including the search for new…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-06 Paul-Gerhard Reinhard , Witold Nazarewicz

Systematic trends in nuclear charge radii are of great interest due to universal shell effects and odd-even staggering (OES). The modified root mean square (rms) charge radius formula, which phenomenologically accounts for the formation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-05-10 Rong An , Xiang Jiang , Li-Gang Cao , Feng-Shou Zhang