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A new version of the semiempirical formula based on fission approach of alpha decay is derived, by using the optimum values of the fitting parameters determined for even-even nuclei, combined with hindrance factors for even-odd, odd-even,…

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We treat proton-neutron pairing amplitudes, in addition to the nuclear deformation, as generator coordinates in a calculation of the neutrinoless double-beta decay of 76Ge. We work in two oscillator shells, with a Hamiltonian that includes…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-09-11 Nobuo Hinohara , Jonathan Engel

We explore the relation between the nuclear matrix elements of neutrinoless double-beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay and two other processes: double Gamow-Teller (DGT) and double-magnetic dipole (M1M1) transitions, with focus on medium-mass to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-26 Lotta Jokiniemi , Javier Menéndez

We present the angular distribution of gamma rays produced by proton-proton interactions in parameterized formulae to facilitate calculations in astrophysical environments. The parameterization is derived from Monte Carlo simulations of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Niklas Karlsson , Tuneyoshi Kamae

Effective proton-neutron interactions, $V_{pn}$, in mirror nuclei are systematically analyzed using the ground-state atomic masses. A mirror symmetry of $V_{pn}$ is found for bound nuclei with a standard deviation of $\sigma=32$ keV.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-04 Y. M. Xing , Y. F. Luo , K. H. Li , Y. H. Zhang , J. G. Li , M. Wang , Yu. A. Litvinov , K. Blaum , X. L. Yan , T. Liao , M. Zhang , X. Zhou

Using ab initio methods, we examine the the charge distribution at the interface of alpha-alumina-supported Pt films, and we consider the influence of this interface on CO adsorption. We demonstrate that a combination of electrostatic…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-03-12 Valentino R. Cooper , Alexie M. Kolpak , Yashar Yourdshahyan , Andrew M. Rappe

The layered graphene systems exhibit the rich and unique excitation spectra arising from the electron-electron Coulomb interactions. The generalized tight-binding model is developed to cover the planar/buckled/cylindrical structures,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-01-15 Chiun-Yan Lin , Jhao-Ying Wu , Chih-Wei Chiu , Ming-Fa Lin

In the present work the so-called Higher Tamm-Dancoff Apporximation method is presented for the generalized case of isovector and isoscalar residual interactions treated simultaneously. The role of different particle-hole excitations and of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 K. Sieja , T. L. Ha , P. Quentin , A. Baran

We analyze the observed shell gaps in N=Z nuclei determined from the binding energy differences. It is found that the shell gaps can be described by the combined contributions from the single-particle level spacing, the like-nucleon…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-03-04 Kazunari Kaneko , Jing-ye Zhang , Yang Sun

The $\Delta$ decay in the nuclear medium is calculated in the relativistic meson-nucleon model. The delta spreading width is calculated and compared with the Pauli-blocked $\pi$N decay width. The influence of relativistic mean fields is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Hungchong Kim , S. Schramm , Su Houng Lee

We study the impact of the nuclear symmetry energy and its density dependence on the {\alpha}-decay process. Within the frame work of the performed cluster model and the energy density formalism, we use different parameterizations of the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-07-04 W. M. Seif , A. S. Hashem

$\beta$-decay and positron decay are believed to play a consequential role during the late phases of stellar evolution of a massive star culminating in a supernova explosion. Recently the microscopic calculation of weak-interaction mediated…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Jameel-Un Nabi

A shell-model study of proton-neutron pairing in f - p shell nuclei using a parametrized hamiltonian that includes deformation and spin-orbit effects as well as isoscalar and isovector pairing is reported. By working in a shell-model…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-18 Lei Yang , S. Pittel , B. Thakur , N. Sandulescu , A. Poves , Yu-Min Zhao

Using as a tool the s-wave approximation (sWA), this work demonstrates that the nonmesonic weak decay transition rates $\Gamma_{n}$ and $\Gamma_{p}$ can be expressed in all hypernuclei up to $^{29}_\Lambda $Si (and very likely in heavier…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-12-02 Franjo Krmpotić

The alpha-cluster model is based on two assumptions that the proton-neutron pair interactions are responsible for adherence between alpha-clusters and that the NN-interaction in the alpha-clusters is isospin independent. It allows one to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-10-27 G. K. Nie

The competition between the isovector (T=1) and isoscalar (T=0) proton-neutron ($p-n$) correlations in $N=Z$ nuclei is investigated by calculating their correlation energies with a realistic effective interaction which reproduces observed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Hasegawa , K. Kaneko

The microscopic description of alpha decay from the nucleons' degree of freedom involves a two-step process. The first consists of the clusterization of neutron and proton pairs; the second involves the tunneling process. A robust protocol…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-07-26 A. C. Dassie , R. M. Id Betan

We develop a new fully quantum method for determination of widths for nuclear decay by proton emission where multiple internal reflections of wave packet describing tunneling process inside proton--nucleus radial barrier are taken into…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-02-01 Sergei P. Maydanyuk , Sergei V. Belchikov

Systematic study on {\alpha}-decay fine structure is presented for the first time in the case of odd-even nuclei in the range 83 \leq Z \leq 101. The model used for the study is the recently proposed Coulomb and proximity potential model…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 K. P. Santhosh , Jayesh George Joseph , B. Priyanka

Self-consistent proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation based on the spherical nonlinear point-coupling relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory is established and used to investigate the $\beta^+$/EC-decay half-lives of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-05-27 Z. M. Niu , Y. F. Niu , Q. Liu , H. Z. Liang , J. Y. Guo