Article
Physics, Nuclear
I. A. M. Abdul-Magead, Badawy Abu-Ibrahim
Summary: This article presents an extension to a previous method used to deduce the neutron radii of neutron-rich nuclei. By measuring reaction cross sections on a carbon target at the same energy per nucleon for neutron-rich nuclei and their stable isotopes, the neutron radii of various isotopes were deduced. The study found a linear relationship between neutron skin and isospin, with a larger slope compared to previous studies.
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
J. W. Zhao, B. -H. Sun, I. Tanihata, S. Terashima, A. Prochazka, J. Y. Xu, L. H. Zhu, J. Meng, J. Su, K. Y. Zhang, L. S. Geng, L. C. He, C. Y. Liu, G. S. Li, C. G. Lu, W. J. Lin, W. P. Lin, Z. Liu, P. P. Ren, Z. Y. Sun, F. Wang, J. Wang, M. Wang, S. T. Wang, X. L. Wei, X. D. Xu, J. C. Zhang, M. X. Zhang, X. H. Zhang
Summary: The charge-changing cross sections (CCCS) of C11-15, N13-17, and O-15,O-17-18 on a carbon target at around 300 MeV/nucleon are presented, extending to p-shell isotopes with N<28.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Wataru Horiuchi
Summary: The study examines the relationship between nuclear surface diffuseness and spectroscopic information near the Fermi level, proposing a quantitative method to decompose the surface diffuseness. The systematic behavior of surface diffuseness in neutron-rich even-even isotopes is analyzed using a phenomenological mean-field approach, revealing the role of single-particle wave functions near the Fermi level in shaping the nuclear surface.
PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Junki Tanaka, Zaihong Yang, Stefan Typel, Satoshi Adachi, Shiwei Bai, Patrik van Beek, Didier Beaumel, Yuki Fujikawa, Jiaxing Han, Sebastian Heil, Siwei Huang, Azusa Inoue, Ying Jiang, Marco Knosel, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Yuki Kubota, Wei Liu, Jianling Lou, Yukie Maeda, Yohei Matsuda, Kenjiro Miki, Shoken Nakamura, Kazuyuki Ogata, Valerii Panin, Heiko Scheit, Fabia Schindler, Philipp Schrock, Dmytro Symochko, Atsushi Tamii, Tomohiro Uesaka, Vadim Wagner, Kazuki Yoshida, Juzo Zenihiro, Thomas Aumann
Summary: The study of alpha cluster formation on the surface of neutron-rich heavy nuclei using quasi-free alpha cluster-knockout reactions reveals a tight interplay with the neutron skin thickness. This result calls for a revision in the correlation between neutron-skin thickness and the density dependence of the symmetry energy, crucial for understanding neutron stars. Additionally, the observed monotonous decrease of reaction cross sections with increasing mass number provides a natural explanation for the origin of alpha particles in alpha decay.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
Jiangyong Jia, Chunjian Zhang
Summary: In high-energy heavy-ion collisions, the initial condition and evolution of the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) are influenced by the collective nuclear structure parameters. A scaling relation between these parameters and experimental observables has been found, providing a new way to constrain the QGP initial condition. The centrality dependences of these ratios, as measured by the STAR Collaboration, are explained by how the structure parameters of 9644Ru and 9460Zr work together.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
W. Horiuchi, T. Inakura, S. Michimasa, M. Tanaka
Summary: The nuclear deformations and density profiles of neutron-rich even-even Zr isotopes are studied using the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov method. The results show significant quadrupole and hexadecapole deformations, as well as enhanced total reaction cross sections, at neutron numbers N = 60-74. The strong nuclear deformation starting at N = 60 is caused by the occupation of the intruder orbit with the asymptotic quantum number [nnzA]S2 = [550]1/2 originating from the spherical 0h11/2 orbit. Furthermore, the deformation region is enlarged from N = 72 to 74 due to the occupation of the next intruder orbit with [530]1/2 originating from the spherical 1 f7/2 orbit. This characteristic nuclear deformation is crucially reflected in the systematic behavior of the nuclear radii and the density profiles near the nuclear surface.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
S. Malbrunot-Ettenauer, S. Kaufmann, S. Bacca, C. Barbieri, J. Billowes, M. L. Bissell, K. Blaum, B. Cheal, T. Duguet, R. F. Garcia Ruiz, W. Gins, C. Gorges, G. Hagen, H. Heylen, J. D. Holt, G. R. Jansen, A. Kanellakopoulos, M. Kortelainen, T. Miyagi, P. Navratil, W. Nazarewicz, R. Neugart, G. Neyens, W. Noertershauser, S. J. Novario, T. Papenbrock, T. Ratajczyk, P. G. Reinhard, L. Rodriguez, R. Sanchez, S. Sailer, A. Schwenk, J. Simonis, V Soma, S. R. Stroberg, L. Wehner, C. Wraith, L. Xie, Z. Y. Xu, X. F. Yang, D. T. Yordanov
Summary: Collinear laser spectroscopy was used to study the nuclear charge radii of nickel isotopes. Three ab initio methods were compared, with agreement in differential radii but only the NNLOsat method showing consistent absolute radii. The Skyrme functional SV-min was found to match experimental results more closely in nuclear density functional theory.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Correction
Physics, Multidisciplinary
A. Koszorus, X. F. Yang, W. G. Jiang, S. J. Novario, S. W. Bai, J. Billowes, C. L. Binnersley, M. L. Bissell, T. E. Cocolios, B. S. Cooper, R. P. de Groote, A. Ekstrom, K. T. Flanagan, C. Forssen, S. Franchoo, R. F. Garcia Ruiz, F. P. Gustafsson, G. Hagen, G. R. Jansen, A. Kanellakopoulos, M. Kortelainen, W. Nazarewicz, G. Neyens, T. Papenbrock, P. -G. Reinhard, C. M. Ricketts, B. K. Sahoo, A. R. Vernon, S. G. Wilkins
Summary: The correction to the paper has been published.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
M. Reponen, R. P. de Groote, L. Al Ayoubi, O. Beliuskina, M. L. Bissell, P. Campbell, L. Canete, B. Cheal, K. Chrysalidis, C. Delafosse, A. de Roubin, C. S. Devlin, T. Eronen, R. F. Garcia Ruiz, S. Geldhof, W. Gins, M. Hukkanen, P. Imgram, A. Kankainen, M. Kortelainen, A. Koszorus, S. Kujanpaa, R. Mathieson, D. A. Nesterenko, I. Pohjalainen, M. Vilen, A. Zadvornaya, I. D. Moore
Summary: Understanding the evolution of the nuclear charge radius has long been a challenge for nuclear theory. Testing charge radii in the N = 50 region of the silver isotopic chain using Fayans functionals revealed a challenge to nuclear theory, showing a discontinuity in nuclear size when crossing N equal to 50.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Nuclear
Paul-Gerhard Reinhard, Witold Nazarewicz
Summary: Differences in charge radii of mirror nuclei are suggested to contain information on the slope of the symmetry energy. However, statistical correlation analysis shows that the difference in charge radii, Delta R-ch(mir), is an inferior indicator compared to other observables such as neutron skin or electric dipole polarizability. The presence of pairing correlations and low-lying proton continuum affects Delta R-ch(mir). Therefore, the precise data on mirror charge radii cannot provide a stringent constraint on the slope of the symmetry energy L.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
Shu-Ya Jin, Ya-Zhou Sun, Shi-Tao Wang, Zhi-Yu Sun, Xue-Heng Zhang, Zhi-Qiang Chen, Bo Mei, Yi-Xuan Zhao, Shu-Wen Tang, Yu-Hong Yu, Duo Yan, Fang Fang, Yong-Jie Zhang, Shao-bo Ma, Xiang-Man Liu, Rui Han
Summary: The elemental fragmentation cross sections of boron fragments produced by stable and neutron-rich C12-16 beams with a carbon target were systematically measured, and it was found that the cross sections increase as the mass number of the projectile increases. The observed feature is qualitatively explained using the abrasion-ablation two-stage reaction model, and it is quantitatively compared with predictions from various reaction models. All models agree with the measured cross sections within a factor of 2.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
Cong Pan, Myung-Ki Cheoun, Yong-Beom Choi, Jianmin Dong, Xiaokai Du, Xiao-Hua Fan, Wei Gao, Lisheng Geng, Eunja Ha, Xiao-Tao He, Jinke Huang, Kun Huang, Seonghyun Kim, Youngman Kim, Chang-Hwan Lee, Jenny Lee, Zhipan Li, Zhi-Rui Liu, Yiming Ma, Jie Meng, Myeong-Hwan Mun, Zhongming Niu, Panagiota Papakonstantinou, Xinle Shang, Caiwan Shen, Guofang Shen, Wei Sun, Xiang-Xiang Sun, Jiawei Wu, Xinhui Wu, Xuewei Xia, Yijun Yan, To Chung Yiu, Kaiyuan Zhang, Shuangquan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Qiang Zhao, Ruyou Zheng, Shan-Gui Zhou
Summary: This paper extends the point-coupling DRHBc theory to odd -A and odd-odd nuclei and examines its applicability by calculating the ground-state properties of odd -A Nd isotopes. The results show good agreement with experimental data, paving the way for constructing a DRHBc mass table that includes all even-even, odd -A, and odd-odd nuclei in the nuclear chart.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
E. Khan
Summary: Generalized formula is provided to calculate the M-n/M-p ratio of multipole transition matrix elements, taking into account the difference between neutron and proton radii and diffuseness. Validity of the original Bernstein formula is limited for neutron-rich nuclei or when electromagnetic deformation parameter is larger than proton scattering parameter. Reduction in statistical error bars and study of neutron-rich nuclei would favor the use of generalized Bernstein formula.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
P. G. Giuliani, J. Piekarewicz
Summary: The transfer function formalism is introduced for uncertainty quantification, model selection, and experimental design in the context of neutron densities. Analyzing the linear response allows for predicting the expected uncertainty in terms of bias and variance to extract the mean square radius and interior density of Ca-48 and Pb-208. Using relativistic mean field models, identifying experimental locations and models significantly impact the final uncertainties of the extracted quantities.
Article
Physics, Nuclear
Guang-Sheng Li, Cheng Xu, Man Bao
Summary: In this study, the relations of charge-radius difference of isotopes are improved by considering the terms related to proton number and parity of neutron number. The corrected relations reduce the root-mean-squared deviation to 0.0041 fm for 651 nuclei with neutron number larger than 20, when compared to experimental data. The improved relations, combined with local relations of neighboring nuclei, efficiently describe and predict nuclear charge radii and reflect the structure evolution of nuclei. The predictions of 2467 unknown nuclear charge radii, calculated using these relations, are provided in the Supplemental Material with competitive accuracy levels.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
L. Chen, Yu. A. Litvinov, W. R. Plass, K. Beckert, P. Beller, F. Bosch, D. Boutin, L. Caceres, R. B. Cakirli, J. J. Carroll, R. F. Casten, R. S. Chakrawarthy, D. M. Cullen, I. J. Cullen, B. Franzke, H. Geissel, J. Gerl, M. Gorska, G. A. Jones, A. Kishada, R. Knoebel, C. Kozhuharov, S. A. Litvinov, Z. Liu, S. Mandal, F. Montes, G. Muenzenberg, F. Nolden, T. Ohtsubo, Z. Patyk, Zs. Podolyak, R. Propri, S. Rigby, N. Saito, T. Saito, C. Scheidenberger, M. Shindo, M. Steck, P. Ugorowski, P. M. Walker, S. Williams, H. Weick, M. Winkler, H. -J. Wollersheim, T. Yamaguchi
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2009)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
M. W. Reed, I. J. Cullen, P. M. Walker, Yu. A. Litvinov, K. Blaum, F. Bosch, C. Brandau, J. J. Carroll, D. M. Cullen, A. Y. Deo, B. Detwiller, C. Dimopoulou, G. D. Dracoulis, F. Farinon, H. Geissel, E. Haettner, M. Heil, R. S. Kempley, R. Knoebel, C. Kozhuharov, J. Kurcewicz, N. Kuzminchuk, S. Litvinov, Z. Liu, R. Mao, C. Nociforo, F. Nolden, W. R. Plass, A. Prochazka, C. Scheidenberger, M. Steck, Th. Stoehlker, B. Sun, T. P. D. Swan, G. Trees, H. Weick, N. Winckler, M. Winkler, P. J. Woods, T. Yamaguchi
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2010)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
K. Tanaka, T. Yamaguchi, T. Suzuki, T. Ohtsubo, M. Fukuda, D. Nishimura, M. Takechi, K. Ogata, A. Ozawa, T. Izumikawa, T. Aiba, N. Aoi, H. Baba, Y. Hashizume, K. Inafuku, N. Iwasa, K. Kobayashi, M. Komuro, Y. Kondo, T. Kubo, M. Kurokawa, T. Matsuyama, S. Michimasa, T. Motobayashi, T. Nakabayashi, S. Nakajima, T. Nakamura, H. Sakurai, R. Shinoda, M. Shinohara, H. Suzuki, E. Takeshita, S. Takeuchi, Y. Togano, K. Yamada, T. Yasuno, M. Yoshitake
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2010)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
X. L. Tu, H. S. Xu, M. Wang, Y. H. Zhang, Yu. A. Litvinov, Y. Sun, H. Schatz, X. H. Zhou, Y. J. Yuan, J. W. Xia, G. Audi, K. Blaum, C. M. Du, P. Geng, Z. G. Hu, W. X. Huang, S. L. Jin, L. X. Liu, Y. Liu, X. Ma, R. S. Mao, B. Mei, P. Shuai, Z. Y. Sun, H. Suzuki, S. W. Tang, J. S. Wang, S. T. Wang, G. Q. Xiao, X. Xu, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamaguchi, X. L. Yan, J. C. Yang, R. P. Ye, Y. D. Zang, H. W. Zhao, T. C. Zhao, X. Y. Zhang, W. L. Zhan
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2011)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Y. H. Zhang, H. S. Xu, Yu A. Litvinov, X. L. Tu, X. L. Yan, S. Typel, K. Blaum, M. Wang, X. H. Zhou, Y. Sun, B. A. Brown, Y. J. Yuan, J. W. Xia, J. C. Yang, G. Audi, X. C. Chen, G. B. Jia, Z. G. Hu, X. W. Ma, R. S. Mao, B. Mei, P. Shuai, Z. Y. Sun, S. T. Wang, G. Q. Xiao, X. Xu, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Yamaguchi, Y. D. Zang, H. W. Zhao, T. C. Zhao, W. Zhang, W. L. Zhan
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2012)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
L. Chen, P. M. Walker, H. Geissel, Yu. A. Litvinov, K. Beckert, P. Beller, F. Bosch, D. Boutin, L. Caceres, J. J. Carroll, D. M. Cullen, I. J. Cullen, B. Franzke, J. Gerl, M. Gorska, G. A. Jones, A. Kishada, R. Knoebel, C. Kozhuharov, J. Kurcewicz, S. A. Litvinov, Z. Liu, S. Mandal, F. Montes, G. Muenzenberg, F. Nolden, T. Ohtsubo, Z. Patyk, W. R. Plass, Zs Podolyak, S. Rigby, N. Saito, T. Saito, C. Scheidenberger, E. C. Simpson, M. Shindo, M. Steck, B. Sun, S. J. Williams, H. Weick, M. Winkler, H. -J. Wollersheim, T. Yamaguchi
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2013)
Review
Physics, Nuclear
T. Yamaguchi, H. Koura, Yu A. Litvinov, M. Wang
Summary: Recent developments in precision mass spectrometry of radioactive isotopes have significantly improved sensitivity and precision, with modern methods storing freshly produced exotic nuclei for higher accuracy. Techniques like Penning-trap mass spectrometry have achieved mass accuracies of typically 10(-8) for radioactive nuclei, contributing to nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics, and fundamental interaction studies. New technologies like multi-reflection time-of-flight spectrometers and mass spectrometry based on heavy-ion storage rings are gaining importance for studying exotic short-lived nuclei.
PROGRESS IN PARTICLE AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
H. F. Li, S. Naimi, T. M. Sprouse, M. R. Mumpower, Y. Abe, Y. Yamaguchi, D. Nagae, F. Suzaki, M. Wakasugi, H. Arakawa, W. B. Dou, D. Hamakawa, S. Hosoi, Y. Inada, D. Kajiki, T. Kobayashi, M. Sakaue, Y. Yokoda, T. Yamaguchi, R. Kagesawa, D. Kamioka, T. Moriguchi, M. Mukai, A. Ozawa, S. Ota, N. Kitamura, S. Masuoka, S. Michimasa, H. Baba, N. Fukuda, Y. Shimizu, H. Suzuki, H. Takeda, D. S. Ahn, M. Wang, C. Y. Fu, Q. Wang, S. Suzuki, Z. Ge, Yu. A. Litvinov, G. Lorusso, P. M. Walker, Zs. Podolyak, T. Uesaka
Summary: The Rare-RI Ring (R3) is a newly commissioned mass spectrometer at the Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory (RIBF) in RIKEN, dedicated to measuring the mass of exotic nuclei far from stability. The first application of the R3 mass spectrometer at RIBF is reported, where masses of several rare isotopes were measured with improved uncertainty. This new technique of individual injection of preidentified rare nuclei is essential for future mass measurements of the rarest isotopes produced at RIBF. The impact of a new measurement on the solar r-process abundances is also discussed.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
R. Igosawa, A. Hirota, N. Kimura, S. Kuma, K. C. Chartkunchand, P. M. Mishra, M. Lindley, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Nakano, T. Azuma
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
(2020)
Article
Optics
A. Hirota, R. Igosawa, N. Kimura, S. Kuma, K. C. Chartkunchand, P. M. Mishra, M. Lindley, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Nakano, T. Azuma
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
T Suzuki, Y Ogawa, M Chiba, M Fukuda, N Iwasa, T Izumikawa, R Kanungo, Y Kawamura, A Ozawa, T Suda, I Tanihata, S Watanabe, T Yamaguchi, Y Yamaguchi
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2002)