Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123124
J.P. McDonaugh, A. Simon, C. Jones, J. Koros, M. Matney, L. Zimmer, T.L. Bailey, C. Boomershine, S. Carmichael, R. Fang, D. Robertson, E. Stech
{"title":"First results from measurements of capture reactions on Sn and Pd for the γ-process using HECTOR","authors":"J.P. McDonaugh, A. Simon, C. Jones, J. Koros, M. Matney, L. Zimmer, T.L. Bailey, C. Boomershine, S. Carmichael, R. Fang, D. Robertson, E. Stech","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123124","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123124","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The formation of p-nuclei and their abundances are an important and ongoing study in nuclear astrophysical measurements. To understand and constrain theoretical models on the abundances of p-nuclei, further measurements of reactions on relevant nuclei and important branching points of the <em>γ</em>-process are needed. For this purpose the cross sections of (p,<em>γ</em>) reactions on <sup>112,114,116</sup>Sn and <sup>108</sup>Pd(p,<em>γ</em>)<sup>109</sup>Ag over a combined energy range of <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>=2.5-4 MeV and <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>=2.1-3.5 MeV for Sn and Pd respectively, were investigated. These measurements were performed using the 5U accelerator at the Nuclear Science Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame. Preliminary yield results from the experiments will be discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123124"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123122
Toshimi Suda
{"title":"Low-energy electron scattering for nucleons and exotic nuclei - ULQ2 and SCRIT -","authors":"Toshimi Suda","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123122","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123122","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this report, I will present two unique low-energy electron-scattering activities currently underway in Japan. These include: 1) the world's first electron scattering experiments on online-produced exotic nuclei, and 2) the lowest-ever beam-energy electron scattering from the proton and deuteron.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123095
S. Quaglioni , K. Kravvaris , P. Navrátil , C. Hebborn , G. Hupin
{"title":"Ab initio calculations of scattering and fusion reactions","authors":"S. Quaglioni , K. Kravvaris , P. Navrátil , C. Hebborn , G. Hupin","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123095","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123095","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We review recent advancements achieved within the ab initio no-core shell model with continuum (NCSMC), a unified first-principle (or, ab initio) approach to nuclear bound and continuum states. We highlight its application to reactions of astrophysical interests, including the <sup>7</sup>Be<span><math><msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>γ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>8</mn></mrow></msup></math></span>B solar fusion and <em>α</em>-<em>α</em> scattering, and to the structure of the exotic <sup>12</sup>Be nucleus. Our findings provide a solid foundation for integrating ab initio calculations with experimental measurements, allowing for more precise evaluations of key thermonuclear reaction rates at astrophysical energies, and offer new insights into the factors that contribute to the emergence of clustering.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123095"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Half-life measurement of short-lived nuclide 146Eu","authors":"Changxin Guo, Yunju Li, Shengquan Yan, Minghao Zhu, Youbao Wang, Yuqiang Zhang, Jinlong Ma, Wei Nan, Tao Tian, Jianglin Hou, Jiayinhao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123113","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123113","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><sup>146</sup>Sm is an important nuclide for both geochronological and astrophysical applications, its precise half-life value is essential for accurate geological applications. Nevertheless, significant discrepancies exist in the measured half-life values of <sup>146</sup>Sm. A new experimental method has been proposed by merely measuring the total amount of <sup>146</sup>Eu and the decay of <sup>146</sup>Sm, corresponding <em>α</em> and <em>γ</em> spectrometers have been developed for the measurement. The preliminary experiment has been carried out in HI-13 tandem accelerator of China Institute of Atomic Energy. Based on <em>α</em> and <em>γ</em> measurements, the half-life of <sup>147</sup>Eu has been double checked and the results agree well with existing values, which gives a verification for the reliability of our half-life measurement systems. The half-life of <sup>146</sup>Eu has been updated to <span><math><mn>4.21</mn><mo>±</mo><mn>0.05</mn></math></span> days, which is 9% lower than the value reported in the database. Based on our analysis, this difference has a significant impact on the determination of the number of <sup>146</sup>Eu atoms, and consequently has an equivalent impact on the measurement of <sup>146</sup>Sm half-life.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123113"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123110
J. Koros , A. Simon , J.T. Harke , R.O. Hughes , P. Adsley , B.H. Isselhardt , B. Longfellow , M. Matney , C.S. Reingold
{"title":"Constraining (n,γ) cross sections via surrogate measurements with hyperion","authors":"J. Koros , A. Simon , J.T. Harke , R.O. Hughes , P. Adsley , B.H. Isselhardt , B. Longfellow , M. Matney , C.S. Reingold","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123110","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123110","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Indirect measurement techniques, such as the surrogate method, are necessary to constrain cross sections and reaction rates that are inaccessible for direct measurement. The surrogate method uses an alternate reaction channel to populate a nucleus of interest, and combines resulting experimental data with theory to constrain the desired (n,<em>γ</em>) cross section. Individual <em>γ</em>-decay probabilities are experimentally extracted using <em>γ</em>-ray spectroscopy. This project utilizes surrogate analysis of <sup>64,70</sup>Zn(p,d) and <sup>64,70</sup>Zn(p,t) reactions measured with the Hyperion array at Texas A&M University's Cyclotron Facility to probe the relevant neutron capture reactions <sup>61,62,67,68</sup>Zn(n,<em>γ</em>). As an example, preliminary <em>γ</em>-decay probabilities are presented for <sup>69</sup>Zn.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123110"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143868924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123111
Weihua Yang , Chao Li
{"title":"The nuclear matter effect on parton distribution functions","authors":"Weihua Yang , Chao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123111","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123111","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Parton distribution functions (PDFs) are important quantities in describing nucleon structures. They are universal and process-independent. As a matter of fact, nucleon PDFs are inevitably affected by nuclear matter during nuclear scattering process. In order to study the nuclear PDFs (nPDFs), in this paper, we introduce the nucleon pair PDFs (dPDFs) to describe parton distributions in the nucleon pair which is confined to a nucleus. We first of all construct the nuclear state in terms of the nucleonic states and calculate the operator definition of nPDFs. Neglecting the higher order corrections or multi-nucleon correlations, we find that nPDFs can be written as a sum of two terms which respectively correspond to PDFs and dPDFs. Nucleon pair PDFs which stem from nucleon-nucleon correlation are proportional to common nucleon PDFs but suppressed by a factor. Compared with the experimental data, we find that dPDFs can explain the behaviour of the EMC effect. We further calculate the Paschos-Wolfenstein ratio to study the nuclear matter effect on the extraction of weak mixing angle or <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>sin</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><mo></mo><msub><mrow><mi>θ</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>W</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> by using dPDFs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143842752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123112
Weiping Liu , JUNA Collaboration
{"title":"Progress of underground nuclear astrophysics JUNA","authors":"Weiping Liu , JUNA Collaboration","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123112","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123112","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Jinping Underground experiment for Nuclear Astrophysics (JUNA) takes advantage of the ultra-low background of the CJPL to conduct experiments for directly studying crucial reactions at stellar energies in the evolution of stars. In 2020, JUNA commissioned a mA level high current accelerator based on an ECR source, as well as high efficiency BGO and <sup>3</sup>He detectors. Direct measurements of key nuclear reactions, including <span><math><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi>Mg</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mrow><mn>25</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts><msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>γ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>26</mn></mrow></msup><mrow><mi>Al</mi></mrow></math></span>, <span><math><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mrow><mn>19</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts><msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>α</mi><mi>γ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>16</mn></mrow></msup><mi>O</mi></math></span>, <span><math><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mrow><mn>19</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts><msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>γ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>20</mn></mrow></msup><mrow><mi>Ne</mi></mrow></math></span>, <span><math><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi>C</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mrow><mn>12</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts><msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>α</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>γ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>16</mn></mrow></msup><mi>O</mi></math></span> and <span><math><mmultiscripts><mrow><mi>O</mi></mrow><mprescripts></mprescripts><none></none><mrow><mn>18</mn></mrow></mmultiscripts><msup><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>α</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>γ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mn>22</mn></mrow></msup><mrow><mi>Ne</mi></mrow></math></span>, were performed in JUNA with improved precision and closer to the Gamow window relative to previous measurements. These precise reaction rates provide valuable insights into the high precision astrophysics simulation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123112"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123108
Shung-Ichi Ando
{"title":"Radiative α capture on 12C in cluster effective field theory: Short review","authors":"Shung-Ichi Ando","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123108","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123108","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Study of radiative <em>α</em> capture on <sup>12</sup>C, <sup>12</sup>C(<em>α</em>,<em>γ</em>)<sup>16</sup>O, in cluster effective field theory (EFT) is reviewed. A low energy EFT for <sup>12</sup>C(<em>α</em>,<em>γ</em>)<sup>16</sup>O at the Gamow-peak energy, <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>0.3</mn></math></span> MeV, is constructed, and the theory is first applied to the study of elastic <em>α</em>-<sup>12</sup>C scattering at low energies. The effective range parameters are fitted to the precise phase shift data of the elastic scattering and the astrophysical <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>E</mi><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> factor of the <em>E</em>1 transition of <sup>12</sup>C(<em>α</em>,<em>γ</em>)<sup>16</sup>O at <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> is estimated. For the study of the <em>E</em>2 transition of <sup>12</sup>C(<em>α</em>,<em>γ</em>)<sup>16</sup>O, we discuss a difficulty to determine the asymptotic normalization coefficient (ANC) of the subthreshold <span><math><msubsup><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span> state of <sup>16</sup>O from the elastic scattering data, and demonstrate the difficulty with the estimate of the astrophysical <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>E</mi><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> factor of <sup>12</sup>C(<em>α</em>,<em>γ</em>)<sup>16</sup>O at <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>. We discuss the uncertainty in the estimate of the <em>S</em> factors at <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> in the present approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123108"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143838770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123109
Chaitanya Anil Bokade, Bhaghyesh
{"title":"Bc meson masses and decays: Insights from a relativistic screened potential model","authors":"Chaitanya Anil Bokade, Bhaghyesh","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123109","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123109","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, we undertake a comprehensive analysis of the <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> meson mass spectrum and decay properties using a relativistic screened potential model. We evaluate the spectra of <span><math><mi>S</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>P</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>D</mi></math></span> and <em>G</em> wave states, along with the decay constants, <em>E</em>1 and <em>M</em>1 transitions, leptonic and radiative leptonic decays. The magnetic moments for various <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>c</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> states are also calculated. The results are compared with available experimental data and with results from other theoretical models.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123109"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143842753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123105
F. Wu (吴桐安) , C. Andreoiu , V. Karayonchev , C.M. Petrache , J.-M. Régis , A. Esmaylzadeh , C. Michelagnoli , M. Beuschlein , P. Spagnoletti , G. Colombi , J.M. Daugas , L. Domenichetti , P.E. Garrett , J. Jolie , M. Ley , S. Pannu , E. Taddei , M. von Tresckow
{"title":"Towards lifetime measurement of excited states in 120Sn using thermal neutron capture","authors":"F. Wu (吴桐安) , C. Andreoiu , V. Karayonchev , C.M. Petrache , J.-M. Régis , A. Esmaylzadeh , C. Michelagnoli , M. Beuschlein , P. Spagnoletti , G. Colombi , J.M. Daugas , L. Domenichetti , P.E. Garrett , J. Jolie , M. Ley , S. Pannu , E. Taddei , M. von Tresckow","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123105","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123105","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The intruder bands in Sn isotopes, based on the 2p-2h excitation across the <span><math><mi>Z</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>50</mn></math></span> proton shell gap, are well-known to exhibit shape coexistence near the neutron mid-shell region. The spectroscopic signatures are enhanced <em>E</em>0 transitions between the <span><math><msup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></math></span> band heads and enhanced <em>E</em>2 transitions within rotational bands built on these <span><math><msup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></math></span> band heads. However, lifetime information for the excited <span><math><msup><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msup></math></span> states is incomplete. Experimental details for the neutron-capture reaction and analysis procedures are described, and the first result of the <span><math><msubsup><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>+</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span> lifetime demonstrates proper calibration of the setup.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143838769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}