Towards nuclear energy density functionals from first principlesWe discuss the GUDE functionals which consist of pion exchanges derived from chiral effective field theory and a Skyrme-like part. Certain pion terms lead to significant improvements in the…Lars Zurek·Apr 14, 2025SaveLearn
Vibrational structure and symmetry in 110-116CdWe show that a vibrational interpretation and good U(5) symmetry are maintained for the majority of low-lying normal states in 110,112,114,116Cd isotopes, consistent with the empirical data. The…A. Leviatan, J. E. Garcí a-Ramos, N. Gavrielov et al.·Apr 14, 2025SaveLearn
Implication of shell quenching in scandium isotopes around N=20Shell closure structures are commonly observed phenomena associated with nuclear charge radii throughout the nuclide chart. Inspired by recent studies demonstrating that the abrupt change can be…Rong An, Xiang Jiang, Na Tang et al.·Apr 14, 2025SaveLearn
Time-dependent random phase approximation for particle-number fluctuations and correlations in deep-inelastic collisions of 144Sm+144Sm and 154Sm+154SmThe fluctuation-dissipation mechanism underlying non-equilibrium transport in low-energy heavy-ion reactions remains unclear. Although the time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) method provides a…Zepeng Gao, Kazuyuki Sekizawa, Long Zhu·Apr 13, 2025SaveLearn
Unified treatment for in-medium light and heavy clusters with RMF modelsIt was shown that light nuclei such as 4He, 8Be, and 12C can be well described by RMF models, which enables a unified description for nuclei with baryon numbers A4. In this work,…Cheng-Jun Xia·Apr 13, 2025SaveLearn
Nuclear structure properties and decay rates of molybdenum isotopesElectron capture and beta-minus decay are the dominant decay processes during the late phases of the evolution of heavy stars. Previous simulation results show that weak rates on isotopes of…Jameel-Un Nabi, Tuncay Bayram·Apr 12, 2025SaveLearn
Nuclear Structure Properties of even-even Chromium Isotopes and the E ect of Deformation on Calculated Electron Capture Cross SectionsIn this study, we investigate the role of nuclear deformation on the calculated electron capture cross section (ECC) of even-even chromium (Cr) isotopes. We first determined the nuclear structure…Jameel-Un Nabi, Mahmut Boyukata, Asim Ullah et al.·Apr 12, 2025SaveLearn
Lepton capture rates due to isotopes of vanadium in astrophysical environmentLepton (electron and positron) capture rates on iron-regime nuclei are an essential element for modeling the late stages in the evolution of massive stars that end as core-collapse and thermonuclear…Ramoona Shehzadi, Jameel-Un Nabi, Fakeha Farooq·Apr 12, 2025SaveLearn
From spin to pseudospin symmetry: The origin of magic numbers in nuclear structureMagic numbers lie at the heart of nuclear structure, reflecting enhanced stability in nuclei with closed shells. While the emergence of magic numbers beyond 20 is commonly attributed to strong…C. R. Ding, C. C. Wang, J. M. Yao et al.·Apr 12, 2025SaveLearn
Quantifying uncertainty in machine learning on nuclear binding energyTechniques from artificial intelligence and machine learning are increasingly employed in nuclear theory, however, the uncertainties that arise from the complex parameter manifold encoded by the…Mengyao Huang, Kyle A. Wendt, Nicolas F. Schunck et al.·Apr 11, 2025SaveLearn
The Early History of the Quark-Gluon PlasmaWe present the historical antecedents to the field of relativistic heavy ion physics, beginning with early attempts to model the strong interaction and ending with the endorsement of a relativistic…W. Busza, W. A. Zajc·Apr 11, 2025SaveLearn
Two-body currents at finite momentum transfer and applications to M1 transitionsWe explore the impact of two-body currents (2BCs) at finite momentum transfer with a focus on magnetic dipole properties in 48Ca and 48Ti. To this end, we derive a multipole decomposition…C. Brase, T. Miyagi, J. Menéndez et al.·Apr 11, 2025SaveLearn
Can the strong interactions between hadrons be determined using femtoscopy?In the last decades, femtoscopic measurements from heavy-ion collisions have become a popular tool to investigate the strong interactions between hadrons. The key observables measured in such…Evgeny Epelbaum, Sven Heihoff, Ulf-G. Meißner et al.·Apr 11, 2025SaveLearn
Symmetry energy dependence of the bulk viscosity of nuclear matterWe clarify how the weak-interaction-driven bulk viscosity ζ and the bulk relaxation time τ of neutrino-transparent npe matter depend on the nuclear symmetry energy. We show that, at…Yumu Yang, Mauricio Hippert, Enrico Speranza et al.·Apr 10, 2025SaveLearn
Radiative α capture on 12C in cluster effective field theory: short reviewStudy of radiative α capture on 12C, 12C(α,γ)16O, in cluster effective field theory (EFT) is reviewed. A low energy EFT for 12C(α,γ)16O at…Shung-Ichi Ando·Apr 10, 2025SaveLearn
Simultaneous calculation of elastic scattering, transfer, breakup, and other direct cross sections for d+197Au reactionSimultaneous analyses are performed for cross section of elastic scattering, Coulomb breakup, transfer, and other direct yields for the d+197Au system at all available energies. The data are…H. M. Maridi, D. K. Sharp, J. Lubian·Apr 10, 2025SaveLearn
Excitation energies of 2+1 and 4+1 states of neutron deficient U and Pu isotopesThe microscopic variant of the Grodzins relation and the Quasiparticle Phonon Model are applied to predict the excitation energies of the 2+1 states of neutron deficient U and Pu isotopes. The…L. A. Malov, N. Yu. Shirikova, R. V. Jolos et al.·Apr 10, 2025SaveLearn
Microscopic model for yields and total kinetic energy in nuclear fissionAn extension of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT), the generalized time-dependent generator coordinate method (TDGCM), is applied to a study of induced nuclear fission dynamics. In the…B. Li, D. Vretenar, T. Nikši\' c et al.·Apr 10, 2025SaveLearn
Holographic hybrid stars with slow phase transitionsThe D3-D7 holographic model is used to describe the core of the hybrid star, composed by quark matter, while its crust is modeled from a hadronic relativistic mean field (RMF) model capable of…M. Aleixo, C. H. Lenzi, M. Dutra et al.·Apr 9, 2025SaveLearn
Machine Learning Approach to Study of Low Energy Alpha-Deuteron Elastic Scattering using Phase Function MethodCentral idea: To obtain the interaction potential using the inverse scattering method, we have employed the Physics-Informed Machine Learning (PIML) approach. In this framework, the machine learning…Arushi Sharma, Ayushi Awasthi, Jyoti Sharma et al.·Apr 9, 2025SaveLearn
Kaon-meson coupling from SU(3) flavour symmetry and application to antikaon condensed dense matter in neutron starObservations of massive pulsars suggest that the central density of neutron stars can exceed several times the nuclear saturation density, creating a favourable environment for the appearance of…Athira S., Monika Sinha, Vivek Baruah Thapa et al.·Apr 9, 2025SaveLearn
Machine Learning for Extrapolating No-Core Shell Model Results to Infinite BasisWe utilize the machine learning to extrapolate to the infinite model space the no-core shell model (NCSM) results for the energies and rms radii of the 6He ground state and 6Li lowest states. The…R. E. Sharypov, A. I. Mazur, A. M. Shirokov·Apr 9, 2025SaveLearn
Double shape quantum phase transitions in the SU3-IBM: new γ-soft phase and the shape phase transition from the new γ-soft phase to the prolate shapeShape quantum phase transition is an important topic in nuclear structure. In this paper, we begin to study the shape quantum phase transition in the SU3-IBM. In this new proposed model,…De-hao Zhao, Xiao-shen Kang, Li Gong et al.·Apr 9, 2025SaveLearn
Non Nucleonic Components in Short Nuclear DistancesOne of the important features of nuclear forces is their strong repulsive nature at short ( 0.5-0.6~Fm) distances which prevents atomic nuclei from collapsing, thus guarantying the stability for…Misak M Sargsian·Apr 9, 2025SaveLearn
Impact of MvdW Equation of State and Neutrino Mass on r and s Process Heavy Element Nucleosynthesis in Spiral, Elliptical and Dwarf Galactic Environments and Kilonovae EventsWe present an analysis of heavy element production with massive neutrinos in galaxies of varying types (spiral, elliptical, and dwarf) and kilonovae events by incorporating a Multicomponent van der…Keith Andrew, Eric Steinfelds, Kristopher Andrew·Apr 8, 2025SaveLearn