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Neutron-skin thicknesses provide a sensitive probe of the isovector sector of the nuclear equation of state and its density dependence, commonly characterized by the symmetry-energy slope parameter L. A wide variety of experimental and…

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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…

An alternative way to constrain the density dependence of the symmetry energy with the slope of the neutron skin thickness of nuclei which shows a linear relation to both the isospin asymmetry and the nuclear charge with a form of Z^{2/3}…

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Photon from neutron-proton bremsstrahlung in p+Pb reactions is examined as a potential probe of the neutron-skin thickness in different centralities and at different proton incident energies. It is shown that the best choice of reaction…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-07-21 Gao-Feng Wei

The neutron is electrically neutral, but its substructure consists of charged quarks so it may have an internal charge distribution. In fact it is known to have a negative mean square charge radius (MSCR), the second moment of the radial…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 F. E. Wietfeldt , M. Huber , T. C. Black , H. Kaiser , M. Arif , D. L. Jacobson , S. A. Werner

We analyze the neutron skin thickness in finite nuclei with the droplet model and effective nuclear interactions. The ratio of the bulk symmetry energy J to the so-called surface stiffness coefficient Q has in the droplet model a prominent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-01 M. Warda , X. Vinas , X. Roca-Maza , M. Centelles

Neutron skins encode essential information about nuclear geometry, surface structure, and isovector response, yet a compact description across the nuclear chart remains elusive. We present an empirical analysis of neutron-excess surface…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-05 Brent Baker

The symmetry energy and its density dependence are crucial inputs 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…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-11-05 Reed Essick , Ingo Tews , Philippe Landry , Achim Schwenk

The density dependence of the symmetry energy around saturation density, characterized by the slope parameter L, is studied using information provided by the neutron skin thickness in finite nuclei. An estimate for L is obtained from…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-03-03 X. Viñas , M. Centelles , X. Roca-Maza , M. Warda

Recent measurement of the parity-violating (PV) asymmetry in the elastic electron scattering on $^{27}$Al target evokes the interest in the distribution of the neutron in the nucleus. In this work, we calculate the neutron skin thickness…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-11-09 Hana Gil , Chang Ho Hyun , K. S. Kim

We investigate possible correlations between the stiffness of the symmetry energy at saturation density, the so-called $L$ parameter, and the neutron skin thickness of ${^{48}}$Ca and ${^{208}}$Pb, for which the recent measurements from the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-25 G. F. Burgio , H. C. Das , I. Vidana

Background: The density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy is crucial in determining several properties of finite nuclei to the neutron stars with mass $\sim$ 1.4 $M_\odot$. The values of neutron skin thickness, isovector giant dipole…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-23 T. Ghosh , Sangeeta , G. Saxena , B. K. Agrawal , Ushasi Datta

In this work, we propose a novel approach for probing the neutron skin thickness of gold (Au) by analyzing the event-by-event distribution of $\pi^{-}$ and $\pi^{+}$ yield differences. This is achieved through SMASH simulations of…

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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…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-01 Shingo Tagami , Tomotsugu Wakasa , Jun Matsui , Maya Takechi , Masanobu Yahiro

The concept of centrality in high-energy nuclear collisions has recently become a subject of an active debate. In particular, the experimental methods to determine the centrality that have given reasonable results for many observables in…

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Hypothetical short-range interactions could be detected by measuring the wavefunctions of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) on a mirror bounded by the Earth's gravitational field. The Searches require detectors with higher spatial resolution. We…

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…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-12-16 Reed Essick , Philippe Landry , Achim Schwenk , Ingo Tews

We systematically investigate the neutron-skin thickness of neutron-rich nuclei within a compressible droplet model, which includes several parameters characterizing the surface tension and the equation of state (EOS) of asymmetric nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-09-27 W. Horiuchi , S. Ebata , K. Iida

Although they are best known for studying astrophysical neutrinos, neutrino telescopes like IceCube can study neutrino interactions, at energies far above those that are accessible at accelerators. In this writeup, I present two IceCube…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-05-22 Spencer R. Klein

We derive the empirical formulae expressing the mass and gravitational redshift of a neutron star, whose central density is less than threefold the nuclear saturation density, as a function of the neutron-skin thickness or the dipole…

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