Related papers: Neutron skin of $^{48}$Ca consistent with experime…

In our previous paper, we determined $r_{\rm skin}^{208}({\rm exp})=0.278 \pm 0.035$~fm from $\sigma_{\rm R}$ for p+$^{208}$Pb scattering, using the Kyushu (chiral) $g$-matrix folding model with the densities calculated with D1S-GHFB with…

{\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…

The PREX and the CREX group reported their skin values. Using the Love-Franey (LF) $t$-matrix folding model with the neutron and proton densities scaled to the neutron radius $r_{\rm n}^{208}({\rm PREX2})$ and the proton radius of the…

An overview is presented of neutron skin predictions obtained using an empirical nonlocal dispersive optical model (DOM). The DOM links both scattering and bound-state experimental data through a subtracted dispersion relation which allows…

The reaction cross section $\sigma_R$ is useful to determine the neutron radius $R_n$ as well as the matter radius $R_m$. The chiral (Kyushu) $g$-matrix folding model for $^{12}$C scattering on $^{9}$Be, $^{12}$C, $^{27}$Al targets was…

In the previous paper, we predicted reaction cross sections $\sigma_{\rm R}$ for $^{40-60,62,64}$Ca+$^{12}$C scattering at $280$~MeV/nucleon, since Tanaka {\it el al.} measured interaction cross sections $\sigma_{\rm I}$ for $^{42-51}$Ca in…

The neutron skin of $^{208}$Pb has received considerable attention in recent years. A variety of strongly-interacting probes depict a rather consistent picture but pionic probes have not been referred to in this context. We present here…

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.}…

Very lately, the PREX and the CREX collaboration present skin values, $r_{\rm skin}^{208}({\rm newPREX2}) =0.278 \pm 0.078\ {\rm (exp)} \pm 0.012\ {\rm (theor.)}\,{\rm fm}$ and $r_{\rm skin}^{48}=0.121 \pm 0.026\ {\rm (exp)} \pm 0.024\ {\rm…

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…

Background: Using the chiral (Kyushu) $g$-matrix folding model with the densities calculated with Gogny-HFB (GHFB) with the angular momentum projection (AMP), we determined the central values of matter radius and neutron skin from the…

A nonlocal dispersive-optical-model analysis has been carried out for neutrons and protons in $^{48}$Ca. Elastic-scattering angular distributions, total and reaction cross sections, single-particle energies, the neutron and proton numbers,…

The PREX group reported a new skin value, $r_{\rm skin}^{208}({\rm PREX2}) = 0.283 \pm 0.071{\rm fm}$. Using the chiral (Kyushu) $g$-matrix folding model with the proton and neutron densities determined with D1S+GHFB+AMP, we determined…

Information on the size and shape of the neutron skin on $^{208}$Pb has been extracted from coherent pion photoproduction cross sections measured using the Crystal Ball together with the Glasgow tagger at the MAMI electron beam facility. On…

Data on reaction cross section $\sigma_{\rm R}$ of proton scattering are available for $^{nat}$Pb (natural lead) and $^{159}$Tb. In addition, data on $\sigma_{\rm R}$ and/or interaction ones $\sigma_{\rm I}$ are available for Mg, Na, Ar…

The recently developed ``imaging-by-smashing" technique has emerged as a powerful approach to connect final-state collective flow phenomena in ultra-relativistic nuclear collisions with the intrinsic structure of the colliding nuclei. While…

In the present work, we use a finite range effective interaction to calculate the neutron skin thickness in $^{48}$Ca and correlate these quantities with the parameters of nuclear symmetry energy. Available experimental data on the neutron…

Neutron skin thickness ($R_{np}$) of the atomic nuclei $^{48}$Ca, $^{132}$Sn and $^{208}$Pb are considered in the KIDS (Korea:IBS-Daegu-Sungkyunkwan) density functional formalism. Model parameters most relevant to $R_{np}$ are constrained…

The symmetry energy and its density dependence are pivotal for many nuclear physics and astrophysics applications, as they determine properties ranging from the neutron-skin thickness of nuclei to the crust thickness and the radius of…

The neutron density distributions and neutron skin thicknesses in $^{40,48}$Ca are determined from the angular distributions of the cross sections and analyzing powers of polarized proton elastic scattering at $E_p = 295$ MeV. Based on the…