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Bayesian analyses on both isoscalar and isovector nuclear interaction parameters are carried out based on the Korea-IBS-Daegu-SKKU (KIDS) model under the constraints of nuclear structure data of $^{208}$Pb and $^{120}$Sn. Under the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-12 Jun Xu , Panagiota Papakonstantinou

In this review, we will discuss the results of our recent work to study the general optimization of the pure isovector parameters of the popular relativistic mean-field (RMF) and Skyrme-Hartree-Fock (SHF) nuclear energy-density functionals…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-03-27 F. J. Fattoyev , W. G. Newton , Jun Xu , Bao-An Li

An accurately calibrated relativistic parametrization is introduced to compute the ground state properties of finite nuclei, their linear response, and the structure of neutron stars. While similar in spirit to the successful NL3 parameter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 B. G. Todd-Rutel , J. Piekarewicz

Low-mass neutron stars are directly associated with the nuclear saturation parameters because their central density is definitely low. We have already found a suitable combination of nuclear saturation parameters for expressing the neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-11-16 Hajime Sotani , Shinsuke Ota

The neutron skin of nuclei is an important fundamental property, but its accurate measurement faces many challenges. Inspired by charge symmetry of nuclear forces, the neutron skin of a neutron-rich nucleus is related to the difference…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 M. K. Gaidarov , I. Moumene , A. N. Antonov , D. N. Kadrev , P. Sarriguren , E. Moya de Guerra

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…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-05 A. Azizi , C. A. Bertulani , C. Davila

We perform a systematic analysis of the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy within the microscopic Brueckner--Hartree--Fock (BHF) approach using the realistic Argonne V18 nucleon-nucleon potential plus a phenomenological three…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-02 Isaac Vidana , Constanca Providencia , Artur Polls , Arnau Rios

{\it Background.} We investigate possible correlations between neutron star observables and properties of atomic nuclei. Particularly, we explore how the tidal deformability of a 1.4 solar mass neutron star, $M_{1.4}$, and the neutron skin…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-17 G. F. Burgio , I. Vidana

Parity-violating electron scattering experiments on $\rm ^{48}Ca$ (CREX) and $\rm ^{208}Pb$ (PREX-2) offer valuable insight into the isovector properties of finite nuclei, providing constraints for the density dependence of the nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-04 P. S. Koliogiannis , E. Yuksel , N. Paar

Recent NICER observation data on PSR J0030+0451 has recently added a unique mass-radius constraint on the properties of the superdense nuclear matter existing in the interior of compact stars. Such a macroscopic data restrict further the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-14 Péter Pósfay , Gergely Gábor Barnaföldi , Antal Jakovác

Using excitation energies to isobaric analog states (IAS) and charge invariance, we extract nuclear symmetry coefficients, from a mass formula, on a nucleus-by-nucleus basis. Consistently with charge invariance, the coefficients vary weakly…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-12-06 Pawel Danielewicz , Jenny Lee

We aim to develop a nuclear energy density functional that can be simultaneously applied to finite nuclei and neutron stars. We use the self-consistent nuclear density functional theory (DFT) with Skyrme energy density functionals and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-01-28 J. Erler , C. J. Horowitz , W. Nazarewicz , M. Rafalski , P. -G. Reinhard

In this proceeding, we have presented some highlight results on the constraints of the nuclear matter equation of state (EOS) from the data of nucleus resonance and neutron-skin thickness using the Bayesian approach based on the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-05-08 Jun Xu

This paper presents a new analysis of the thermal emission from the neutron star surface to constrain the dense matter equation of state. It is based on the use of a Markov-Chain Monte Carlo algorithm combined with an empirical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 N. Baillot d'Etivaux , S. Guillot , J. Margueron , N. A. Webb , M. Catelan , A. Reisenegger

We construct parameter sets of the relativistic mean-field model fitted to the recent constraints on the asymmetry energy $J$ and the slope parameter $L$ for pure neutron matter. We find cases of unphysical behaviour, i.e.\ the appearance…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-19 Nadine Hornick , Laura Tolos , Andreas Zacchi , Jan-Erik Christian , Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

The static dipole polarizability, $\alpha_{\rm D}$, in ${}^{208}$Pb has been recently measured with high-resolution via proton inelastic scattering at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP). This observable is thought to be…

It is currently a big challenge to accurately determine the symmetry energy $E_{\text{sym}}(\rho)$ and the pure neutron matter equation of state $E_{\text{PNM}}(\rho)$, even their values around saturation density $\rho_0 $. We find that the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-10-22 Zhen Zhang , Lie-Wen Chen

We examine the correlations of neutron star radii with the nuclear matter incompressibility, symmetry energy, and their slopes, which are the key parameters of the equation of state (EoS) of asymmetric nuclear matter. The neutron star radii…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-11-15 N. Alam , B. K. Agrawal , M. Fortin , H. Pais , C. Providência , Ad. R. Raduta , A. Sulaksono

We observe various robust linear correlations related to neutron skin thickness ($\Delta R_{\rm np}$) within different interaction ensembles, including newly proposed random Skyrme ensemble. The robust linear correlation between $\Delta…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-19 Y. Lei , X. Lian , C. L. Bai

Starting with a two-body effective nucleon-nucleon interaction, it is shown that the infinite nuclear matter model of atomic nuclei is more appropriate than the conventional Bethe-Weizsacker like mass formulae to extract saturation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 R. Nayak , V. S. Uma Maheswari , L. Satpathy