Shell effects in nuclear charge radii based on Skyrme density functionals

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Autori principali: An, Rong, Sun, Shuai, Jiang, Xiang, Tang, Na, Cao, Li-Gang, Zhang, Feng-Shou
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author An, Rong
Sun, Shuai
Jiang, Xiang
Tang, Na
Cao, Li-Gang
Zhang, Feng-Shou
author_facet An, Rong
Sun, Shuai
Jiang, Xiang
Tang, Na
Cao, Li-Gang
Zhang, Feng-Shou
contents A unified description of the charge radii throughout the entire nuclide chart plays an essential role for our understanding of nuclear structure and fundamental nuclear interactions. In this work, the influence of new term, which catches the spirit of neutron and proton pairs condensation around Fermi surface, on the charge radii has been investigated based on the Skyrme density functionals with the effective forces SLy5 and SkM$^{*}$. The differential charge radii of even-even Ca, Ni, Sn, and Pb isotopes are employed to evaluate the validity of this theoretical model. Meanwhile, the results obtained by the relativistic density functional with the effective Lagrangian NL3 are also shown for the quantitative comparison. The calculated results suggest that the modified model can improve the trend of changes of the differential charge radii along Ca, Ni, Sn, and Pb isotopic chains, especially the shell closure effect at the neutron numbers $N=28$, 82 and 126. The shell quenching phenomena of charge radii can also be predicted at the neutron number $N=50$ along the corresponding Ni and Sn isotopes, respectively. The inverted parabolic-like shapes between the two fully filled shells can also be observed, but the amplitude is gradually weakened from Ca to Pb isotopic chains. Combining the existing literatures, it suggests that the discontinuous behavior in nuclear charge radii can be described well by considering the influence of neutron Cooper pairs condensation around Fermi surface.
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spellingShingle Shell effects in nuclear charge radii based on Skyrme density functionals
An, Rong
Sun, Shuai
Jiang, Xiang
Tang, Na
Cao, Li-Gang
Zhang, Feng-Shou
Nuclear Theory
A unified description of the charge radii throughout the entire nuclide chart plays an essential role for our understanding of nuclear structure and fundamental nuclear interactions. In this work, the influence of new term, which catches the spirit of neutron and proton pairs condensation around Fermi surface, on the charge radii has been investigated based on the Skyrme density functionals with the effective forces SLy5 and SkM$^{*}$. The differential charge radii of even-even Ca, Ni, Sn, and Pb isotopes are employed to evaluate the validity of this theoretical model. Meanwhile, the results obtained by the relativistic density functional with the effective Lagrangian NL3 are also shown for the quantitative comparison. The calculated results suggest that the modified model can improve the trend of changes of the differential charge radii along Ca, Ni, Sn, and Pb isotopic chains, especially the shell closure effect at the neutron numbers $N=28$, 82 and 126. The shell quenching phenomena of charge radii can also be predicted at the neutron number $N=50$ along the corresponding Ni and Sn isotopes, respectively. The inverted parabolic-like shapes between the two fully filled shells can also be observed, but the amplitude is gradually weakened from Ca to Pb isotopic chains. Combining the existing literatures, it suggests that the discontinuous behavior in nuclear charge radii can be described well by considering the influence of neutron Cooper pairs condensation around Fermi surface.
title Shell effects in nuclear charge radii based on Skyrme density functionals
topic Nuclear Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20414