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The nuclear symmetry energy plays a key role in determining the equation of state (EoS) of dense, neutron-rich matter, which connects the atomic nuclei with the hot and dense matter in universe, thus has been the subject of intense…

The dependence between neutron-to-proton yield ratio ($R_{np}$) and neutron skin thickness ($\delta_{np}$) in neutron-rich projectile induced reactions is investigated within the framework of the Isospin-Dependent Quantum Molecular Dynamics…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-12-22 X. Y. Sun , D. Q. Fang , Y. G. Ma , X. Z. Cai , J. G. Chen , W. Guo , W. D. Tian , H. W. Wang

In the present work, we use a finite range effective interaction to calculate the neutron skin thickness in $^{48}$Ca and correlate these quantities with the parameters of nuclear symmetry energy. Available experimental data on the neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-09-02 S. K. Tripathy , D. Behera , T. R. Routray , B. Behera

The neutron skin thickness $\Delta r_{np}$ in heavy nuclei has been known as one of the most sensitive terrestrial probes of the nuclear symmetry energy around $\frac{2}{3}$ of the saturation density $\rho_0$ of nuclear matter. Existing…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-10-21 Jun Xu , Wen-Jie Xie , Bao-An Li

In these proceedings, we present the measurements of neutron skin thickness and nuclear deformation using isobar $^{96}_{44}$Ru+$^{96}_{44}$Ru and $^{96}_{40}$Zr+$^{96}_{40}$Zr collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=200$ GeV by the STAR…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-03-15 Haojie Xu

We use a finite range simple effective interaction to construct nuclear equations of state for the study of the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy. The EoSs provide good descriptions of the nuclear symmetry energy at a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-01 D. Behera , S. K. Tripathy , T. R. Routray , B. Behera

Isospin symmetry breaking (ISB) effects in the charge radius difference $\Delta R_{\rm ch}$ of mirror nuclei are studied using the test example of ${}^{48}$Ca and ${}^{48}$Ni. This choice allows for a transparent study of ISB contributions…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-12-22 Tomoya Naito , Xavier Roca-Maza , Gianluca Colò , Haozhao Liang , Hiroyuki Sagawa

We investigated effects of pairing correlations on the neutron skin thickness and the symmetry energy of finite nuclei. In this calculation we used Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) method with Skyrme forces and effective pairing interactions.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Soonchul Choi , Ying Zhang , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Youngshin Kwon , Kyungsik Kim , Hungchong Kim

Recent measurement of the parity-violating (PV) asymmetry in the elastic electron scattering on $^{27}$Al target evokes the interest in the distribution of the neutron in the nucleus. In this work, we calculate the neutron skin thickness…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-11-09 Hana Gil , Chang Ho Hyun , K. S. Kim

The symmetry energy and its density dependence are pivotal for many nuclear physics and astrophysics applications, as they determine properties ranging from the neutron-skin thickness of nuclei to the crust thickness and the radius of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-12-16 Reed Essick , Philippe Landry , Achim Schwenk , Ingo Tews

We study the correlation between the thickness of the neutron skin in finite nuclei and the nuclear symmetry energy for isotopic chains of even-even Ni, Sn, and Pb nuclei in the framework of the deformed self-consistent mean-field Skyrme…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 M. K. Gaidarov , A. N. Antonov , P. Sarriguren , E. Moya de Guerra

Background: Neutron-skin thickness is an excellent indicator of isovector properties of atomic nuclei. As such, it correlates strongly with observables in finite nuclei that depend on neutron-to-proton imbalance and the nuclear symmetry…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Kortelainen , J. Erler , W. Nazarewicz , N. Birge , Y. Gao , E. Olsen

The electric dipole polarizability $\alpha_D$ and the neutron skin thickness $\Delta R_{np}$ of $^{208}\mathrm{Pb}$ are two powerful and clean probes to constrain the symmetry energy at subsaturation density. Within the framework of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-24 Dandan Niu , Xinyu Wang , Ying Cui , Qiang Zhao , Kai Zhao , Akira Ono , Yingxun Zhang

A thick neutron skin emerges from the first determination of root mean square radii of the proton distributions for $^{17-22}$N from charge changing cross section measurements around 900$A$ MeV at GSI. Neutron halo effects are signaled for…

We present predictions for proton skins based on isospin-asymmetric equations of state derived microscopically from high-precision chiral few-nucleon interactions. Moreover, we investigate the relation between the neutron skin of a nucleus…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-12-19 Francesca Sammarruca

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

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…

The nuclear charge radius plays a vital role in determining the equation of state of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter. Based on the correlation between the differences in charge radii of mirror-partner nuclei and the slope parameter ($L$)…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-19 Rong An , Shuai Sun , Li-Gang Cao , Feng-Shou Zhang

One of the major uncertainties in the dense matter equation of state has been the nuclear symmetry energy. The density dependence of the symmetry energy is important in nuclear astrophysics, as it controls the neutronization of matter in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-07-01 James M. Lattimer , Yeunhwan Lim

A review is made of constraints on the nuclear symmetry energy parameters arising from nuclear binding energy measurements, theoretical chiral effective field predictions of neutron matter properties, the unitary gas conjecture, and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-01-11 James M. Lattimer