329 research outputs found
Radii and binding energies in oxygen isotopes: a puzzle for nuclear forces
We present a systematic study of both nuclear radii and binding energies in
(even) oxygen isotopes from the valley of stability to the neutron drip line.
Both charge and matter radii are compared to state-of-the-art {\it ab initio}
calculations along with binding energy systematics. Experimental matter radii
are obtained through a complete evaluation of the available elastic proton
scattering data of oxygen isotopes. We show that, in spite of a good
reproduction of binding energies, {\it ab initio} calculations with
conventional nuclear interactions derived within chiral effective field theory
fail to provide a realistic description of charge and matter radii. A novel
version of two- and three-nucleon forces leads to considerable improvement of
the simultaneous description of the three observables for stable isotopes, but
shows deficiencies for the most neutron-rich systems. Thus, crucial challenges
related to the development of nuclear interactions remain.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, Submitted to Nature Physics, April 12th 2016;
first version (v1 Arxiv) Internal Report Preprint Irfu-18 December 2015. 6
p., 5 fig., Submitted to Physical Review Letters, April 29, May 3rd 2016; 2nd
version. Int. Rep. Irfu-24 May 2016. Published in PRL, 27 July 2016 with the
modified title (Radii and binding energies in oxygen isotopes: a challenge
for nuclear forces
γ spectroscopy of 25 , 27 Ne and 26 , 27 Na
The γ spectroscopy of 25, 27 Ne and 26, 27 Na was studied from the reaction of 26 Ne with a deuterium target in inverse kinematics at 9.7 MeV/nucleon. The selectivity of the (d,p), (d,t), and (d,n) transfer reactions provides new spectroscopic information on low-lying states. The validity of the sd shell-model space for these nuclei isdiscussed
The optical potential of He in the eikonal approximation
The new data of the elastic scattering of He+C at about 40
MeV/nucleon are analyzed in the eikonal approximation. The He+C
phase-shift function is evaluated completely without any {\it ad hoc}
assumption by a Monte Carlo integration, which makes it possible to use a
realistic 6-nucleon wave function for a halo nucleus He. The effect of
the breakup of He on the elastic differential cross sections as well as the
optical potential is studied at different energies from 40 to 800 MeV/nucleon.
PACS number(s): 24.10.-i; 21.60.Ka; 25.60.Bx; 25.10.+s Keywords: Eikonal;
Glauber; Monte Carlo; Halo; BreakupComment: 13 pages, 9 figure
Di-neutron elastic transfer in the 4He(6He,6He)4He reaction
Elastic He+He data measured at 15.9, and 60.3
MeV have been analyzed within the coupled reaction channels (CRC) formalism,
with the elastic-scattering and two-neutron () transfer amplitudes
coherently included. Contributions from the direct (one-step) and sequential
(two-step) -transfers were treated explicitly based on a realistic
assumption for the -transfer form factor. The oscillatory pattern observed
in He(He,He)He angular distribution at low energies was found
to be due to an interference between the elastic scattering and -transfer
amplitudes. Our CRC analysis shows consistently that the direct -transfer
strongly dominates over the sequential transfer and thus confirms the dominance
of 2He configuration over the He one in the He wave function.
This result suggests a strong clusterization of the two valence neutrons and
allows, therefore, a reliable estimate for the \emph{di-neutron} spectroscopic
amplitude.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.
Investigation of the 6He cluster structures
The 4He+2n and t+t clustering of the 6He ground state were investigated by
means of the transfer reaction 6He(p,t)4He at 25 MeV/nucleon. The experiment
was performed in inverse kinematics at GANIL with the SPEG spectrometer coupled
to the MUST array. Experimental data for the transfer reaction were analyzed by
a DWBA calculation including the two neutrons and the triton transfer. The
couplings to the 6He --> 4He + 2n breakup channels were taken into account with
a polarization potential deduced from a coupled-discretized-continuum channels
analysis of the 6He+1H elastic scattering measured at the same time. The
influence on the calculations of the 4He+t exit potential and of the triton
sequential transfer is discussed. The final calculation gives a spectroscopic
factor close to one for the 4He+2n configuration as expected. The spectroscopic
factor obtained for the t+t configuration is much smaller than the theoretical
predictions.Comment: 10 pages, 11 figures, accepted in PR
Study of the effects of Pauli blocking and Pauli non-locality on the optical potential
Elastic scattering angular distributions for systems with reduced mass
between 3 and 34 and energies varying between 25 and 120 MeV/nucleon were
analyzed. The stable He, its exotic partner He, and the weakly bound
Li nuclei were included as projectiles in the systematics. Optical
model data analyzes were performed with an adjustable factor of normalization
included in the imaginary part of the potential. These analyzes indicated a
reduction of absorption for systems with small reduced masses that was detected
due to the refractive nature of the scattering by light systems.Comment: 16 pages, 7 figure
Structure of unbound neutron-rich He studied using single-neutron transfer
The 8He(d,p) reaction was studied in inverse kinematics at 15.4A MeV using
the MUST2 Si-CsI array in order to shed light on the level structure of 9He.
The well known 16O(d,p)17O reaction, performed here in reverse kinematics, was
used as a test to validate the experimental methods. The 9He missing mass
spectrum was deduced from the kinetic energies and emission angles of the
recoiling protons. Several structures were observed above the neutron-emission
threshold and the angular distributions were used to deduce the multipolarity
of the transitions. This work confirms that the ground state of 9He is located
very close to the neutron threshold of 8He and supports the occurrence of
parity inversion in 9He.Comment: Exp\'erience GANIL/SPIRAL1/MUST
Calculations of He+p elastic scattering cross sections using folding approach and high-energy approximation for the optical potential
Calculations of microscopic optical potentials (OP's) (their real and
imaginary parts) are performed to analyze the He+p elastic scattering data
at a few tens of MeV/nucleon (MeV/N). The OP's and the cross sections are
calculated using three model densities of He. Effects of the regularization
of the NN forces and their dependence on nuclear density are investigated.
Also, the role of the spin-orbit terms and of the non-linearity in the
calculations of the OP's, as well as effects of their renormalization are
studied. The sensitivity of the cross sections to the nuclear densities was
tested and one of them that gives a better agreement with the data was chosen.Comment: 13 pages, 11 figures, to be published in Eur. Phys. J.
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