{"title":"Improving relativistic energy density functionals with tensor couplings","authors":"Stefan Typel, Shalom Shlomo","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01442-z","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01442-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Energy density functionals (EDFs) have been used extensively with great success to calculate properties of nuclei and to predict the equation of state of dense nuclear matter. Besides non-relativistic EDFs, mostly of the Skyrme or Gogny type, relativistic EDFs of different types are in widespread use. In these latter approaches, the effective in-medium interaction is described by an exchange of mesons between nucleons. In most cases, only minimal meson-nucleon couplings are considered. The effects of additional tensor couplings were rarely investigated. In this work, a new relativistic EDF with tensor couplings and density dependent minimal meson-nucleon couplings will be presented. The parameters of the model are determined using a carefully selected set of experimental data with realistic uncertainties that are determined self-consistently. Predictions for various nuclear observables, the nuclear matter equation of state, and properties of neutron stars are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01442-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142736809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Goel, S. Nag, R. Palit, V. Malik, P. Dey, Md. S. R. Laskar, F. S. Babra, B. Das, A. Kundu, A. Sindhu, Abraham T. Vazhappilly, S. V. Jadhav, B. S. Naidu
{"title":"Core-excited states leading to the high-spin band structure in (^{93})Nb nucleus","authors":"N. Goel, S. Nag, R. Palit, V. Malik, P. Dey, Md. S. R. Laskar, F. S. Babra, B. Das, A. Kundu, A. Sindhu, Abraham T. Vazhappilly, S. V. Jadhav, B. S. Naidu","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01440-1","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01440-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We used the <span>(^{80})</span>Se(<span>(^{18})</span>O,<i>p</i>4n) <span>(^{93})</span>Nb reaction with a beam energy of 99MeV and the INGA spectrometer to investigate high-spin states in odd A <span>(^{93})</span>Nb. Our data analysis revealed the spectral features of the nuclear states of interest. The previously reported decay scheme was verified. Spin and parity were assigned to the existing levels. Fourteen new side-feeding transitions were placed. Doppler shift attenuation method was used to measure the lifetimes of multiple levels in the dipole and quadrupole bands. Comparisons between the experimental characteristics and cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky calculations for the observed quadrupole bands and dipole bands indicate that these bands have been formed on the triaxial deformed shape of <span>(^{93})</span>Nb.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142694837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Phenomenological analysis of triply heavy pentaquarks with configurations (qbar{q}QQQ) and (qqQQbar{Q})","authors":"Ankush Sharma, Alka Upadhyay","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01449-6","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01449-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We carried out the systematic analysis of the <i>s</i>-wave triply heavy pentaquarks with possible configurations like <span>(qbar{q}QQQ)</span> and <span>(qqQQbar{Q})</span>, (<span>(q = u, d, s)</span> and <span>(Q = c, b)</span> quarks). Special unitary representations are utilized to study the classification scheme for triply heavy pentaquark states. We classified the <span>(qbar{q}QQQ)</span>-type pentaquarks into an octet and <span>(qqQQbar{Q})</span>-type pentaquarks into sextet configurations with the help of SU(3) flavor representation. Also, with the help of SU(2) spin representation, we studied the possible spin assignments (<span>(frac{1}{2}^-)</span>, <span>(frac{3}{2}^-)</span>, and <span>(frac{5}{2}^-)</span>) for ground state triply heavy pentaquarks. Furthermore, we used the formalism of the extended Gursey–Radicati mass formula and effective mass scheme to estimate the masses of triply heavy pentaquarks. Additionally, we calculated the magnetic moment assignments using the effective mass and screened charge schemes. The predicted outcomes align well with the existing theoretical data and benefit future studies. Our work provides a comprehensive framework that combines the theoretical aspects of SU(3) and SU(2) symmetries with practical predictions for observables, offering a strong foundation for experimental verification. This integrated approach enhances our understanding of the complex interactions within triply heavy pentaquarks and underscores their potential role in probing deeper into the dynamics of the strong force. These findings are crucial for designing future high-energy experiments that directly observe these exotic states and confirm their properties, paving the way for new insights into quantum chromodynamics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142714475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Radiative corrections in super rosenbluth experiments","authors":"Quinn Stefan, Axel Schmidt","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01446-9","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01446-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Super Rosenbluth experiments, elastic electron-proton scattering experiments that eschew traditional electron detection and opt instead for the detection of the recoiling proton, have several experimental advantages. One claimed advantage is that radiative corrections are more favorable, i.e., smaller and with less kinematic dependence. In this paper, we explore this claim by conducting Monte Carlo simulations of both Super Rosenbluth and traditional Rosenbluth experiments with different models of radiative effects. When using a model that employs the peaking approximation, we indeed confirm the reduced kinematic dependence of the radiative corrections. However, we find that more sophisticated models that avoid the peaking approximation are unable to produce numerically stable results, due to a large enhancement to the cross section for bremsstrahlung radiation from the proton when the momentum transfer, <span>(Q^2)</span>, approaches zero. Since this enhancement is not modelled in the peaking approximation, a more robust approach to radiative corrections in Super Rosenbluth experiments is needed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142679894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Tomáš Czakoj, Michal Košťál, Evžen Losa, Stanislav Simakov, Evžen Novák, Martin Schulc, Zdeněk Matěj, Filip Mravec, František Cvachovec, Roberto Capote
{"title":"Measurement of total fission gamma spectrum of 252Cf(s.f.)","authors":"Tomáš Czakoj, Michal Košťál, Evžen Losa, Stanislav Simakov, Evžen Novák, Martin Schulc, Zdeněk Matěj, Filip Mravec, František Cvachovec, Roberto Capote","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01439-8","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01439-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The paper presents a first comprehensive measurement of the total fission gamma spectrum (TFGS) of <sup>252</sup>Cf(s.f.) spanning an energy range from 0.2 to 14.3 MeV using stilbene scintillator spectroscopy. The measurement was performed with the <sup>252</sup>Cf(s.f.) source placed in a flexo-rabbit ending, with a stilbene detector located at a distance of 100 cm from the source. The room effect was determined by separate measurement with a 50 cm long lead shielding cylinder placed between the source and the detector. The obtained spectrum was corrected for the effect of the <sup>252</sup>Cf source structural parts and the flexo-rabbit ending, using correction function obtained by simulation with the MCNP6.2 code. The main benefit of this independent measurement is the wide energy range, from 0.2 up to 14.3 MeV, in a single experiment, whereas existing measurements typically cover narrower intervals. The knowledge of the TFGS is crucial for various applications involving <sup>252</sup>Cf(s.f.) sources, including the design and analysis of nuclear systems, the validation of nuclear data, and the estimation of radiation in the nuclear medicine. The comparison of TFGS with the recently evaluated <sup>252</sup>Cf(s.f.) prompt fission gamma spectrum (PFGS) indicates that delayed gammas may contribute above 2 MeV up to the highest energies; the current assumption was that delayed gammas contribution above 2 MeV was negligible.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142679813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"From past to future in the science of super heavy elements","authors":"Yuri Oganessian","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01431-2","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01431-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142679565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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":"Competition of decay modes for (Z=119) and (Z=120) superheavy nuclei","authors":"Wenxia Wang, Nana Ma, Yu Zhang, Zheng Wei, Hongfei Zhang","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01444-x","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01444-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Synthesis of new elements with <span>(Z ge 119)</span> is currently a forefront issue in modern nuclear physics. The central question then arises as to the stability and decay properties of these new elements. In this study, the competition between <span>(alpha )</span>-decay, spontaneous fission, cluster radioactivity, and <span>(beta )</span>-decay in the isotopic chains of <span>(Z=119)</span> and <span>(Z=120)</span> was investigated using the finite-range droplet model (FRDM) and Weizsäcker -Skyrme model (WS4). The Royer formula, Karpov formula, Universal Decay Law, and Sobhani formula were applied to analyze each respective decay mode. It was found that cluster radioactivity and <span>(beta )</span>-decay is at a disadvantage in these isotopic chains, with <span>(alpha )</span>-decay and SF being the dominant decay modes. For nuclei with longer half-lives for the dominant decay modes, <span>(alpha )</span>-decay tends to be the most prevalent. <span>(N=184)</span> is a candidate for the neutron magic number based on WS4 and FRDM. In addition, the generalized liquid drop model with corrections for surface diffuseness effects was employed to study <span>(alpha )</span>-decay across four different sets of mass models: FRDM, WS4, Koura–Tachibana–Uno–Yamada (KTUY) mass formula, and Niu2022. The calculation of <span>(alpha )</span>-decay half-lives was further optimized through the use of the radial basis function network.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142672727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
C. Amsler, H. Breuker, M. Bumbar, M. Cerwenka, G. Costantini, R. Ferragut, M. Fleck, M. Giammarchi, A. Gligorova, G. Gosta, E. D. Hunter, C. Killian, B. Kolbinger, V. Kraxberger, N. Kuroda, M. Lackner, M. Leali, G. Maero, V. Mascagna, Y. Matsuda, S. Migliorati, D. J. Murtagh, A. Nanda, L. Nowak, S. Rheinfrank, M. Romé, M. C. Simon, M. Tajima, V. Toso, S. Ulmer, M. van Beuzekom, L. Venturelli, A. Weiser, E. Widmann, Y. Yamazaki, J. Zmeskal
{"title":"Antiproton annihilation at rest in thin solid targets and comparison with Monte Carlo simulations","authors":"C. Amsler, H. Breuker, M. Bumbar, M. Cerwenka, G. Costantini, R. Ferragut, M. Fleck, M. Giammarchi, A. Gligorova, G. Gosta, E. D. Hunter, C. Killian, B. Kolbinger, V. Kraxberger, N. Kuroda, M. Lackner, M. Leali, G. Maero, V. Mascagna, Y. Matsuda, S. Migliorati, D. J. Murtagh, A. Nanda, L. Nowak, S. Rheinfrank, M. Romé, M. C. Simon, M. Tajima, V. Toso, S. Ulmer, M. van Beuzekom, L. Venturelli, A. Weiser, E. Widmann, Y. Yamazaki, J. Zmeskal","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01428-x","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01428-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The mechanism of antiproton–nucleus annihilation at rest is not fully understood, despite substantial previous experimental and theoretical work. In this study we used slow extracted antiprotons from the ASACUSA apparatus at CERN to measure the charged particle multiplicities and their energy deposits from antiproton annihilations at rest on three different nuclei: carbon, molybdenum and gold. The results are compared with predictions from different models in the simulation tools Geant4 and FLUKA. A model that accounts for all the observed features is still missing, as well as measurements at low energies, to validate such models.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01428-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142664477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An empirical formula for the proton radioactivity","authors":"Jie-Dong Jiang, Xiao Liu, Yang-yang Xu, Biao He, Xi-Jun wu, Xiao-Hua Li","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01443-y","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01443-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Proton radioactivity is an exotic decay mode of proton-rich nuclei far from the <span>(beta )</span>-stability line and shares the similar decay mechanism theory of barrier penetration as <span>(alpha )</span> decay. In present work, we extend the Hatsukawa formula (Hatsukawa et al. in Phys Rev C 42:674, 1990) for <span>(alpha )</span> decay to proton radioactivity and propose an empirical formula for evaluating the proton radioactivity half-lives of proton nuclei with Z > 68. Using this formula, we systematically calculate the proton radioactivity half-lives of 33 spherical proton emitters with the corresponding root-mean-square (rms) deviation being 0.391. It is found that the calculated half-lives can reproduce the experimental data well. Moreover, we extend this formula to predict the proton radioactivity half-lives of 18 spherical proton emitters, whose proton radioactivity is energetically allowed or observed but not yet quantified. For comparison, unified fission model (UFM), Coulomb potential and proximity potential model (CPPM), universal decay law for proton emission (UDLP) and new Geiger-Nuttall law (NG-N) are also used. All the predictions are basically consistent with each other.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142645698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
R. S. Mukhin, A. V. Isaev, I. I. Ulanova, A. I. Svirikhin, M. A. Bychkov, M. L. Chelnokov, V. I. Chepigin, H. M. Devaraja, O. Dorvaux, B. Gall, K. Hauschild, I. N. Izosimov, A. A. Kuznetsova, A. Lopez-Martens, O. N. Malyshev, A. G. Popeko, Yu. A. Popov, B. Sailaubekov, E. A. Sokol, M. S. Tezekbayeva, N. I. Zamyatin, A. V. Yeremin
{"title":"Prompt neutron multiplicity from spontaneous fission of (^{244})Fm","authors":"R. S. Mukhin, A. V. Isaev, I. I. Ulanova, A. I. Svirikhin, M. A. Bychkov, M. L. Chelnokov, V. I. Chepigin, H. M. Devaraja, O. Dorvaux, B. Gall, K. Hauschild, I. N. Izosimov, A. A. Kuznetsova, A. Lopez-Martens, O. N. Malyshev, A. G. Popeko, Yu. A. Popov, B. Sailaubekov, E. A. Sokol, M. S. Tezekbayeva, N. I. Zamyatin, A. V. Yeremin","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01441-0","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01441-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the prompt fission neutron (PFN) multiplicity distribution in the spontaneous fission (SF) of <span>(^{244})</span>Fm. Experimental data were obtained using the complete fusion reaction <span>(^{206})</span>Pb(<span>(^{40})</span>Ar,2n)<span>(^{244})</span>Fm, obtaining a mean of <span>(3.6 pm 0.1)</span> emitted neutrons per SF event. The symmetry of the PFN multiplicity distribution suggests no significant influence of additional fission modes, aligning with theoretical predictions that indicate the dominance of the standard fission mode. At the same time, comparison with neighboring isotopes points at a possible additional fission mode in <span>(^{246})</span>Fm.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"60 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142636887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}