{"title":"Impact of the nuclear equation of state on the formation of twin stars","authors":"Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01497-6","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01497-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Twin stars-two stable neutron stars (NSs) with the same mass but different radii have long been proposed to appear as a consequence of a possible first-order phase transition in NS matter. Within a meta-model for the EOS of hybrid stars, we revisit the viability of twin stars and its dependence on numerous parameters characterizing the EOS of nuclear matter, quark matter, and the phase transition between them. While essentially no experimental constraint exists for the last two, parameters characterizing the EOS of neutron-rich nucleonic matter have been constrained within various ranges by terrestrial experiments and astrophysical observations. Within these ranges, the impact of nuclear EOS and crust-core transition density on the formation of twin stars is studied. It is found that the symmetry energy of neutron-rich nucleonic matter notably influences the formation of twin stars, particularly through its slope <i>L</i> and curvature <span>(K_textrm{sym})</span>. Conversely, varying the EOS of symmetric nuclear matter within their currently known uncertainty ranges shows minimal influence on the formation of twin stars.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143388830","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":"Cross section and isomeric ratio measurements along with covariance analysis for the (n,2n) reactions on 120,130Te","authors":"Junhua Luo, Long He, Liang Zhou, Li Jiang","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01501-z","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01501-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this report, the cross sections of nuclear reactions <sup>120</sup>Te(n,2n)<sup>119m,g</sup>Te and <sup>130</sup>Te(n,2n)<sup>129m,g</sup>Te induced by d-T neutrons and their isomeric ratios (σ<sub>m</sub>/σ<sub>g</sub>) were measured. The pure ground state cross section (σ<sub>g</sub>, for <sup>130</sup>Te) deducted the effect from its isomeric transition. The off-line gamma-spectrum technique in conjunction with a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector was utilized to obtain the activity of the product radionuclides. The experiments were performed at the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP). The K-400 neutron generator was used to produce neutrons with an energy of 13–15 MeV. The neutron fluence was monitored using the nuclear reaction <sup>93</sup>Nb(n,2n)<sup>92m</sup>Nb, which had a threshold energy that was similar to the reaction under study. A detailed covariance analysis was carried out for the cross sections of nuclear reactions <sup>120</sup>Te(n,2n)<sup>119m,g</sup>Te and <sup>130</sup>Te(n,2n)<sup>129m,g</sup>Te. All the measured cross sections were also determined using the theoretical calculation program TALYS-1.96 code with six level density models. The measured cross section values were compared with the results reported in the literature, along with the theoretical estimates and the evaluation results.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143370009","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}
M. Atoui, M. Hoballah, M. Lassaut, J. Van de Wiele
{"title":"Negative moments as the signature of the radial density at small distances","authors":"M. Atoui, M. Hoballah, M. Lassaut, J. Van de Wiele","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01496-7","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01496-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present paper proposes a robust evaluation of any radial density at small distances using negative-order radial moments evaluated in momentum space. This evaluation provides a valuable insight into the behavior of a given radial density in the vicinity of <span>(r=0)</span>, and puts strong emphasis on the importance of measuring form factors at large squared four-momentum transfer, a domain essential for the determination of negative order moments. A specific attention is paid to the regularization scheme directly affecting the numerical determination of the radial density’s parametrization. The proposed method is applied to non-relativistic study cases of the nucleon electric (<span>(G_{En}, G_{Ep})</span>), and proton magnetic <span>(G_{Mp})</span> form factors. The validation is performed through comparison of the results of the approach to the analytically determined Maclaurin expansion - in the vicinity of <span>(r=0)</span> - of the radial density function. The method is also applied to the relativistic Dirac form factor <span>({{F_{1p}}})</span> of the proton. In such a non-trivial case, the Maclaurin development might not exist for the radial density, rendering the determination from the proposed method extremely important.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01496-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143361665","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":"Isovector properties of effective finite-range nuclear interactions","authors":"D. Davesne, J. Navarro, A. Pastore, Y. Lallouet","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01491-y","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01491-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We discuss several properties of two families of finite-range interactions in infinite nuclear matter, aiming in particular to their isovector properties. We find that the recent parameterisations of both Gogny and Nakada provide a reasonable description of the properties of the infinite medium as well as an equation of state capable of sustaining a two solar mass neutron star. We also discuss the pairing properties in the spin-singlet channel for both families of interactions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01491-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143361710","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":"On the equivalence of Prony and Lanczos methods for Euclidean correlation functions","authors":"J. Ostmeyer, A. Sen, C. Urbach","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01495-8","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01495-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We investigate the oblique Lanczos method recently put forward in Ref. [1] for analysing Euclidean correlators in lattice field theories and show that it is analytically equivalent to the well known Prony Generalised Eigenvalue Method (PGEVM). Moreover, we discuss that the signal-to-noise problem is not alleviated by either of these two methods. Still, both methods show clear advantages when compared to the standard effective mass approach.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01495-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143361927","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":"Nuclear photonics: overview and perspectives","authors":"M. J. G. Borge, K. A. Tanaka, C. A. Ur, A. Zilges","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01488-7","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01488-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01488-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143361711","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":"Calculation of the abundance of (^{187}Re )–(^{187}Os ) nuclear clock nuclides in S-process and sensitivity analysis of Maxwellian-averaged neutron capture cross sections","authors":"Xinyu Dong, Yixuan Qiu, Kaisu Wu","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01487-8","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01487-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, the network equations calculation of <span>(^{187}Re)</span>–<span>(^{187}Os)</span> clock-related nuclide abundance in s-process is studied, and the sensitivities of Maxwellian-averaged neutron capture cross sections for each nuclide are analyzed in detail. Firstly, basing nuclear physical parameters, we give the branching s-process reaction network from <span>(^{184}W )</span> to <span>(^{190}Os )</span>, and establish the corresponding network equations. Using a single path s-process approximation, we obtain an analytical expression of the seed nuclide <span>(^{183}W )</span> abundance of our branching network. Because of the stiffness of the system of network equations, we use the semi-implicit Runge–Kutta method to give the numerical solution of the network equations, and thus obtain the abundance of each nuclide related to the <span>(^{187}Re )</span>–<span>(^{187}Os )</span> nuclear clock in the s-process. Finally, with the numerical solution, the sensitivity analysis of the Maxwellian-averaged neutron capture cross sections of the nuclear reaction involved in the <span>(^{187}Re )</span>–<span>(^{187}Os )</span> nuclear clock network equations is carried out. Therefore, we find that in s-process, the neutron capture reaction <span>( ^{184} W+n rightarrow ^{185}W )</span> has the greatest influence on the <span>(^{187}Re )</span>–<span>(^{187}Os )</span> nuclear clock reaction network, and the neutron capture reaction <span>(^{186} W+n rightarrow ^{187}W )</span> has the greatest effect on the particular nuclides <span>(^{187}Re )</span> and <span>(^{187}Os )</span>. So the measurements of these two Maxwellian-averaged neutron capture cross sections deserve the attention of experimental nuclear physicists.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143362045","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":"Progress in the studies of cluster resonances by antisymmetrized molecular dynamics","authors":"Yasutaka Taniguchi, Tomoyuki Baba, Tadahiro Suhara, Masaaki Kimura, Yoshiko Kanada-En’yo","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01499-4","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01499-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This review reports recent advancements in the study of cluster resonances using Antisymmetrized Molecular Dynamics (AMD). Cluster states, appearing as resonances above the particle-decay threshold, are crucial for understanding exotic cluster structures and reactions. A critical aspect of these studies is the calculation of the reduced width amplitude (RWA), which has been challenging due to the complexity of nucleon exchange between clusters. We introduce two novel methods for the computation of the RWA; the Laplace expansion and norm overlap methods. They have enabled more precise and computationally efficient calculations of RWA. We introduce their successful applications to key astrophysical nuclear reactions, such as <span>(^{12}{textrm{C}}+ ^{12}{{textrm{C}}})</span> and <span>(^{12}{textrm{C}}+ ^{16}textrm{O})</span> fusion processes, which play a vital role in stellar environments. Furthermore, we explore how these methods have advanced the study of exotic cluster structures, including the linear chain of <span>(alpha )</span> clusters and the <span>( ^{6}textrm{He})</span> cluster in light nuclei.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143362044","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}
N. Buyukcizmeci, T. Reichert, A. S. Botvina, M. Bleicher
{"title":"Production of double strange hypernuclei and exotic nuclei in central Au+Au collisions at (sqrt{s_{NN}}) = 3 GeV","authors":"N. Buyukcizmeci, T. Reichert, A. S. Botvina, M. Bleicher","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01489-6","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01489-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We extend the theoretical approach which includes the dynamical and statistical stages for the description of the nucleosynthesis in central collisions of relativistic ions. Previously, this approach was successfully applied to describe experimental data on both normal nuclei and single strange hypernuclei production in the GSI and RHIC-BES energy range. We predict the multiplicities of double strange hypernuclei up to <span>(^4_{varLambda varLambda })</span>H and further intermediate mass nuclei up to <span>(^8)</span>Be for Au+Au central collisions at <span>(sqrt{s_{NN}})</span> = 3 GeV, recently explored by the STAR experiments. These nuclei can be identified by the measurement of the correlated particles coming after their decay. Such observations are a crucial test for the nucleosynthesis mechanism.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01489-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143108222","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":"The utilization of magneto-hydrodynamics framework in expansion of magnetized viscous conformal flow","authors":"M. Karimabadi, A. F. Kord, B. Azadegan","doi":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01486-9","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epja/s10050-025-01486-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study focuses on the evolution of magnetized quark–gluon plasma (QGP) within the framework of magneto-hydrodynamics (MHD). We investigate the temporal and spatial dynamics of QGP with additional second-order viscous corrections, considering the effects of a magnetic field generated during the early stages of relativistic heavy-ion collisions. In our analysis, we assume boost invariance along the beamline, represented by the <span>(z)</span>-coordinate, and fluid expansion along the <span>(x)</span>-direction. The magnetic field is assumed to be oriented perpendicular to the reaction plane, aligning with the <span>(y)</span>-direction. Additionally, we consider the fluid to have infinite electrical conductivity, simplifying the treatment of electromagnetic effects. To characterize the system, we solve the coupled Maxwell’s equations and the conservation equations of relativistic hydrodynamics. This approach allows us to elucidate the time and space dependence of key physical quantities, including the energy density, fluid velocity, and magnetic field within the transverse plane of the viscous, magnetized plasma. By deriving these quantities, we also compute the hadron spectra and perform a comparative analysis with experimental data to validate our theoretical predictions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":786,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal A","volume":"61 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143108278","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}