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The CREX and PREX-II measurements of the neutron-skin thickness of 48Ca and 208Pb challenge standard nuclear energy-density functional (EDF) descriptions of nuclei and nuclear matter. We show that the apparent tension arises from an…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-02-27 P. Papakonstantinou

The recent high-resolution measurement of the electric dipole (E1) polarizability (alphad) in 208Pb [Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 062502 (2011)] provides a unique constraint on the neutron-skin thickness of this nucleus. The neutron-skin thickness…

We observe various robust linear correlations related to neutron skin thickness ($\Delta R_{\rm np}$) within different interaction ensembles, including newly proposed random Skyrme ensemble. The robust linear correlation between $\Delta…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-19 Y. Lei , X. Lian , C. L. Bai

The deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum with the density-dependent meson-nucleon couplings is developed. The formulism is briefly presented with the emphasis on handling the density-dependent couplings, meson…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-06-06 Ying Chen , Lulu Li , Haozhao Liang , Jie Meng

Based on the point-coupling density functional, the time-odd deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum (TODRHBc) is developed. Then the effects of nuclear magnetism on halo phenomenon are explored by taking the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-07 Cong Pan , Kaiyuan Zhang , Shuangquan Zhang

We study several structure properties of finite nuclei using relativistic mean-field Lagrangians constructed according to the Brown-Rho scaling due to the chiral symmetry restoration at high densities. The models are consistent with current…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Wei-Zhou Jiang , Bao-An Li , Lie-Wen Chen

In the abundance spectrum of r-process nuclei the most prominent features are the peaks that form when the r-process flow passes through the closed neutron shells. However, there are also other features in the abundance spectrum that can…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-06-03 P. -A. Söderström

We examine whether or not the surface tension acts to increase the nucleon density in the nuclear interior within a compressible liquid-drop model. We find that it depends on the density dependence of the surface tension, which may in turn…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Kei Iida , Kazuhiro Oyamatsu

The predictive power of the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum (DRHBc) with density functional PC-PK1 is demonstrated for superheavy region ($101 \leqslant Z \leqslant 120$) by comparing with available experimental…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-09 Xiao-Tao He , Jia-Wei Wu , Kai-Yuan Zhang , Cai-Wan Shen

We have obtained the constraints on the density dependence of the symmetry energy from neutron-skin thickness data by parity-violating electron scatterings and neutron-star observables using a Bayesian approach, based on the standard…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-23 Jia Zhou , Jun Xu

Possible deformed neutron halos in silicon isotopes are investigated from both structure and reaction perspectives using the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum (DRHBc) combined with the Glauber model. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-04-03 C. Pan , J. L. An , P. Ring , X. H. Wu , P. Papakonstantinou , M. -H. Mun , Y. Kim , S. S. Zhang , K. Y. Zhang

The evolution of the low-energy electromagnetic dipole response with the neutron excess is investigated along the Sn isotopic chain within an approach incorporating Hartree-Fock-Bogoljubov (HFB) and multi-phonon Quasiparticle-Phonon-Model…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 N. Tsoneva , H. Lenske

The systematic change of shell structure in both weakly bound and resonant neutron one-particle levels in nuclei towards the neutron drip line is exhibited, solving the coupled equations derived from the Schr\"{o}dinger equation in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-02-18 Ikuko Hamamoto

We review the properties of nuclear halos and nuclear skins in drip line nuclei in the framework of the spherical Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory with continuum effects and projection on good particle number with the Gogny force. We first…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-12-24 N. Schunck , J. L. Egido

Evolution of quadrupole deformations in $sd$ and $pf$ shell nuclei with mass A= 18$\sim$56 is studied by using deformed Skyrme Hartree-Fock (HF) model with pairing correlations. We point out that the quadrupole deformations of the nuclei…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 H. Sagawa , X. R. Zhou , X. Z. Zhang

Inspired by various studies on extracting the density distributions of nuclei from their collisions at ultrarelativistic energies, in the present work we investigate the possibility of extracting the neutron-skin thickness $\Delta r_{np}$…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-11-26 Tian-Ze Li , Lu-Meng Liu , Jun Xu , Zhong-Zhou Ren

Background: Saturation of nuclear density is a fundamental property of atomic nuclei but in reality, the nuclear internal density distribution is not uniform, e.g., some nuclei are known to have the so-called bubble structure, in which the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-01-10 Shuichiro Ebata , Wataru Horiuchi

We present and discuss numerical predictions for the neutron density distribution of $^{208}$Pb using various non-relativistic and relativistic mean-field models for the nuclear structure. Our results are compared with the very recent pion…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-09-22 Andrea Meucci , Matteo Vorabbi , Carlotta Giusti , Paolo Finelli

Background: The neutron skin of a heavy nucleus as well as many neutron-star properties are highly sensitive to the poorly constrained density dependence of the symmetry energy. Purpose: To provide for the first time meaningful theoretical…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-07-12 F. J. Fattoyev , J. Piekarewicz

A deformed relativistic Hartree Bogoliubov (RHB) theory in continuum is developed aiming at a proper description of exotic nuclei, particularly those with a large spatial extension. In order to give an adequate consideration of both the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2012-02-23 Lulu Li , Jie Meng , P. Ring , En-Guang Zhao , Shan-Gui Zhou