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The initial-state geometry in relativistic heavy-ion collisions provides a novel probe to nuclear cluster structure. For $^{20}$Ne, a novel approach is proposed to distinguish between the cluster configurations (5$\alpha$ versus $\alpha +…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-03 Pei Li , Bo Zhou , Guo-Liang Ma

One of the common methods used to investigate the nuclear structures of atomic nuclei is the nuclear shell model. Similar to the placement of atomic electrons into orbits, in the nuclear shell model, protons and neutrons are thought to fill…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-04-14 Serkan Akkoyun , Tuncay Bayram

In the paper, the results of analysis of elastic scattering and breakup processes in interactions of the $^{11}$Li nucleus with protons are presented. The hybrid model of the microscopic optical potential (OP) is applied. This OP includes…

Background: Effective interactions for elastic nucleon-nucleus scattering from first principles require the use of the same nucleon-nucleon interaction in the structure and reaction calculations, as well as a consistent treatment of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-05-26 R. B. Baker , M. Burrows , Ch. Elster , K. D. Launey , P. Maris , G. Popa , S. P. Weppner

Neutrino-nucleus $\nu A\to \nu A$ and antineutrino-nucleus $\bar\nu A\to \bar\nu A$ interactions, when the nucleus conserves its integrity, are discussed with coherent (elastic) and incoherent (inelastic) scattering regimes taken into…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-08 Vadim A. Bednyakov , Dmitry V. Naumov

Nuclear symmetry energy is a fundamental quantity currently under intense investigation in both nuclear physics and astrophysics. The {\it softness} or {\it stiffness} of symmetry energy is still under debate and the extraction of symmetry…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-08-11 Shuo Yang , Ruijia Li , Chang Xu

We predict pp elastic differential cross sections at LHC at c.m. energy 14 TeV and momentum transfer range |t| = 0 - 10 GeV*2 in a nucleon-structure model. In this model, the nucleon has an outer cloud of quark-antiquark condensed ground…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-08-10 M. M. Islam , J. Kaspar , R. J. Luddy

The de-excitation of alpha-conjugate nuclei produced in reactions of 35 MeV/nucleon 40Ca with 40Ca has been investigated. Particular emphasis is placed on examining the dynamics of collisions leading to projectile-like fragment exit…

Perturbing fluids of neutrons and protons (nuclear matter) may lead, as the most catastrophic effect, to the rearrangement of the fluid into clusters of nucleons. A similar process may occur in a single atomic nucleus undergoing a violent…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-23 P. Napolitani , M. Colonna , C. Mancini-Terracciano

The study of nuclear effects for J/{\psi} production in proton-nucleus collisions is crucial for a correct interpretation of the J/{\psi} suppression patterns experimentally observed in heavy-ion collisions. By means of three representative…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-09-28 Chun-Gui Duan , Jian-Chao Xu , Li-Hua Song

The understanding of clustering aspects at the ground state of nuclei and in fast rotating ones within the framework of covariant density functional theory has been reviewed and reanalyzed. The appearance of many exotic nuclear shapes in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-01-09 A. V. Afanasjev

The nucleon-nucleon interaction is constructed by means of the $J$-matrix version of inverse scattering theory. Ambiguities of the interaction are eliminated by postulating tridiagonal and quasi-tridiagonal forms of the potential matrix in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 A. M. Shirokov , A. I. Mazur , S. A. Zaytsev , J. P. Vary , T. A. Weber

Understanding the substructure of atomic nuclei, particularly the clustering of nucleons inside them, is essential for comprehending nuclear dynamics. Various cluster configurations can emerge depending on excitation energy, the number and…

We develop the method for the calculation of the total reaction cross sections induced by the halo nuclei and stable nuclei. This approach is based on the Glauber theory, which is valid for nuclear reactions at high energy. It is extended…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-01-17 Wen-Jun Guo , Huan-Qing Jiang , Jian-Ye Liu , Wei Zuo , Zhong-Zhou Ren , Xi-Guo Lee

The $(p,p \alpha)$ reaction offers a direct means to probe preformed $\alpha$-cluster structures in nuclei under quasi-free scattering conditions. Previous studies around 100 MeV provided valuable insights into $\alpha$ clustering, but…

We present several coupled-cluster calculations of ground and excited states of 4He and 16O employing methods from quantum chemistry. A comparison of coupled cluster results with the results of exact diagonalization of the hamiltonian in…

The non-localized cluster model provides a new perspective on nuclear cluster effects and has been applied successfully to study cluster structures in various bound states and quasi-bound states (i.e., long-lived resonant states). In this…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 Dong Bai , Zhongzhou Ren

Calculations for fission and cluster decay of $^{76}Sr$ are presented for this nucleus to be in its ground-state or formed as an excited compound system in heavy-ion reactions. The predicted mass distribution, for the dynamical collective…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 R. K. Gupta , M. K. Sharma , S. Singh , R. Nouicer , C. Beck

In this work, the melting phase transitions of $Fe_{n}$ nanoclusters with $10 \leq n \leq 100$ atoms are investigated using classical many-body molecular dynamics simulations. For many cluster sizes, surface melting occurs at much lower…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2025-03-31 Louis E. S. Hoffenberg , Alexander Khrabry , Yuri Barsukov , Igor D. Kaganovich , David B. Graves

In the evaluation of the half-life of the neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of a doubly closed-subshell nucleus $^{96}$Zr, the structure of the nucleus $^{96}$Mo is essentially important. The $\alpha$-clustering aspects…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-03 S. Ohkubo , Y. Hirabayashi