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Effective tensor forces and neutron rich nuclei
We study the effects of the tensor term of the effective nucleon-nucleon
interaction on nuclear excited states. Our investigation has been conducted by
using a self-consistent Random Phase Approximation approach. We investigate
various nuclei in different regions of the isotopes chart. Results for a set of
calcium isotopes are shown.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, 1 table Proc. 10th International Spring Seminar
on Nuclear Physics New Quests in Nuclear Structure, Vietri Sul Mare, May
21-25, 201
Low-lying magnetic excitations of doubly-closed-shell nuclei and nucleon-nucleon effective interactions
We have studied the low lying magnetic spectra of 12C, 16O, 40Ca, 48Ca and
208Pb nuclei within the Random Phase Approximation (RPA) theory, finding that
the description of low-lying magnetic states of doubly-closed-shell nuclei
imposes severe constraints on the spin and tensor terms of the nucleon-nucleon
effective interaction. We have first made an investigation by using four
phenomenological effective interactions and we have obtained good agreement
with the experimental magnetic spectra, and, to a lesser extent, with the
electron scattering responses. Then we have made self-consistent RPA
calculations to test the validity of the finite-range D1 Gogny interaction. For
all the nuclei under study we have found that this interaction inverts the
energies of all the magnetic states forming isospin doublets.Comment: 19 pages, 13 figures, 7 tables, accepted for publication in Phys.
Rev.
Evolution of the pygmy dipole resonance in nuclei with neutron excess
The electric dipole excitation of various nuclei is calculated with a Random
Phase Approximation phenomenological approach. The evolution of the strength
distribution in various groups of isotopes, oxygen, calcium, zirconium and tin,
is studied. The neutron excess produces strength in the low energy region.
Indexes to measure the collectivity of the excitation are defined. We studied
the behavior of proton and neutron transition densities to determine the
isoscalar or isovector nature of the excitation. We observed that in
medium-heavy nuclei the low-energy excitation has characteristics rather
different that those exhibited by the giant dipole resonance. This new type of
excitation can be identified as pygmy dipole resonance.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures, 7 table
Evolution of the pygmy dipole resonance in nuclei with neutron excess
The electric dipole excitation of various nuclei is calculated with a Random
Phase Approximation phenomenological approach. The evolution of the strength
distribution in various groups of isotopes, oxygen, calcium, zirconium and tin,
is studied. The neutron excess produces strength in the low energy region.
Indexes to measure the collectivity of the excitation are defined. We studied
the behavior of proton and neutron transition densities to determine the
isoscalar or isovector nature of the excitation. We observed that in
medium-heavy nuclei the low-energy excitation has characteristics rather
different that those exhibited by the giant dipole resonance. This new type of
excitation can be identified as pygmy dipole resonance.Comment: 14 pages, 12 figures, 7 table
Effects of state dependent correlations on nucleon density and momentum distributions
The proton momentum and density distributions of closed shell nuclei are
calculated within a model treating short--range correlations up to first order
in the cluster expansion. The validity of the model is verified by comparing
the results obtained with purely scalar correlations with those produced by
finite nuclei Fermi Hypernetted Chain calculations. State dependent
correlations are used to calculate momentum and density distributions of 12C,
16O, 40Ca, and 48Ca, and the effects of their tensor components are studied.Comment: 16 pages, latex, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.
Fundamentals of microcrack nucleation mechanics
A foundation for ultrasonic evaluation of microcrack nucleation mechanics is identified in order to establish a basis for correlations between plane strain fracture toughness and ultrasonic factors through the interaction of elastic waves with material microstructures. Since microcracking is the origin of (brittle) fracture, it is appropriate to consider the role of stress waves in the dynamics of microcracking. Therefore, the following topics are discussed: (1) microstress distributions with typical microstructural defects located in the stress field; (2) elastic wave scattering from various idealized defects; and (3) dynamic effective-properties of media with randomly distributed inhomogeneities
Mean-field calculations of exotic nuclei ground states
We study the predictions of three mean-field theoretical approaches in the
description of the ground state properties of some spherical nuclei far from
the stability line. We compare binding energies, single particle spectra,
density distributions, charge and neutron radii obtained with non-relativistic
Hartree-Fock calculations carried out with both zero and finite-range
interactions, and with a relativistic Hartree approach which uses a
finite-range interaction. The agreement between the results obtained with the
three different approaches indicates that these results are more related to the
basic hypotheses of the mean-field approach rather than to its implementation
in actual calculations.Comment: 16 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in Physical
Review
Tensor effective interaction in self-consistent Random Phase Approximation calculations
We present a study of the effects of the tensor-isospin term of the effective
interaction in Hartree-Fock and Random Phase Approximation calculations. We
used finite-range forces of Gogny type, and we added to them a tensor-isospin
term which behaves, at large internucleonic distances, as the analogous term of
the microscopic interactions. The strength of this tensor force has been chosen
to reproduce the experimental energy of the lowest 0 excited state in
O, which shows large sensitivity to this term of the interaction. With
these finite-range interactions, we have studied the effects of the
tensor-isospin force in ground and excited states of carbon, oxygen, calcium,
nickel, zirconium, tin and lead isotopes. Our results show that the tensor
force affects mainly the nucleon single particle energies. However, we found
some interesting cases where also bulk nuclear properties are sensitive to the
tensor interaction.Comment: 18 pages, 14 figures, 3 table
A model for two-proton emission induced by electron scattering
A model to study two-proton emission processes induced by electron scattering
is developed. The process is induced by one-body electromagnetic operators
acting together with short-range correlations, and by two-body
currents. The model includes all the diagrams containing a single correlation
function. A test of the sensitivity of the model to the various theoretical
inputs is done. An investigation of the relevance of the currents is
done by changing the final state angular momentum, excitation energy and
momentum transfer. The sensitivity of the cross section to the details of the
correlation function is studied by using realistic and schematic correlations.
Results for C, O and Ca nuclei are presented.Comment: 30 pages, 18 figures, 3 table
Two-nucleon emission in the longitudinal response
The contribution of the two-nucleon emission in the longitudinal response for
inclusive electron scattering reactions is studied. The model adopted to
perform the calculations is based upon Correlated Basis Function theory but it
considers only first order terms in the correlation function. The proper
normalization of the wave function is ensured by considering, in addition to
the usually evaluated two-point diagrams, also the three-point diagrams.
Results for the 12C nucleus in the quasi-elastic region are presented.Comment: 7 pages, 4 Postscript figure
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