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{"title":"Low-j rotational bands in 127Xe","authors":"S. Chakraborty ,&nbsp;S. Bhattacharyya ,&nbsp;S.S. Nayak ,&nbsp;Soumik Bhattacharya ,&nbsp;G. Mukherjee ,&nbsp;Snigdha Pal ,&nbsp;S. Panwar ,&nbsp;Suchorita Paul ,&nbsp;S. Jehangir ,&nbsp;G.H. Bhat ,&nbsp;J.A. Sheikh ,&nbsp;C. Majumder ,&nbsp;A. Sharma ,&nbsp;Pankaj K. Giri ,&nbsp;R. Raut ,&nbsp;S.S. Ghugre","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123251","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123251","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Low-lying one-quasineutron bands, primarily associated with the low-<em>j</em> <span><math><mrow><mi>ν</mi><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><mi>ν</mi><msub><mi>d</mi><mrow><mn>3</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></math></span> quasiparticle configurations, have been investigated by means of in-beam <span><math><mi>γ</mi></math></span>-ray spectroscopy. Excited states were populated through the bombardment of a ²H beam with an energy of 15 MeV on an elemental ¹²⁷I target. This study confirms the previously identified, feebly populated unfavoured signature partner of the <span><math><mrow><mi>ν</mi><msub><mi>d</mi><mrow><mn>3</mn><mo>/</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msub></mrow></math></span> band, and provides firm spin and parity assignments for two low-lying states within this band. Theoretical calculations using the Triaxial Projected Shell Model reproduce the experimental observations well.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1065 ","pages":"Article 123251"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145270254","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":"Leptodermic corrections to the TOV equations and nuclear astrophysics within the effective surface approximation","authors":"A.G. Magner ,&nbsp;S.P. Maydanyuk ,&nbsp;A. Bonasera ,&nbsp;H. Zheng ,&nbsp;T. Depastas ,&nbsp;A.I. Levon ,&nbsp;U.V. Grygoriev","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123239","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123239","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The macroscopic model for a neutron star (NS) as a liquid drop at the equilibrium is used to extend the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equations taking into account the gradient terms responsible for the system surface. The parameters of the Schwarzschild metric in the spherical case are found with these surface corrections to the known leading (zero) order of the leptodermic approximation <span><math><mi>a</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>R</mi><mo>&lt;</mo><mo>&lt;</mo><mn>1</mn></math></span>, where <em>a</em> is the NS effective-surface (ES) thickness, and <em>R</em> is the effective NS radius. The energy density <span><math><mi>E</mi></math></span> is considered in a general form including the functions of the particle number density and of its gradient terms. The macroscopic gravitational component <span><math><mi>Φ</mi><mo>(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> of the energy density is taken into account in the simplest form as expansion in powers of <span><math><mi>ρ</mi><mo>−</mo><mover><mrow><mi>ρ</mi></mrow><mo>‾</mo></mover></math></span>, where <span><math><mover><mrow><mi>ρ</mi></mrow><mo>‾</mo></mover></math></span> is the saturation density, up to second order, in terms of its contributions to the separation particle energy and incompressibility. Density distributions <em>ρ</em> across the NS ES in the normal direction to the ES, which are derived in the simple analytical form at the same leading approximation, was used for the derivation of the modified TOV (MTOV) equations by accounting for their NS surface corrections. The MTOV equations are analytically solved at first order and the results are compared with the standard TOV approach of the zero order.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1064 ","pages":"Article 123239"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145059887","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":"An impact of parton distribution functions on open heavy flavour azimuthal angular correlations in Pb-Pb collisions at sNN = 5.5 TeV","authors":"Swapnesh Khade ,&nbsp;Ravindra Singh ,&nbsp;Yoshini Bailung ,&nbsp;Ankhi Roy","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123220","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123220","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we investigate the impact of modern free parton distribution functions and nuclear parton distribution functions on the azimuthal angular correlation of open heavy flavour hadrons in Pb–Pb collisions at <span><math><msqrt><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>NN</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></msub></mrow></msqrt></math></span> = 5.5 TeV using PYTHIA8 + Angantyr model. The method involves a transverse momentum (<span><math><msub><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>) differential assessment of azimuthal angular correlations between prompt <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup><mo>−</mo><msup><mrow><mover><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup></math></span> and <span><math><mi>B</mi><mo>−</mo><mover><mrow><mi>B</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>¯</mo></mrow></mover></math></span>. By analysing the <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>-dependent behaviour of these correlations, we probe the interplay between different production mechanisms and assess the impact of parton distribution functions on heavy flavour hadron production dynamics. Our results indicate that nuclear parton distribution functions significantly modify the azimuthal correlation distribution's near-side and away-side peaks compared to the default PYTHIA8 baseline, particularly at low <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>. The near-side double-peak structure suggests contributions from next-to-leading order (NLO) processes, such as gluon splitting, and its presence is strongly correlated with the number of hard multi-parton interactions. Additionally, by quantitatively comparing the change in correlation widths across various PDF settings, we comment on the role of nuclear parton distribution functions on the broadening of <span><math><msup><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup><mo>−</mo><msup><mrow><mover><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>¯</mo></mrow></mover></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msup></math></span> correlation distribution in heavy-ion collisions. This comprehensive study of azimuthal correlations enhances our understanding of nuclear collisions's initial-state conditions and heavy flavour production dynamics.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1064 ","pages":"Article 123220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144886304","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":"Beta decay properties of neutron-rich Co, Ni, Cu and Zn isotopes","authors":"Jameel-Un Nabi ,&nbsp;Asim Ullah ,&nbsp;Mureed Abbas Qammar","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123237","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123237","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accurate and reliable assessments of the <em>β</em>-decay characteristics of neutron-rich nuclei are essential for gaining a deeper insight into the supernova explosions and related nucleosynthesis processes, including the <em>r</em>-process. We calculated the <em>β</em>-decay half-lives, Gamow-Teller distributions and branching ratios of neutron-rich cobalt, nickel and copper isotopes. Stellar weak interaction rates for a total of thirty-six neutron-rich nuclei (⁷²⁻⁷⁹Co, ⁷⁴⁻⁸³Ni, ⁷⁸⁻⁸⁶Cu and ⁸⁰⁻⁸⁸Zn) were calculated using the proton-neutron quasi-particle random phase approximation (pn-QRPA) model. The computed half-lives are in better agreement with the measured data (having mean deviation of <span><math><mover><mrow><mi>r</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>¯</mo></mrow></mover></math></span> = 1.45) as compared to previous results. The stellar <em>β</em>-decay rates are bigger than the independent particle model rates at low temperature and density values. For high-temperature and high-density zones, the previous rates are up to an order of magnitude bigger than our results. The findings of the current investigation may prove useful for simulation of post-silicon burning evolution of stars and nucleosynthesis calculations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1064 ","pages":"Article 123237"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145045440","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":"Possible universal limit for valence parton distributions","authors":"Christopher Leon ,&nbsp;Misak Sargsian","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123243","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123243","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We report the observation of the existence of a possible universal limit for valence parton distributions that should exist once partonic degrees of freedom are relevant for high energy scattering from strongly interacting bound systems like a nucleon, meson or a few nucleon system at very short distances. Our observation is based on the notion that the Bjorken x weighted valence parton distribution function has a peak, <span><math><msub><mi>x</mi><mi>p</mi></msub></math></span>, that characterizes the average momentum fraction carried out by the valence quarks in the system. Within the residual mean-field model of the valence quark distribution we found that <span><math><msub><mi>x</mi><mi>p</mi></msub></math></span> has an upper limit: <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>x</mi><mi>p</mi></msub><mo>≤</mo><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mrow><mn>2</mn><mo>(</mo><msub><mi>n</mi><mi>V</mi></msub><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></mfrac></mrow></math></span>, where <span><math><msub><mi>n</mi><mi>V</mi></msub></math></span> is the number of valence quarks in the cluster embedded in the strongly interacting environment of the hadron. The existence of such a limit imposes a new constraint on choosing the starting resolution scale <span><math><msub><mi>Q</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></math></span> for PDFs. Our prediction for the nucleon is that <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>x</mi><mi>p</mi></msub><msub><mo>∣</mo><mrow><mi>Q</mi><mo>→</mo><msub><mi>Q</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></mrow></msub><mo>≤</mo><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mn>4</mn></mfrac></mrow></math></span>, which is in agreement with all the available valence PDFs that employ the standard approach for selecting starting <span><math><msub><mi>Q</mi><mn>0</mn></msub></math></span>. We also demonstrate how the existence of this limit can be used to verify the onset of quark-cluster structures in short range nucleon correlations in nuclei.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1064 ","pages":"Article 123243"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145105626","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":"Corrigendum to “Imaging the structure of atomic nuclei in high-energy nuclear collisions from STAR experiment” [Nuclear Physics A, Volume 1060 (2025), 123106]","authors":"Chunjian Zhang ,&nbsp;(for the STAR Collaboration)","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123226","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1064 ","pages":"Article 123226"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144907000","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":"Analytical study of conformable fractional bohr hamiltonian with the extended form of the sextic potential","authors":"S.B. Doma ,&nbsp;M.A. Abdel-Khalek ,&nbsp;A.Sh. Yaqut","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123221","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123221","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>New analytical solutions of the conformable fractional Bohr Hamiltonian for triaxial nuclei have been derived, incorporating an extended form of the Sextic potential in the <span><math><mrow><mi>β</mi></mrow></math></span> component of the collective nuclear potential, alongside a steep harmonic oscillator in the <span><math><mrow><mi>γ</mi></mrow></math></span> component. This particular type of potential can specifically recover sextic, Davidson and harmonic potentials in particular cases. The energy spectra and corresponding wave functions are analytically determined through a novel conformable fractional extended Nikiforov-Uvarov method. Additionally, the derivation of the wave functions necessitates the application of the bi-confluent Heun functions. This study examines the relationship between the conformable fractional spectra of the potential and the <span><math><mrow><mi>Z</mi><mo>(</mo><mn>5</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span> benchmark spectrum. A systematic analysis is conducted to explore the spectral expansion as a function of both the fractional derivative order and the potential parameters. The normalized <span><math><mrow><mi>B</mi><mo>(</mo><mrow><mi>E</mi><mn>2</mn></mrow><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span> transition rates and corresponding energy spectra were computed and systematically compared with experimental measurements. The theoretical predictions demonstrate excellent agreement with empirical data across multiple isotopic chains, including ^112,114,116Pd, ^{120, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134}Xe, and ^192,194,196Pt.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1064 ","pages":"Article 123221"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144865544","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":"Nuclear mass density effect of 27Al and 28Si nuclei in nuclear reactions","authors":"F.R. Vasconcelos,&nbsp;G.F.D. Abreu,&nbsp;E.N. Cardozo,&nbsp;J. Lubian","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123240","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123240","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In a recent study, diffuseness parameters of <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>a</mi><mi>m</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>0.62</mn><mspace></mspace><mrow><mi>fm</mi></mrow></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>a</mi><mi>m</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>0.65</mn><mspace></mspace><mrow><mi>fm</mi></mrow></mrow></math></span> were proposed for the nuclear matter density of <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>28</mn></msup></math></span>Si and <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>27</mn></msup></math></span>Al, respectively, based on the two-parameter Fermi distribution. These values exceed the systematic value <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>a</mi><mi>m</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>0.56</mn><mspace></mspace><mrow><mi>fm</mi></mrow></mrow></math></span>, commonly adopted in the São Paulo potential. To assess the validity of the proposed parameters, we performed coupled-channel calculations for the systems <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>9</mn></msup></math></span>Be+<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>28</mn></msup></math></span>Si, <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>14</mn></msup></math></span>N+<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>28</mn></msup></math></span>Si, <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>13</mn></msup></math></span>C+<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>28</mn></msup></math></span>Si, <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>9</mn></msup></math></span>Be+<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>27</mn></msup></math></span>Al, <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>14</mn></msup></math></span>N+<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>27</mn></msup></math></span>Al, and <span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>28</mn></msup></math></span>Si+<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mn>27</mn></msup></math></span>Al at energies 2-3 times the Coulomb barrier. The analyses were carried out using the FRESCO code, with the Sao Paulo Potential and Woods-Saxon potential used as the optical potential. A good description of elastic angular distributions was achieved with the systematic nuclear matter density diffuseness value of <span><math><mrow><msub><mi>a</mi><mi>m</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>0.56</mn><mspace></mspace><mrow><mi>fm</mi></mrow></mrow></math></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1064 ","pages":"Article 123240"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145057368","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":"Role of Coulomb-nuclear breakup of 6,7Li projectiles with heavy deformed 232Th target","authors":"D. Patel ,&nbsp;J. Rangel ,&nbsp;J. Lubian","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123236","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123236","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The significance of both Coulomb and nuclear couplings and their interference effects in the breakup processes of ^6,7Li with a non-spherical nucleus ²³²Th has been evaluated. The continuum discretized coupled channel (CDCC) calculations are carried out in a nonstandard way, using short-range imaginary potentials for the fragment-target interaction at energies close to the Coulomb barrier. The present calculations employing short-range imaginary potentials exhibit better agreement with the experimental elastic scattering angular distributions than those using standard systematic value (<span><math><mn>0.78</mn><mo>×</mo><msub><mrow><mi>W</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>S</mi><mi>P</mi><mi>P</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>) used to describe elastic scattering. Including the excitation of the ²³²Th inelastic shows significant coupling effects on the elastic scattering below the barrier energies compared to higher incident energies. Subsequently, the CDCC framework was used to analyze the nuclear, Coulomb, and total breakup predictions separately. The breakup cross sections for the ⁶Li+²³²Th system are greater than those for the ⁷Li+²³²Th system across various energies. The present study predicts destructive Coulomb-nuclear interference in the breakup processes involving both ⁶Li and ⁷Li projectile nuclei with the deformed ²³²Th target. Additionally, the breakup reaction cross-sections are compared with experimentally measured fusion cross-sections near the barrier energies for both ^6,7Li+²³²Th systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1064 ","pages":"Article 123236"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144996304","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":"Quantifying uncertainties in α-nucleus reaction dynamics informed from first principles","authors":"Kevin S. Becker ,&nbsp;Aidan W. Kelly ,&nbsp;Kristina D. Launey ,&nbsp;Scott T. Marley ,&nbsp;Alexis Mercenne ,&nbsp;Adriana R. Baniecki ,&nbsp;Tomáš Dytrych ,&nbsp;Jerry P. Draayer","doi":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123203","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2025.123203","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The <em>ab initio</em> symmetry-adapted no-core shell model is a microscopic many-body method which naturally describes challenging collective and clustering features of atomic nuclei. Wave functions and observables computed with realistic nucleon-nucleon forces in this framework are tied to first principles, and are hence well-suited for rigorous uncertainty quantification. We discuss <em>α</em>-deuteron and <em>α</em>-¹²C cluster potentials informed by symmetry-adapted calculations, and propagate uncertainties in the effective binary cluster method as well as those in the nuclear interaction to reaction observables, namely scattering phase shifts, cross sections, partial widths and resonance energies. We find that the overall uncertainties are dominated by those originating in the underlying nuclear force, speaking to the need for tighter constraints on realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19246,"journal":{"name":"Nuclear Physics A","volume":"1064 ","pages":"Article 123203"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144895329","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}