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We show that the charge radii of neighboring atomic nuclei, independent of atomic number and charge, follow remarkably very simple relations, despite the fact that atomic nuclei are complex finite many-body systems governed by the laws of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-25 B. H. Sun , Y. Lu , J. P. Peng , C. Y. Liu , Y. M. Zhao

Multi-neutron systems are crucial to understanding the physics of neutron-rich nuclei and neutron stars. Neutron drops, neutrons confined in an external field, are investigated systematically in both non-relativistic and relativistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-10-19 P. W. Zhao , S. Gandolfi

Few unified equations of state for neutron star matter where core and crust are described using the same nuclear model are available. However the use of non-unified equations of state with a simplified matching between the crust and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-07 J. L. Zdunik , M. Fortin , P. Haensel

We study the properties of neutron-star crust within a Bayesian framework based on a unified relativistic mean-field (RMF) description of dense matter. The analysis focuses on the posterior distributions of crust properties, constrained by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-01-13 Vishal Parmar , Ignazio Bombaci

The CCFR collaboration reports a precise measurement of electroweak parameters derived from the ratio of neutral-current to charged-current cross-sections in neutrino-nucleon scattering at the Fermilab Tevatron. This ratio of cross-sections…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-31 CCFR Collaboration , K. S. McFarland

Atomic nuclei and dense nucleonic matter in neutron stars exhibit short-range correlations (SRCs), where nucleons form temporally correlated pairs in proximity beyond mean-field approximation. It is essential to make precision measurement…

The angular distribution of the differential cross sections for proton elastic scattering from $^{132}$Sn at 196-210 MeV/nucleon was successfully measured over a momentum transfer range of 0.80 to 2.1 fm$^{-1}$. Using a relativistic impulse…

We report on the measurement of optical isotope shifts for $^{38,39,42,44,46\text{-}51}$K relative to $^{47}$K from which changes in the nuclear mean square charge radii across the N=28 shell closure are deduced. The investigation was…

We report a 0.08 % measurement of the bound neutron scattering length of $^4$He using neutron interferometry. The result is $b = (3.0982 \pm 0.0021 \mbox{ [stat]} \pm 0.0014 \mbox{ [sys]}) \mbox{ fm}$. The corresponding free atomic…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-01-15 R. Haun , F. E. Wietfeldt , M. Arif , M. G. Huber , T. C. Black , B. Heacock , D. A. Pushin , C. B. Shahi

The recently completed PREX-2 campaign - which measured the weak form factor of lead at an optimal momentum transfer - has confirmed that the neutron skin of lead is relatively large and has provided a precise determination of the interior…

Perfect-crystal neutron interferometry which is analogous to Mach-Zehnder interferometry, uses Bragg diffraction to form interfering neutron paths. The measured phase shifts can be used to probe many types of interactions whether it be…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-02-27 M. G. Huber , I. Taminiau , D. G. Cory , B. Heacock , D. Sarenac , R. Valdillez , D. A. Pushin

Despite being neutral particles, neutrinos can have a non-zero charge radius, which represents the only non-null neutrino electromagnetic property in the standard model theory. Its value can be predicted with high accuracy and its effect is…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-05-31 M. Atzori Corona , M. Cadeddu , N. Cargioli , F. Dordei , C. Giunti

The neutron skin of nuclei is an important fundamental property, but its accurate measurement faces many challenges. Inspired by charge symmetry of nuclear forces, the neutron skin of a neutron-rich nucleus is related to the difference…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 M. K. Gaidarov , I. Moumene , A. N. Antonov , D. N. Kadrev , P. Sarriguren , E. Moya de Guerra

The report is dedicated to the preparation of the new experiment on the neutron radiative decay what is conducted for the last years. We started the experimental research of this neutron decay branch with the experiment conducted at ILL in…

Nuclear charge radii of $^{7,9,10,11}$Be have been determined by high-precision laser spectroscopy. On-line measurements were performed with collinear laser spectroscopy in the $2s_{1/2} \to 2p_{1/2}$ transition on a beam of Be$^{+}$ ions.…

Coherent control of neutrons via Bragg diffraction forms the foundation of perfect crystal neutron interferometry, facilitating both fundamental tests of quantum mechanics and applications in quantum information science. In cavity…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-04-06 Owen Lailey , Dusan Sarenac , David G. Cory , Michael G. Huber , Dmitry A. Pushin

Nonuniform neutron-rich matter present in both core-collapse supernovae and neutron-star crusts is described in terms of a semiclassical model that reproduces nuclear-matter properties and includes long-range Coulomb interactions. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. J. Horowitz , M. A. Perez-Garcia , J. Carriere , D. K. Berry , J. Piekarewicz

Neutron scattering total cross sections have been estimated from nuclei ranging in mass 6 to 238 and for neutron energies 10 MeV to 600 MeV using a simple function of three parameters. These total cross sections have also been calculated…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 P. K. Deb , K. Amos

Neutron stars exhibit magnetic fields and densities far beyond those achievable in terrestrial laboratories, offering a natural probe of strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions. Using observationally anchored mass-radius…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-13 Abriana Lyda , Prajwal MohanMurthy

The relativistic expression for the $n$-th order moment of the nuclear charge density is presented. For the mean square radius(msr) of the nuclear charge density, the non-relativistic expression, which is equivalent to the relativistic one,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-07-25 Haruki Kurasawa , Toshio Suzuki