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Large scale calculations are performed to establish the global mass dependence of the nuclear symmetry energy, $a_{sym}(A)$, which in turn depends on two basic ingredients: the mean-level spacing, $\epsilon(A)$, and the effective strength…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Wojciech Satula , Ramon A. Wyss , Michal Rafalski

We extend the nuclear Density Functional Theory (DFT) by including proton-neutron mixing and contact isospin-symmetry-breaking (ISB) terms up to next-to-leading order (NLO). Within this formalism, we perform systematic study of the nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-02-05 P. Baczyk , W. Satula , J. Dobaczewski , M. Konieczka

A study of properties of the symmetry energy of nuclei is presented based on density functional theory. Calculations for finite nuclei are given so that the study includes isospin dependent surface symmetry considerations as well as isospin…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-01-28 S. J. Lee , A. Z. Mekjian

The density dependence of the symmetry energy in the equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter (N/Z $>$ 1) is important for understanding the structure of systems as diverse as the atomic nuclei and neutron stars. Due to a proper lack…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2009-11-11 D. V. Shetty , S. J. Yennello , G. A. Souliotis

Using an isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics (IQMD) model, nuclear stopping is analyzed in asymmetric colliding channels by keeping the total mass fixed. The calculations have been carried by varying the asymmetry of the colliding…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-06-28 Varinderjit Kaur , Suneel Kumar , Rajeev K. Puri

The extraction of the nuclear incompressibility from the isoscalar giant monopole resonance (GMR) measurements is analysed. Both pairing and mutually enhanced magicity (MEM) effects play a role in the shift of the GMR energy between the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Elias Khan

The development of a modern and more realistic nuclear energy density functional (EDF) for accurate predictions of properties of nuclei is the subject of enhanced activity, since it is very important for the study of properties of nuclear…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-11-14 S. Shlomo , A. I. Sanzhur

Surface and curvature properties of asymmetric nuclear matter are studied beyond the proton drip. Using the semiclassical extended Thomas-Fermi method, the calculations are performed in the non-relativistic and relativistic meson field…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Centelles , M. Del Estal , X. Vinas

The ``breathing mode'' of neutron-rich nuclei is our window into the incompressibility of neutron-rich matter. After much confusion on the interpretation of the experimental data, consistency was finally reached between different models…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 J. Piekarewicz

The determination of nuclear symmetry energy, and in particular, its density dependence, is a long-standing problem for nuclear physics community. Previous studies have found that the product of electric dipole polarizability $\alpha_D$ and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-06-09 Zhengzheng Li , Yifei Niu , Wenhui Long

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

We search for nonlinear effects in nuclear giant resonances (GRs), in particular the isovector dipole and the isoscalar quadrupole modes. To that end, we employ a spectral analysis of time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) dynamics using Skyrme…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 P. -G. Reinhard , Lu Guo , J. A. Maruhn

We present the covariance analysis of two successful nuclear energy density functionals, (i) a non-relativistic Skyrme functional built from a zero-range effective interaction, and (ii) a relativistic nuclear energy density functional based…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-11-25 X. Roca-Maza , N. Paar , G. Colò

The mass-dependent symmetry energy coefficients $a_{sym}(A)$ has been extracted by analysing the heavy nuclear mass differences reducing the uncertainties as far as possible in our previous work. Taking advantage of the obtained symmetry…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-08 Xiaohua Fan , Jianmin Dong , Wei Zuo

To analyze the property of nuclear matter in the 16O+208Pb collision system, the internuclear potential of the fusion reaction is calculated by using the Skyrme forces associated with an extensive nuclear matter incompressibility K range in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-02-28 O. N. Ghodsi , F. Torabi

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

The incompressible liquid-drop (ILD) model reproduces masses of stable nuclei rather well. Here we show how the ILD volume, surface, symmetry, and Coulomb energies are related to the equation of state of nuclear matter using the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-06-28 Kazuhiro Oyamatsu

Charge radii of mirror nuclei are calculated by implementing pairing effects with the Hartree-Fock Bogoliubov approximation. Correlations between the difference of charge radii ($\Delta R_{ch}$) and slope of nuclear symmetry energy (L) are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-01-30 Sakshi Gautam , Anagh Venneti , Sarmistha Banik , Bijay Agrawal

We present BSkG3, the latest entry in the Brussels-Skyrme-on-a-grid series of large-scale models of nuclear structure based on an energy density functional. Compared to its predecessors, the new model offers a more realistic description of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-10-09 Guilherme Grams , Wouter Ryssens , Guillaume Scamps , Stephane Goriely , Nicolas Chamel

The giant dipole resonance (GDR) in deformed nuclei is analyzed using the self-consistent separable random-phase-approximation (SRPA) with Skyrme forces SkT6, SkM$^*$, SLy6 and SkI3. The deformed nuclei $^{150}$Nd and $^{238}$U are used as…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 V. O. Nesterenko , W. Kleinig , J. Kvasil , P. Vesely , P. -G. Reinhard