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In the inner crust of a neutron star, at densities above the ``drip'' threshold, unbound ``conduction'' neutrons can move freely past through the ionic lattice formed by the nuclei. The relative current density $n^i= n \bar v^i$ of such…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Brandon Carter , Nicolas Chamel , Pawel Haensel

The density and temperature dependence of nucleonic single particle spectral function in symmetric nuclear matter at finite temperatures and densities beyond normal nuclear matter density is investigated in a model emphasizing short-range…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Frank Froemel , Horst Lenske , Ulrich Mosel

We apply a novel equation of state (EoS) that includes the surface tension contribution induced by interparticle interaction and asymmetry between neutrons and protons, to the study of neutron star (NS) properties. This elaborated EoS is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-11 Violetta V. Sagun , Ilidio Lopes , Aleksei I. Ivanytskyi

Within the nonlinear relativistic mean field model, we derive the analytical expression of the nuclear matter fourth-order symmetry energy $E_{sym,4}(\rho)$. Based on two accurately calibrated interactions FSUGold and IU-FSU, our results…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-03-27 Bao-Jun Cai , Lie-Wen Chen

While the equation of state (EOS) of symmetric nuclear matter (SNM) at suprasaturation densities has been relatively well constrained from heavy-ion collisions, the EOS of high-density neutron-rich matter is still largely uncertain due to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-12 Ying Zhou , Lie-Wen Chen , Zhen Zhang

The critical densities and impact of forming \D resonances in neutron stars are investigated within an extended nonlinear relativistic mean-field (RMF) model. The critical densities for the formation of four different charge states of \D…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-07-08 Bao-Jun Cai , Farrukh J. Fattoyev , Bao-An Li , William G. Newton

We study relativistic mean-field (RMF) models including nucleons interacting with scalar, vector and iso-vector mean fields and self- and cross- mean-field interaction terms. Usually, in such a models the magnitude of the scalar field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-18 K. A. Maslov , E. E. Kolomeitsev , D. N. Voskresensky

In this work we calculate the equation of state of nuclear matter for different proton fractions at zero and finite temperature within the Thomas Fermi approach considering three different parameter sets: the well-known NL3 and TM1 and a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-12 S. S. Avancini , M. E. Bracco , M. Chiapparini , D. P. Menezes

The Shell Model Monte Carlo (SMMC) approach has been applied to calculate level densities and partition functions to temperatures up to ~ 1.5 - 2 MeV, with the maximal temperature limited by the size of the configuration space. Here we…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Y. Alhassid , G. F. Bertsch , L. Fang

The nonmesonic weak decay of $\Lambda$ hypernuclei is studied using nuclear matter. We have developed a formalism which gives a microscopic interpretation of the process of emission of particles originated in this decay. More specifically,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 E. Bauer

We address the question of the role of low-energy nuclear physics data in constraining neutron star global properties, e.g., masses, radii, angular momentum, and tidal deformability, in the absence of a phase transition in dense matter. To…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-06 Brett V. Carlson , Mariana Dutra , Odilon Lourenço , Jérôme Margueron

Statistical $\gamma$-decay from highly excited states is determined by the nuclear level density (NLD) and the $\gamma$-ray strength function ($\gamma$SF). These average quantities have been measured for several nuclei using the Oslo…

In this manuscript, we undertake an examination of a classical plasma deployed on two finite co-planar surfaces: a circular region $\Omega_{in}$ into an annular region $\Omega_{out}$ with a gap in between. It is studied both from the point…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-02 Robert Salazar , Cristian Cobos , Diego Jaramillo , Camilo Bayona

Nuclear and neutron matters are investigated in the low density region, well below the nuclear saturation density. Microscopic calculations, based on the Bethe-Brueckner approach with a few realistic nucleon-nucleon potentials, are compared…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-07-19 M. Baldo , C. Maieron , P. Schuck , X. Vinas

The nuclear level densities of $^{118,119}$Sn and the $\gamma$-ray strength functions of $^{116,118,119}$Sn below the neutron separation energy are extracted with the Oslo method using the ($^3$He, \,$\alpha \gamma$) and…

The accurate measurement of neutron skin thickness of $^{208}$Pb by the PREX Collaboration suggests a large value of the nuclear symmetry energy slope parameter, $L$, whereas the smaller $L$ is preferred to account for the small…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-07 Tsuyoshi Miyatsu , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Kyungsik Kim , Koichi Saito

The symmetry energy of nuclear matter is a fundamental ingredient in the investigation of exotic nuclei, heavy-ion collisions and astrophysical phenomena. A recently developed quantum statistical (QS) approach that takes the formation of…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-18 K. Hagel , J. B. Natowitz , G. Röpke

The parameters of the nuclear liquid drop model, such as the volume, surface, symmetry, and curvature constants, as well as bulk radii, are extracted from the non-relativistic and relativistic energy density functionals used in microscopic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 P. -G. Reinhard , M. Bender , W. Nazarewicz , T. Vertse

We have extracted the nuclear level density of ${}^{128}$Te from a $(\mathrm{p},\mathrm{p} '\gamma)$ scattering experiment using the large-volume \labr\ and \cebr\ detectors from ELI-NP at the 9~MV Tandem facilities at IFIN-HH. The decay…

The evolution of the nuclear matter density distribution with excitation energy is studied within the framework of a finite-range interacting Fermi gas model and microcanonical thermodynamics in Thomas-Fermi approximation. It is found that…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-07-18 J. Tõke , W. U. Schröder