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Correlation effects in nuclear matter at finite temperatures are studied for subnuclear densities ($\rho<\rho_0$) and medium excitation energy, where a nonrelativistic potential approach is possible. A quantum statistical approach is given,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Roepke , A. Schnell

It is investigated how the shielding of a moving point charge in a one-component fully degenerate fermion plasma affects the bound states near the charge at velocities smaller than the Fermi one. The shielding is accounted for by using the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-08-17 Dominic Else , Roman Kompaneets , Sergey V. Vladimirov

We explore the properties of nuclear pasta appearing in supernova matter, i.e., matter at finite temperature with a fixed proton fraction. The pasta phases with a series of geometric shapes are studied using the compressible liquid-drop…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-05 Fan Ji , Jinniu Hu , Shishao Bao , Hong Shen

We study nano-sized spherically symmetric plasma structures which are radial nonlinear oscillations of electrons in plasma. The effective interaction of these plasmoids via quantum exchange forces between ions is described. We calculate the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-09-11 Maxim Dvornikov

In this work we investigate quantum interference in a four-level atom coupled to a negative index meta-material (NIMM) anisotropic plasmonic environment that supports both TE and TM polarized surface plasmons (SP). The analysis confirms the…

Optics · Physics 2024-05-13 Ali A. Kamli , Jabir Hakami , M. Suhail Zubairy

Collisions between electrons and radiating atoms broaden spectral absorption and emission lines in dense plasmas. High densities also introduce screening and pressure ionization effects that distort the wavefunctions of both bound and free…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Julian P. Kinney , Stephanie B. Hansen , Thomas A. Gomez , Scott D. Baalrud

We present a nucleus-dependent valence-space approach for calculating ground and excited states of nuclei, which generalizes the shell-model in-medium similarity renormalization group to an ensemble reference with fractionally filled…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-01-24 S. R. Stroberg , A. Calci , H. Hergert , J. D. Holt , S. K. Bogner , R. Roth , A. Schwenk

A shell model study of the low energy region of the spectra in Ge isotopes for $38\leq N\leq 50$ is presented, analyzing the excitation energies, quadrupole moments, $B(E2)$ values and occupation numbers. The theoretical results have been…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-09-27 J. G. Hirsch , P. C. Srivastava

This paper describes the surface environment of the dense plasma arcs that damage rf accelerators, tokamaks and other high gradient structures. We simulate the dense, non-ideal plasma sheath near a metallic surface using Molecular Dynamics…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Igor Morozov , Genri Norman , Zeke Insepov , Jim Norem

A recapitulatory analysis of total nuclear cross sections of various nuclei is presented, which yields detailed knowledge on the different physical processes such as potential/resonance scatter and nuclear reactions. The physical base for…

Medical Physics · Physics 2010-09-07 W. Ulmer , E. Matsinos

Degenerate plasmas, in which quantum effects dictate the behavior of free electrons, are ubiquitous on earth and throughout space. Transitions between bound and free electron states determine basic plasma properties, yet the effects of…

In dense astrophysical plasmas, neutron capture populates highly excited nuclear states close to the neutron threshold. The impact of additional low-energy nuclear excitations via coupling to the atomic shell on the ability of the so-formed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-07-28 Stephan Helmrich , Katja Spenneberg , Adriana Pálffy

Energy spectra of $0s$-orbit $\Lambda$ states in $p$-shell $\Lambda$ hypernuclei ($^{A}_\Lambda Z$) and those in $^{19}_{\Lambda}\textrm{F}$ are studied with the microscopic cluster model and antisymmetrized molecular dynamics using the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-13 Yoshiko Kanada-En'yo , Masahiro Isaka , Toshio Motoba

Various estimates of the even-odd effect of the mass shell of atomic nuclei are considered. Based on the experimental mass values of the Ca, Sn, and Pb isotopes, the dependence of the energy gap on the neutrons number is traced and the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-01 B. S. Ishkhanov , S. V. Sidorov , T. Yu. Tretyakova , E. V. Vladimirova

As a continuation of our previous work on the conservation and breaking of the pseudospin symmetry (PSS) in resonant states [Phys. Lett. B 847, 138320 (2023)}], in this work, the PSS in nuclear single-particle bound and resonant states are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-06-17 Ting-Ting Sun , Zhi Pan Li

Experimental measurements in terrestrial laboratory, space and astrophysical observations of variation and fluctuation of nuclear decay constants, measurements of large enhancements in fusion reaction rate of deuterons implanted in metals…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-19 M. Coraddu , M. Lissia , P. Quarati , A. M. Scarfone

Stark broadening of spectral lines in plasmas is a cornerstone of opacity modeling and plasma diagnostics, with critical implications for controlled fusion and astrophysics. Despite recent advances in fully quantum-mechanical close-coupling…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Chao Wu , Yong Wu , Yu Hao Zhu , Ming Li , Jian Guo Wang , Xiang Gao

Molecular dynamics simulations are used to model ion and neutral temperature evolution in partially-ionized atmospheric pressure plasma at different ionization fractions. Results show that ion-ion interactions are strongly coupled at…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-01-04 M. D. Acciarri , C. Moore , S. D. Baalrud

The spectral line polarization produced by optically pumped atoms contains a wealth of information on the thermal and magnetic structure of a variety of astrophysical plasmas, including that of the solar atmosphere. A correct decoding of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Luca Belluzzi , Javier Trujillo Bueno

We consider a quantum multi-component plasma made with S species of point charged particles interacting via the Coulomb potential. We derive the screened activity series for the pressure in the grand-canonical ensemble within the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-06-01 A. Alastuey , V. Ballenegger , D. Wendland