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The complex nature of the nuclear forces generates a broad range and diversity of observational phenomena. Heavy nuclei, though orders of magnitude less massive than neutron stars, are governed by the same underlying physics, which is…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2019-09-04 M. Thiel , C. Sfienti , J. Piekarewicz , C. J. Horowitz , M. Vanderhaeghen

This study explores the role of information entropy in understanding nuclear density distributions, including both stable configurations and non-traditional structures such as neutron halos and $\alpha$-clustering. By quantifying the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-01 Wei-Hu Ma , Yu-Gang Ma

We show that electrons can couple to the neutron excitations in neutron stars and find that this can limit their contribution to the transport properties of dense matter, especially the shear viscosity. The coupling between electrons and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-03-05 Bridget Bertoni , Sanjay Reddy , Ermal Rrapaj

In the present paper an example of entanglement between two different kinds of interacting particles, photons and electrons is analysed. The initial-value problem of the Schroedinger equation is solved non-perturbatively for the system of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-10-05 Sandor Varro

The linear entropy, the von Neumann entropy and the atomic Wehrl entropy are frequently used to quantify entanglement in the quantum systems. These relations provide typical information on the entanglement in the Jaynes-Cummings model…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-31 Faisal A. A. El-Orany

Low-energy neutrino interactions with isolated nucleons are accurately described by the effective theory based on Fermi's groundbreaking description of neutron $\beta$-decay. On the other hand, the extension of this scheme to the case of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-28 Omar Benhar

We examine how the properties of inhomogeneous nuclear matter at subnuclear densities depend on the density dependence of the symmetry energy. Using a macroscopic nuclear model we calculate the size and shape of nuclei in neutron star…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Kazuhiro Oyamatsu , Kei Iida

A review is given of attempts to describe nuclear properties in terms of neutron--proton pairs that are subsequently replaced by bosons. Some of the standard approaches with low-spin pairs are recalled but the emphasis is on a recently…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 P. Van Isacker

The properties of nuclei embedded in an electron gas are studied within the relativistic mean-field approach. These studies are relevant for nuclear properties in astrophysical environments such as neutron-star crusts and supernova…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas J. Buervenich , Igor N. Mishustin , Walter Greiner

The entanglement properties of systems in which elastic and inelastic reactions occur in projectile-target interactions is studied. A new measure of entanglement, the scattering entropy, based on the unitarity of the $S-$matrix (probability…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-27 Gerald A. Miller

Ab initio calculations in Nuclear physics for atomic nuclei require a specific knowledge of the interactions among their constituents, protons and neutrons. In particular, NN interactions can be constrained down to scale resolutions of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Enrique Ruiz Arriola , Jose Enrique Amaro , Rodrigo Navarro Perez

We consider a section of a half-filled chain of free electrons and its entanglement with the rest of the system in the presence of one or two interface defects. We find a logarithmic behaviour of the entanglement entropy with constants…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ingo Peschel

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

The empirical pairing gaps derived from four different odd-even mass staggering formulas are compared. By performing single-$j$ shell and multi-shell seniority model calculations as well as by using the standard HFB approach with Skyrme…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-08-11 S. A. Changizi , Chong Qi , R. Wyss

We investigate entanglement between electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom for a model nonadiabatic system. We find that entanglement (measured by the von Neumann entropy of the subsystem for the eigenstates) is large in a statistical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Hiroshi Fujisaki

In this paper we consider a system of two two-level atoms interacting with a single-mode quantized electromagnetic field in a lossless resonant cavity via $l$-photon-transition mechanism. The field and the atoms are initially prepared in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Faisal A. A. El-Orany , Wahiddin M R B , Obada A-S F

We study the fusion of a proton with a nucleus with the emission of two photons at low incident energy of the order of eV or smaller. We use a step model for the repulsive potential between proton and the nuclei. We consider the reaction…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-08-02 Kaanapuli Ramkumar , Harishyam Kumar , Pankaj Jain

We present Shell Model Monte Carlo calculations for nuclei within the full major shell 50-82 for both protons and neutrons. The interaction is determined solely by self-consistency and odd-even mass differences. The methods are illustrated…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-01-23 Y. Alhassid , G. F. Bertsch , D. J. Dean , S. E. Koonin

The symmetry energy in nuclei is studied using a monopole-monopole two boby interaction which has an isospin dependent term. A Hartree theory is developed for this interaction which has an oscillator shell model basis with corresponding…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 Aram Mekjian , Larry Zamick

We investigate the correlation between integrated proton-neutron interactions obtained by using the up-to-date experimental data of binding energies and the $N_{\rm p} N_{\rm n}$, the product of valence proton number and valence neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-19 G. J. Fu , Hui Jiang , Y. M. Zhao , A. Arima