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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

The nuclear symmetry energy is a key quantity in nuclear (astro)physics. It describes the isospin dependence of the nuclear equation of state (EOS), which is commonly assumed to be almost quadratic. In this work, we confront this standard…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-04-14 R. Somasundaram , C. Drischler , I. Tews , J. Margueron

Using various relativistic mean-field models, including the nonlinear ones with meson field self-interactions, those with density-dependent meson-nucleon couplings, and the point-coupling models without meson fields, we have studied the…

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

We present and discuss properties of isospin asymmetric matter whose equation of state is derived from recent high-quality chiral nucleon-nucleon potentials and chiral effective three-nucleon forces. After a brief review of the chiral…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-06-10 Randy Millerson , Francesca Sammarruca

In this article we study properties of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter in the generalized Skyrme model. This is achieved by canonically quantizing the isospin collective degrees of freedom of the recently found multi-wall skyrmion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-03-12 Paul Leask , Miguel Huidobro , Andrzej Wereszczynski

We study the impact of the symmetry energy on properties of nuclear pasta phases and crust-core transition in neutron stars. We perform a self-consistent Thomas--Fermi calculation employing the relativistic mean-field model. The properties…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-01-19 S. S. Bao , H. Shen

Precise knowledge of the nuclear symmetry energy can be tentatively calibrated through multimessenger constraints. The neutron skin thickness of a heavy nucleus is one of the most sensitive indicators for probing the isovector components of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-10-11 Rong An , Shuai Sun , Li-Gang Cao , Feng-Shou Zhang

The accurate measurement of neutron skin thickness of $^{208}$Pb by the PREX Collaboration suggests a large value of the nuclear symmetry energy slope parameter, $L$, whereas the smaller $L$ is preferred to account for the small…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-07 Tsuyoshi Miyatsu , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Kyungsik Kim , Koichi Saito

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

A mean field calculation is carried out to obtain the equation of state (EoS) of nuclear matter from a density dependent M3Y interaction (DDM3Y). The energy per nucleon is minimized to obtain ground state of the symmetric nuclear matter…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-09-04 D. N. Basu , P. Roy Chowdhury , C. Samanta

Symmetry energy for asymmetric nuclear matter at subsaturation densitieswas investigated in the framework of an isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics model.Asingle ratio of neutrons and protons is comparedwith the experimental data…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-11-18 Sanjeev Kumar , Y. G. Ma , G. Q. Zhang , C. L. Zhou

The surface energy is one of the fundamental properties nuclei, appearing in the simplest form of the semi-empirical mass formula. The surface enery has an influence on e.g. the shape of a nucleus and its ability to deform. This in turn…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-04-22 P. D. Stevenson

We systematically investigate the neutron-skin thickness of neutron-rich nuclei within a compressible droplet model, which includes several parameters characterizing the surface tension and the equation of state (EOS) of asymmetric nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-09-27 W. Horiuchi , S. Ebata , K. Iida

The symmetry energy and the isoscaling properties of the fragments produced in the multifragmentation of $^{40}$Ar, $^{40}$Ca + $^{58}$Fe, $^{58}$Ni reactions at 25 - 53 MeV/nucleon were investigated within the framework of statistical…

In this theoretical study, we have derived a simplified analytical expression for the binding energy per nucleon as a function of density and isospin asymmetry within the relativistic mean-field model. We have generated a new…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-06 Praveen K. Yadav , Raj Kumar , M. Bhuyan

The effective surface approximation is extended accounting for derivatives of the symmetry energy density per particle. Using the analytical isovector surface energy constants within the Fermi-liquid droplet model, one obtains energies and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 J. P. Blocki , A. G. Magner , P. Ring

Role of the isospin asymmetry in nuclei and neutron stars, with an emphasis on the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy, is discussed. The symmetry energy is obtained using the isoscalar as well as isovector components of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 D. N. Basu , Tapan Mukhopadhyay

The density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy is inspected using the Statistical Multifragmentation Model with Skyrme effective interactions. The model consistently considers the expansion of the fragments' volumes at finite…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-29 S. R. Souza , M. B. Tsang , B. V. Carlson , R. Donangelo , W. G. Lynch , A. W. Steiner

We investigate the density dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy $S(\rho ) $ in the KIDS (Korea-IBS-Daegu-SKKU) framework for the nuclear equation of state (EoS) and energy-density functional (EDF). The aim is to constrain the value of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-09 Hana Gil , Panagiota Papakonstantinou , Chang Ho Hyun

In the framework of nuclear energy density functional (EDF) methods, many nuclear phenomena can be related to the deformation of intrinsic states. Their accurate modeling relies on the correct description of the change of nuclear binding…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-03-26 Philippe Da Costa , Karim Bennaceur , Jacques Meyer , Wouter Ryssens , Michael Bender