Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123120
S. Ota , P. Capel , G. Christian , V. Durant , K. Hagel , E. Harris , R.C. Johnson , Z. Luo , F.M. Nunes , M. Roosa , A. Saastamoinen , D.P. Scriven
{"title":"First experimental test of the ratio method","authors":"S. Ota , P. Capel , G. Christian , V. Durant , K. Hagel , E. Harris , R.C. Johnson , Z. Luo , F.M. Nunes , M. Roosa , A. Saastamoinen , D.P. Scriven","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123120","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123120","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The ratio is a new reaction observable suggested to extract accurately structure information on halo nuclei. It corresponds to the ratio of differential cross sections for scattering and breakup, which is predicted to remove the uncertainty related to the reaction dynamics. We present here the first experimental test of the method for the <sup>11</sup>Be + <sup>12</sup>C collision at <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>Lab</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>20</mn><mi>A</mi></math></span> MeV performed at Texas A&M University. Differential cross sections for scattering and inclusive one-neutron breakup have been measured with the new detector array BlueSTEAl. The ratio of cross sections is very smooth and independent of the projectile-target interaction, which demonstrates the validity of the <em>ratio method</em>. We extend our analysis to existing <sup>11</sup>Be + <sup>208</sup>Pb data, confirming that the method works well on any target.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123120"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143887084","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.2025.123111
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 : 2025-04-15DOI: 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}
Nuclear Physics APub Date : 2025-04-14DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123099
D. Piatti, LUNA collaboration
{"title":"The challenging first direct measurement of the 65 keV resonance strength in the 17O(p,γ)18F reaction at LUNA","authors":"D. Piatti, LUNA collaboration","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123099","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123099","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A precise determination of the proton capture rates on oxygen is mandatory to predict the abundance ratios of oxygen isotopes in a stellar environment where the hydrogen burning is active. The <sup>17</sup>O(p,<em>γ</em>)<sup>18</sup>F reaction, in particular, plays a crucial role in AGB nucleosynthesis as well as in explosive hydrogen burning occurring in novae and type I supernovae. At the temperature of interest for the former scenario (20 MK ≤ T ≤ 80 MK) the main contribution to the astrophysical reaction rate comes from the <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>E</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> = 64.5 keV resonance. The strength of this resonance is presently determined only through indirect measurements, with an adopted value <em>ωγ</em> = (1.6 ± 0.3) × 10<sup>−11</sup> eV. A new high sensitivity setup has been installed at LUNA, located at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso. The underground location of LUNA 400kV guarantees a reduction of the cosmic ray background by several orders of magnitude. The residual background was further reduced by a dedicated shielding. On the other hand the 4<em>π</em>-BGO detector efficiency was optimized installing an aluminum target chamber and holder. With about 400 C accumulated on Ta<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> targets, with nominal <sup>17</sup>O enrichment of 90%, the LUNA collaboration has performed the first ever direct measurement of the 64.5 keV resonance strength.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1060 ","pages":"Article 123099"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143860490","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 : 2025-04-11DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123103
M. Feijoo-Fontán , A. Barrière , N. Mozumdar , H. Álvarez-Pol , J.L. Rodríguez-Sánchez , O. Sorlin , J. Benlliure , D. Cortina-Gil , R3B collaboration
{"title":"Development of a PID algorithm for the CALIFA detector to study multinucleon knockout reactions in exotic nuclei","authors":"M. Feijoo-Fontán , A. Barrière , N. Mozumdar , H. Álvarez-Pol , J.L. Rodríguez-Sánchez , O. Sorlin , J. Benlliure , D. Cortina-Gil , R3B collaboration","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123103","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123103","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Previous studies have shown a reduction in cross sections relative to theoretical predictions for single-nucleon knockout reactions, with varying conclusions about the dependence of this reduction on the N/Z ratio of the projectile. The (p,pX) knockout reactions studied with the R<sup>3</sup>B setup offer a unique opportunity for kinematically complete measurements using inverse kinematics. This work focuses on the development of an algorithm for performing particle identification using the CALIFA detector, of vital importance for the study of knocked-out clusters such as deuterium.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1059 ","pages":"Article 123103"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143826094","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}