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Light-Ion Trap (LIONTRAP), a high-precision Penning-trap mass spectrometer, was used to determine the atomic mass of $^{4}$He. Here, we report a 12 parts-per-trillion measurement of the mass of a $^{4}$He$^{2+}$ ion, $m(^{4}\text{He}^{2+}$)…

Neutron-star radii provide useful information on the equation of state of neutron rich matter. Particularly interesting is the density dependence of the equation of state (EOS). For example, the softening of the EOS at high density, where…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Carriere , C. J. Horowitz , J. Piekarewicz

The neutron is a cornerstone in our depiction of the visible universe. Despite the neutron zero-net electric charge, the asymmetric distribution of the positively- (up) and negatively-charged (down) quarks, a result of the complex…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2021-04-22 H. Atac , M. Constantinou , Z. -E. Meziani , M. Paolone , N. Sparveris

Proton charge radius is calculated from the electromagnetic form factor of proton parameterized by the dispersion relation. The calculated charge radius is a little larger than that obtained by the Lamb shift of the $\mu$ mesic atom. As the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-07-11 Hirohisa Ishikawa , Keiji Watanabe

Accurately determining the size of the atomic nucleus with realistic nuclear forces is a long outstanding issue of nuclear physics. The no-core shell model (NCSM), one of the powerful ab initio methods for nuclear structure, can achieve…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-02-07 Xiang-Xiang Sun , Hoai Le , Ulf-G. Meißner , Andreas Nogga

The variances of the fission fragment mass distributions for symmetric fission over a wide range of the fissility of the compound nucleus have been investigated within the frame work of Random Neck Rupture Model (RNRM) proposed by Brosa et.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-04-20 Yogesh Sawant , S. V. Suryanarayana , B. K. Nayak , A. Saxena , R. K. Choudhury

The information about sizes and nuclear density distributions in unstable (radioactive) nuclei is usually extracted from the data on interaction of radioactive nuclear beams with a nuclear target. We show that in the case of nucleus-nucleus…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-01-26 C. Merino , I. S. Novikov , Yu. M. Shabelski

We take a new look at $^{6}\textrm{He}$ halo nucleus and set up a halo effective field theory at low energies to calculate the charge form factor of ${}^{6}\textrm{He}$ system with resonant P-wave interaction. P-wave Lagrangian has been…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 S. Jesri , M. Moeini Arani , S. Bayegan

For $^{4,6,8}$He, Tanihata et al. determined matter radii $r_{m}(\sigma_{\rm I})=1.57(4), 2.48(3), 2.52(3)$~fm from interaction cross sections $\sigma_{\rm I}$ for $^{4,6,8}$He scattering on Be, C Al targets at 790~MeV/nucleon. Lu et al.…

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

A new method is proposed to deduce the neutron radii of neutron-rich nuclei. This method requires measuring the reaction cross sections of both the neutron-rich nucleus and its stable isotope at the same energy on a proton target. Using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 I. A. M. Abdul-Magead , Eman Hamza , Badawy Abu-Ibrahim

Neutron star radii are primarily determined by the pressure of isospin asymmetric matter which is proportional to the slope of the nuclear symmetry energy. Available terrestrial laboratory data on the isospin diffusion in heavy-ion…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Bao-An Li , Andrew W. Steiner

We report on the measurement of the mass and radius of the neutron star in the low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1820-30. The analysis of the spectroscopic data on multiple thermonuclear bursts yields well-constrained values for the apparent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-08-05 Tolga Guver , Patricia Wroblewski , Larry Camarota , Feryal Ozel

A microscopic calculation of the effective mass of one $^4$He impurity in homogeneous liquid $^3$He at zero temperature is performed for an extended Jastrow--Slater wave function, including two-- and three--body dynamical correlations and…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 F. Arias de Saavedra , J. Boronat , A. Polls , A. Fabrocini

Proton and neutron density profiles of 760 nuclei in the mass region of A=16-304are analyzed using the Skyrme energy density for the parameter set SLy4. Simple formulae are obtained to fit the resulting radii and diffuseness data. These…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-12-09 W. M. Seif , Hesham Mansour

This paper examines the cosmic ray He and C nuclei spectra below ~1 GeV/nuc, as well as the very rapid increase in the He/C ratio below ~100 MeV/nuc, measured by Voyager 1 beyond the heliopause. Using a simple Leaky Box Model (LBM) for…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-12-01 W. R. Webber

High-precision laser spectroscopy of atomic energy levels enables the measurement of nuclear properties. Sensitivity to these properties is particularly enhanced in muonic atoms which are bound systems of a muon and a nucleus. Exemplary is…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-08-12 Aldo Antognini

Measurements of neutron star masses and radii are instrumental for determining the equation of state of their interiors, understanding the dividing line between neutron stars and black holes, and for obtaining accurate statistics of source…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-28 Feryal Ozel , Andrew Gould , Tolga Guver

Correlation between the rms nucleus charge radius and their deformation, isospin asymmetry, mass and charge numbers are presented. Four parameters radius parametrization formula is proposed. Ratio of experimental to theoretical value…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Sosin

Based on relativistic mean field theory for atomic nuclei, we compute the mass radius and other radii associated with the energy momentum tensor for dozens of spin-0 nuclei across the nuclear chart. We also compute the D-term of these…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-13 Yoshitaka Hatta , Tomohiro Oishi , Makoto Oka