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Neutron-skin thicknesses provide a sensitive probe of the isovector sector of the nuclear equation of state and its density dependence, commonly characterized by the symmetry-energy slope parameter L. A wide variety of experimental and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-05 A. Azizi , C. A. Bertulani , C. Davila

The correlation between neutron skin-thickness of a neutron-rich nucleus and slope parameter of symmetry energy is assessed as a function of density using relativistic mean field models containing non-linear couplings among different…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-06 Chiranjib Mondal

Background: The density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy is crucial in determining several properties of finite nuclei to the neutron stars with mass $\sim$ 1.4 $M_\odot$. The values of neutron skin thickness, isovector giant dipole…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-03-23 T. Ghosh , Sangeeta , G. Saxena , B. K. Agrawal , Ushasi Datta

Neutron skins encode essential information about nuclear geometry, surface structure, and isovector response, yet a compact description across the nuclear chart remains elusive. We present an empirical analysis of neutron-excess surface…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-05 Brent Baker

The neutron skin thickness $\Delta r_{\rm{np}}$ of heavy nuclei is essentially determined by the symmetry energy density slope $L({\rho })$ at $\rho_c = 0.11~{\rm {fm}^{-3}}\approx 2/3\rho_0$ ($\rho_0$ is nuclear saturation density),…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-06-13 Tong-Gang Yue , Lie-Wen Chen , Zhen Zhang , Ying Zhou

Nuclear collective motion provides valuable constraint on the size of neutron-skin thickness and the properties of nuclear matter symmetry energy. By employing relativistic nuclear energy density functional (RNEDF) and covariance analysis…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Nils Paar , Andrea Horvat

In this paper, I have discussed the numerical predictions for the neutron-skin thickness (NST) of various finite nuclei starting from $^{40}$Ca to $^{238}$U using recently developed effective relativistic mean-field models G3 and IOPB-I…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-10-01 Bharat Kumar

The density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy remains poorly constrained. Starting from precise empirical values of the nuclear volume and surface symmetry energy coefficients and the nuclear saturation density, we show how in the ambit…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 B. K. Agrawal , J. N. De , S. K. Samaddar

Based on the relativistic calculations of the nuclear masses in the transfermium region from No $(Z=102)$ to Ds $(Z=110)$ by the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum, the possible existence of the bound nuclei beyond…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-10-27 Xiao-Tao He , Chen Wang , Kai-Yuan Zhang , Cai-Wan Shen

We show in the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach that unambiguous correlations exist between observables of finite nuclei and nuclear matter properties. Using this correlation analysis to existing data on the neutron skin thickness of Sn…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Lie-Wen Chen , Che Ming Ko , Jun Xu , Bao-An Li

Mass number dependence of the nuclear radii is closely related to the nuclear matter properties. It is known that the most of nuclei exhibit some deformation. We discuss how the nuclear density profile is modified by the nuclear deformation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-06-28 Wataru Horiuchi , Tsunenori Inakura

The Relativistic Continuum Hartree Bogoliubov theory (RCHB), which is the extension of the Relativistic Mean Field and the Bogoliubov transformation in the coordinate representation, has been used to study tin isotopes. The pairing…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Meng , I. Tanihata

We explore neutron skin predictions for $^{208}$Pb in relation to the symmetry pressure in various microscopic models based on realistic nucleon-nucleon potentials and either the Dirac-Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach or the conventional…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-06-30 Francesca Sammarruca , Pei Liu

The strong dependence of Coulomb energies on nuclear radii makes it possible to extract the latter from calculations of the former. The resulting estimates of neutron skins indicate that two mechanisms are involved. The first…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-06-08 J. Bonnard , S. M. Lenzi , A. P. Zuker

The predictive power of the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum (DRHBc) for nuclear mass is examined in the superheavy region, $102 \le Z \le 120$. The accuracy of predicting the 10 (56) measured (measured and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-08-11 Kaiyuan Zhang , Xiaotao He , Jie Meng , Cong Pan , Caiwan Shen , Chen Wang , Shuangquan Zhang

The information on the symmetry energy and its density dependence is deduced by comparing the available data on the electric dipole polarizability $\alpha_D$ of ${}^{68}$Ni, ${}^{120}$Sn, and ${}^{208}$Pb with the predictions of the Random…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-12-10 X. Roca-Maza , X. Viñas , M. Centelles , B. K. Agrawal , G. Colo' , N. Paar , J. Piekarewicz , D. Vretenar

DWBA analysis of the inelastic $^{30-40}$S$(p,p')$ and $^{18-22}$O$(p,p')$ scattering data measured in the inverse kinematics has been performed to determine the isoscalar ($\delta_0$) and isovector ($\delta_1$) deformation lengths of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Dao T. Khoa

Through ensemble learning with multitasking and complex connection neural networks, we aggregated nuclear properties, including ground state charge radii, binding energies, and single-particle state information obtained from the Kohn-Sham…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-10-18 Zu-Xing Yang , Xiao-Hua Fan , Zhi-Pan Li , Haozhao Liang

We study neutron-skin effects of $^{208}$Pb in Pb+Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\mathrm{NN}}}=5.02$~TeV using the improved string-melting version of a multi-phase transport model by varying the neutron density distribution. A systematic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-03-10 Xin-Li Zhao , Xin-Yi Xie , Yuan Li , Guo-Liang Ma

Possible bound nuclei beyond the two-neutron drip line in the $50\leqslant Z \leqslant 70$ region are investigated by using the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum with density functional PC-PK1. Bound nuclei beyond…