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Azimuthal anisotropy is a key observation made in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. This phenomenon has played a crucial role in the development of the field over the last two decades. In addition to its interest for studying the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2023-10-20 Jean-Yves Ollitrault

Covariant density functional theory is used to analyze the evolution of low-lying M1 strength in superfluid deformed nuclei in the framework of the self-consistent Relativistic Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation (RQRPA). In nuclei…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-12-07 D. Pena Arteaga , P. Ring

Preliminary data by the STAR collaboration at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider shows that the elliptic flow, $v_2$, and the average transverse momentum, $\langle p_t \rangle$, of final-state hadrons produced in high-multiplicity…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-23 Giuliano Giacalone

At the low temperature and high density conditions of a neutron star crust neutrons are degenerate. In this work, we study the effect of this degeneracy on the capture rates of neutrons on neutron rich nuclei in accreted crusts. We use a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-08-22 B. Knight , O. L. Caballero , H. Schatz

The longitudinal asymmetry in relativistic heavy ion collisions arises from the fluctuation in the number of nucleons involved. This asymmetry causes a rapidity shift in the center of mass of the participating zone. Both the rapidity shift…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-05 Ru-XIn Cao , Song Zhang , Yu-Gang Ma

Understanding how protons and neutrons are located differently in an atomic nucleus can provide fundamental information on nuclear structure and have far-reaching implications for astrophysics. A precise determination of this important…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-10-10 Hui Zhang , Alex Akridge , Charles J. Horowitz , Jinfeng Liao , Hongxi Xing

UU collisions can provide about 30% larger densities compared to central PbPb ones. New aspect is generation of rather deformed initial states. We show that those can be effectively used to resolve a number of outstanding issues, from…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 E. V. Shuryak

Investigating nucleon-nucleon correlations inherent to the strong nuclear force is one of the core goals in nuclear physics research. We showcase the unique opportunities offered by collisions of $^{16}$O nuclei at high-energy facilities to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-02-17 Chunjian Zhang , Jinhui Chen , Giuliano Giacalone , Shengli Huang , Jiangyong Jia , Yu-Gang Ma

Background: Atomic spectral lines from different isotopes display a small shift in energy, commonly referred to as the line isotope shift. One of the components of the isotope shift is the field shift, which depends on the extent and the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-11-03 A. Papoulia , B. G. Carlsson , J. Ekman

This study re examines the effect of nuclear deformation on the calculated Gamow Teller (GT) strength distributions of neutron deficient (178 192Hg, 185 194Pb and 196 206Po) nuclei. The nuclear ground state properties and shape parameters…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-28 Jameel-Un Nabi , Tuncay Bayram , Muhammad Riaz , Asim Ullah , Anes Hayder , Sevki Senturk , Mahmut Boyukata

Forthcoming fixed-target coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering experiments aim at measurements with $\cal{O}(\text{tonne})$-scale detectors and substantially reduced systematic and statistical uncertainties. With such high quality…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-08-30 D. Aristizabal Sierra

Employing the isospin-dependent Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck transport model, the 1 GeV/nucleon deformed uranium-uranium ultra-central collisions are simulated. Based on sensitive observables, mean square collective flow and pion meson…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-29 Zu-Xing Yang , Xiao-Hua Fan , Zhi-Pan Li , Shunji Nishimura

Understanding the differences between the distribution of quarks bound in protons and neutrons is key for constraining the mechanisms of SU(6) spin-flavor symmetry breaking in Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD). While vast amounts of proton…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-04-16 E. P. Segarra , J. R. Pybus , F. Hauenstein , T. Kutz , D. Higinbotham , G. A. Miller , E. Piasetzky , A. Schmidt , M. Strikman , L. B. Weinstein , O. Hen

There have been suggestions to measure atomic parity nonconservation (PNC) along an isotopic chain, by taking ratios of observables in order to cancel complicated atomic structure effects. Precise atomic PNC measurements could make a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. J. Pollock , E. N. Fortson , L. Wilets

Nucleon momentum distribution (NMD), particularly its high-momentum components, is essential for understanding the nucleon--nucleon ($ NN $) correlations in nuclei. Herein, we develop the studies of NMD of $^{56}\text{Fe}$ from the axially…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-08-30 Xuezhi Wang , Qinglin Niu , Jinjuan Zhang , Mengjiao Lyu , Jian Liu , Chang Xu , Zhongzhou Ren

Using a more reasonable separate density-dependent scenario instead of the total density-dependent scenario for in-medium $nn$, $pp$ and $np$ interactions, we examine effects of differences of in-medium nucleon-nucleon interactions in two…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-08-24 Gao-Feng Wei , Chang Xu , Wei Xie , Qi-Jun Zhi , Shi-Guo Chen , Zheng-Wen Long

A series of findings in machine learning (ML) and decay theory are captured while exploring the role of deformation and preformation factors in {\alpha} decay. We provide a novel and practical paradigm for developing physics-driven machine…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-08 Ruixiong Li , Jingyu Xiao , Hongfei Zhang , Nana Ma

On the basis of new photon scattering measurements and a reevaluation of average neutron resonance capture data we investigate how well Lorentzians adjusted to photo-neutron data in the giant dipole resonances give a good description of the…

The nuclear overlap zone in non-central relativistic heavy ion collisions is azimuthally very asymmetric. By varying the angle between the axes of deformation and the transverse direction of the pair momenta, the transverse HBT radii…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Heiselberg

The instability of the $^{26}$O nucleus with respect to decay through the two-neutron channel is investigated. It is shown that this isotope, unobserved in the fragmentation experiments, can exist as a narrow resonance in the system…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Yu. S. Lutostansky , M. V. Zverev