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In this work we show the modifications of nucleon mass and nucleon radius with the help of the extended Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) model. We argue that even small departures above nuclear equilibrium density with constant nucleon mass…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-03-28 Jacek Rozynek

We report combined magnetic susceptibility, dielectric constant, nuclear quadruple resonance (NQR) and zero-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on single crystals of multiferroics CuBr$_2$. High quality of the sample is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-09 Ruiqi Wang , Jiacheng Zheng , Tao Chen , Pengshuai Wang , Jinshan Zhang , Yi Cui , Chao Wang , Yuan Li , Sheng Xu , Feng Yuan , Weiqiang Yu

Neutron capture cross sections of unstable isotopes are important for neutron-induced nucleosynthesis as well as for technological applications. A combination of a radioactive beam facility, an ion storage ring and a high flux reactor would…

The M\"ossbauer technique is proposed as an alternative experimental procedure to be used in the detection of Coherent Elastic $\nu$-Nucleus Scattering (CENNS). The $Z_{0}$-boson exchange is considered as a perturbation on the nuclear…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-02 C. Marques , G S Dias , H. S. Chaves , S. B. Duarte

Nucleon-nucleon (NN) cross sections are evaluated in neutron-rich matter using a scaling model according to nucleon effective masses. It is found that the in-medium NN cross sections are not only reduced but also have a different isospin…

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

Measurement of the parity-violating electron scattering asymmetry from ${}^{208}$Pb has demonstrated a new opportunity at Jefferson Lab to measure the weak charge distribution and hence pin down the neutron radius in nuclei in a relatively…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2015-10-21 Robert Michaels

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that if the transformation of a neutron to a mirror neutron exists with an oscillation time of the order of ten seconds, it can be detected in a rather simple disappearance and/or regeneration…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-09-06 Zurab Berezhiani , Matthew Frost , Yuri Kamyshkov , Ben Rybolt , Louis Varriano

We report a measurement of the flux-averaged neutral-current elastic differential cross section for neutrinos scattering on mineral oil (CH$_2$) as a function of four-momentum transferred squared. It is obtained by measuring the kinematics…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2012-08-27 The MiniBooNE Collaboration

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

It was pointed out recently that oscillation of the neutron $n$ into mirror neutron $n'$, a sterile twin of the neutron with exactly the same mass, could be a very fast process with the the baryon number violation, even faster than the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-12 Zurab Berezhiani

The recent and older level shifts and widths in pbar atoms are analyzed. The results are fitted by an antiproton-nucleus optical potential with two basic complex strength parameters. These parameters are related to average S and P wave…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Wycech , F. J. Hartmann , J. Jastrzebski , B. Klos , A. Trzcinska , T. von Egidy

We study the relation between neutron removal cross section ($\sigma_{-N}$) and neutron skin thickness for finite neutron rich nuclei using the statistical abrasion ablation (SAA) model. Different sizes of neutron skin are obtained by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-11-19 D. Q. Fang , Y. G. Ma , X. Z. Cai , W. D. Tian , H. W. Wang

Whether studying neutrinos for their own sake or as a messenger particle, neutrino cross sections are critically important for numerous analyses. On the low energy side, measurements from accelerator experiments reach up to a few 100s of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-22 Sarah Nowicki

In recent years, an energetic experimental program has set quite stringent limits on a possible "non - 1/r^2" dependence on gravity at short length scales. This effort has been largely driven by the predictions of theories based on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Geoffrey L. Greene , Vladimir Gudkov

We calculate the electron shear viscosity (determined by Coulomb electron collisions) for a dense matter in a wide range of parameters typical for white dwarf cores and neutron star crusts. In the density range from ~10^3 g cm^-3 to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. I. Chugunov , D. G. Yakovlev

The hyperfine spectra of $^{51,53-64}$Mn were measured in two experimental runs using collinear laser spectroscopy at ISOLDE, CERN. Laser spectroscopy was performed on the atomic $3d^5\ 4s^2\ ^{6}\text{S}_{5/2}\rightarrow 3d^5\ 4s4p\…

Neutron rich matter is central to many fundamental questions in nuclear physics and astrophysics. Moreover, this material is being studied with an extraordinary variety of new tools such as the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-17 C. J. Horowitz

Precise and reliable measurements of the masses and radii of neutron stars with a variety of masses would provide valuable guidance for improving models of the properties of cold matter with densities above the saturation density of nuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-20 M. Coleman Miller , Frederick K. Lamb

The mesoscopic nature of the atomic nucleus gives rise to a wide array of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena. The size of the nucleus is a window into this duality: while the charge radii globally scale as $A^{1/3}$, their evolution…