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Motivated by recent efforts to achieve cold fermions pairing near a Feshbach resonance, we consider the dynamics of formation of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) state. At times shorter than the quasiparticle energy relaxation time,…

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The effect of neutron-proton ($np$) pairing on the high-momentum tail (HMT) of nucleon momentum distributions in symmetric nuclear matter is investigated within a combined framework of the extended Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approach with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-19 Guo-peng Li , Ji-you Fu , Jin Zhou , Xin-le Shang , Jian-min Dong , Wei Zuo

We make use of isospin constraints to study the parametric coupling model and the properties of asymmetric nuclear matter. Besides the usual constraints for nuclear matter - effective nucleon mass and the incompressibility at saturation…

We investigated effects of pairing correlations on the neutron skin thickness and the symmetry energy of finite nuclei. In this calculation we used Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) method with Skyrme forces and effective pairing interactions.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Soonchul Choi , Ying Zhang , Myung-Ki Cheoun , Youngshin Kwon , Kyungsik Kim , Hungchong Kim

We construct a BCS-like model that combines nucleonic pairing correlations and possible quartic correlations of alpha-type in a single variational wave function and derive corresponding gap equations. In the approximation of large…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-09-20 R. A. Sen'kov , V. G. Zelevinsky

We review several experimental and theoretical advances that emphasise common aspects of the study of T=1 and T=0 pairing correlations in nuclei. We first discuss several empirical evidences of the special role played by the T=1 pairing…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-08-24 H. Sagawa , C. L. Bai , G. Colo'

This thesis explores nuclear systems under extreme conditions of isospin asymmetry and strong magnetic fields. Its first chapter is devoted to the phase diagram of isospin-asymmetrical nuclear matter in the density-temperature plane. Four…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-08-08 Martin Stein

We discuss the spatial structure of the Cooper pair in dilute neutron matter and neutron-rich nuclei by means of the BCS theory and the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogioliubov model, respectively. The neutron pairing in dilute neutron matter is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Masayuki Matsuo

The 1S0 pairing gap in isospin-symmetric nuclear matter and finite nuclei is investigated using the chiral nucleon-nucleon potential at the N3LO order in the two-body sector, and the N2LO order in the three-body sector. To include realistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-05-30 Paolo Finelli , Tamara Niksic , Dario Vretenar

The separation method developed earlier by us [Nucl. Phys. {\bf A598} 390 (1996)] to calculate and analyze solutions of the BCS gap equation for $^1$S$_0$ pairing is extended and applied to $^3$P$_2$--$^3$F$_2$ pairing in pure neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 V. V. Khodel , V. A. Khodel , J. W. Clark

The overview of the Exact Pairing technique based on the quasispin symmetry is presented. Extensions of this method are discussed in relation to mean field, quadrupole collectivity, electromagnetic transitions, and many-body level density.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-04-11 Vladimir Zelevinsky , Alexander Volya

The equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter as well as the neutron and proton effective masses and their partial-wave and spin-isospin decomposition are analyzed within the Brueckner--Hartree--Fock approach. Theoretical uncertainties…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-05 Isaac Vidaña , Jérôme Margueron , Hans-Josef Schulze

We study the isospin singlet pairing in asymmetric nuclear matter with nonzero total momentum of the condensate Cooper pairs. The quasiparticle excitation spectrum is fourfold split compared to the usual BCS spectrum of the symmetric,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 A. Sedrakian

Pairing correlations play an important role in a variety of nuclear phenomena. However, a quantitative understanding of proton--neutron $(pn)$ pairing, especially isoscalar $pn$ pairing $(S=1, T=0)$ remains elusive. To clarify the property…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-31 K. Uzawa , N. Hinohara , T. Nakatsukasa

We calculate the binding energy and deformation parameter for light nuclei with and without pairing using a deformed relativistic mean field model. The role of BCS-type pairing effect is analyzed for Ne and F isotopes. The calculated…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Arumugam , T. K. Jha , S. K. Patra

The BCS and HFB theories which can accommodate the pairing correlations in the ground states of atomic nuclei are presented. As an application of the pairing theories, we investigate the spatial extension of weakly bound Ne and C isotopes…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 H. Sagawa , K. Hagino

We analyze and propose a solution to the apparent inconsistency between our current knowledge of the Equation of State of asymmetric nuclear matter, the energy of the Isobaric Analog State (IAS) in a heavy nucleus such as 208Pb, and the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-23 X. Roca-Maza , G. Colo' , H. Sagawa

We report on recent progress in understanding pairing phenomena in low-density nuclear matter at small and moderate isospin asymmetry. A rich phase diagram has been found comprising various superfluid phases that include a homogeneous and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-04-04 Martin Stein , Armen Sedrakian , Xu-Guang Huang , John W. Clark , Gerd Röpke

On the basis of time-dependent mean-field picture, we discuss the nature of the low-frequency quadrupole vibrations from small-amplitude to large-amplitude regimes as representatives of surface shape vibrations of a superfluid droplet…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Kenichi Matsuyanagi , Nobuo Hinohara , Koichi Sato

The symmetries of the $t=1$ and $t=0$ pair-fields are different. The consequences for rotational spectra are discussed. For $t=1$, the concept of spontaneous breaking and subsequent restoration of the isospin symmetry turns out to be…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 S. Frauendorf , J. A. Sheikh