WLW原子核质量模型在γ过程研究中的应用

本工作利用最近提出的WLW宏观-微观原子核质量模型,在经典r过程框架下很好地描述了太阳系r过程核素丰度分布.与常用的FRDM质量模型相比,新计算更好地再现了A≈135和A≈180质量区的太阳系r过程核素丰度,尤其避免了其他相似计算中A=135附近出现的与观测不符的丰度峰问题.分析表明,这种差异可能暗示WLW更为合理地处理了壳结构和对称能.     

Nuclear Masses and the r- and p-Processes of Nucleosynthesis

Although important efforts have been devoted in the last decades to measure atomic masses, the modelling of the r- and p-processes of nucleosynthesis still requires the use of theoretical predictions to estimate experimentally unknown masses in the neutron-rich and neutron-deficient regions. Different mass models are available to extrapolate nuclear masses far away from the experimentally known region. These models are compared and used to estimate the reaction rates of relevance in the r- and p-processes. The impact of the different mass models on the astrophysics predictions are discussed. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Examination of n-T_9 conditions required by N=50,82,126 waiting points in r-process

We examined the conditions of neutron density(n) and temperature(T_9) required for the N = 50, 82,and 126 isotopes to be waiting points(WP) in the r-process. The nuclear mass based on experimental data presented in the AME2020 database(AME and AME ±Δ) and that predicted using FRDM,WS4, DZ10, and KTUY models were employed in our estimations. We found that the conditions required by the N = 50 WP significantly overlap with those required by the N = 82 ones, except for the WS4 model. In addition, the upper(or lower) bounds of the n-T_9 conditions based on the models are different from each other due to the deviations in the two-neutron separation energies.The standard deviations in the nuclear mass of 108 isotopes in the three N = 50, 82, and 126 groups are about rms = 0.192 and 0.434 Me V for the pairs of KTUY-AME and WS4-KTUY models,respectively. We found that these mass uncertainties result in a large discrepancy in the nn-T_9 conditions, leading to significant differences in the conditions for simultaneously appearing all the three peaks in the r-process abundance. The newly updated FRDM and WS4 calculations can give the overall conditions for the appearance of all the peaks but vice versa for their old versions in a previous study. The change in the final r-process isotopic abundance due to the mass uncertainty is from a few factors to three orders of magnitude. Therefore, accurate nuclear masses of the r-process key nuclei, especially for ~(76) Fe,~(81)Cu,~(127)Rh,~(132)Cd,~(192)Dy, and ~(197)Tm, are highly recommended to be measured in radioactive-ion beam facilities for a better understanding of the r-process evolution.     

WLW 原子核质量模型在r过程研究中的应用

本工作利用最近提出的WLW宏观-微观原子核质量模型, 在经典 r过程框架下 很好地描述了太阳系r过程核素丰度分布. 与常用的FRDM质量模型相比, 新计算更好地再现了A≈ 135和A≈ 180质量区的太阳系r过程核素丰度, 尤其 避免了其他相似计算中A=135 附近出现的 与观测不符的丰度峰问题. 分析表明, 这种差异可能暗示WLW更为合理地处理了壳结构和对称能.     

Weizsäcker-Skyrme核质量模型的统计误差研究

基于最大值近似估算的方法,系统地研究了Weizsäcker-Skyrme（WS4）核质量模型的参数不确定性,并计算了WS4核质量模型理论预言值的统计误差。WS4核质量模型的理论预言值与实验值的偏差基本都小于模型的统计误差,表明采用最大值近似估算法对WS4核质量模型理论预言的统计误差的分析是简捷而有效的。进一步研究了WS4核质量模型理论计算中最敏感的参数,结果表明,对称能系数相关的两个参数c_sym和κ对中子滴线附近的原子核质量有重要影响。此外还对WS4模型与WS*模型的参数不确定性及统计误差进行了对比研究,WS4模型中各模型参数的不确定性比WS*模型中相应模型参数的不确定性降低了10%~ 50%。The statistical uncertainties of 15 model parameters in the Weizsäcker-Skyrme(WS4) mass model are investigated with an efficient approach, and the propagated errors in the predicted masses are estimated. The discrepancies between the predicted masses and the experimental data are almost all smaller than the model errors. The most sensitive model parameter which causes the largest statistical error is analyzed for all bound nuclei. We find that the two coefficients of symmetry energy term significantly influence the mass predictions of extremely neutron-rich nuclei. In addition, the parameter uncertainties and statistical errors of the WS4 mass model and the WS* mass model are compared. The uncertainties of model parameter in the WS4 mass model is reduced by 10% ~ 50% compared with the WS* mass model.     

Extending the nuclear chart by continuum: From oxygen to titanium

Nuclear masses ranging from O to Ti isotopes are systematically investigated with relativistic continuum Hartree-Bogoliubov (RCHB) theory, which can provide a proper treatment of pairing correlations in the presence of the continuum. From O to Ti isotopes, there are 402 nuclei predicted to be bound by the density functional PC-PK1. For the 234 nuclei with mass measured, the root mean square (rms) deviation is 2.23 MeV. It is found that the proton drip-lines predicted with various mass models are roughly the same and basically agree with the observation. The neutron drip-lines predicted, however, are quite different. Due to the continuum couplings, the neutron drip-line nuclei predicted are extended further neutron-rich than other mass models. By comparison with finite-range droplet model (FRDM), the neutron drip-line nucleus predicted by RCHB theory has respectively 2(O), 10(Ne), 10(Na), 6(Mg), 8(Al), 6(Si), 8(P), 6(S), 14(K), 10(Ca), 10(Sc), and 12(Ti) more neutrons.     

Heavy-particle radioactivity of superheavy nuclei

The concept of heavy-particle radioactivity (HPR) is changed to allow emitted particles with Z(e) > 28 from parents with Z > 110 and daughter around (208)Pb. Calculations for superheavy (SH) nuclei with Z = 104-124 are showing a trend toward shorter half-lives and larger branching ratio relative to α decay for heavier SHs. It is possible to find regions in which HPR is stronger than alpha decay. The new mass table AME11 and the theoretical KTUY05 and FRDM95 masses are used to determine the released energy. For 124 we found isotopes with half-lives in the range of ns to ps.     

基于HIRFL-CSR测量丰中子重核质量的建议

丰中子重核区有大量原子核质量未知,迫切需要实验测量。我们建议,利用兰州重离子加速器研究装置HIRFL-CSR上的等时性质谱术,高精度测量204Pt等丰中子重核的质量。CSR质量测量实验中,在目标核产额尽可能高的前提下,需要每次注入都有多个离子同时储存到实验环CSRe中,才能针对逐次注入修正磁场晃动的影响,得到高精度测量结果。但在丰中子核区,当目标核产生截面非常低时,每次注入能储存到环中的离子数目太少。为了解决这个问题,我们提出了一种"混合厚度靶"的方法,在不明显改变目标核产额的情况下,显著增加同时储存在CSRe中的离子数,满足实验要求。模拟计算表明,在CSRe测量丰中子重核质量是可行的,并推荐了实验的设置。     

Systematic description of nuclear electric quadrupole moments

The nuclear electric quadrupole moment(NQM) is one of the fundamental bulk properties of the nucleus with which nuclear deformations can be investigated. The number of measured NQMs is significantly less than that of known masses, and there is still no global NQM formula for all bound nuclei. In this paper, we propose an analytical formula, which includes the shell corrections and which is the function of the charge number, mass number, spin,charge radius, and nuclear deformation, for calculating the NQMs of all bound nuclei. Our calculated NQMs of 524 nuclei in their ground states are reasonable compared to the experimental data based on the nuclear deformation parameters derived from the Weizs¨acker-Skyrme(WS) nuclear mass models. Smaller rms deviations between the calculated NQMs and experimental data indicate that the deformation parameters predicted from the WS mass models are reasonable. In addition, 161 unmeasured NQMs with known spins are also predicted with the proposed formula.     

三体核力重排项的同位旋效应

在同位旋相关的Brueckner理论框架内, 研究了三体核力重排贡献对同位旋对称势及其动量相关性和密度依赖性的影响，特别是研究了三体核力重排效应对于非对称核物质中质子和中子有效质量同位旋劈裂的影响. 结果表明: 三体核力重排效应对质子和中子单核子势均具有排斥性，而且其贡献随动量和密度增加而迅速增大. 在低密度区域，三体核力重排贡献对同位旋对称势的影响相当小，然而随着密度的升高，三体核力重排效应的贡献显著增强. 在高密度区域，三体核力重排效应使得同位旋对称势明显增大，而且当密度足够高时，三体核力重排贡献甚至导致对称势的动量相关性质发生改变. 三体核力的重排效应对核子有效质量同位旋依赖性的影响是使高密度丰中子核物质中质子-中子有效质量同位旋劈裂的幅度显著减小.     

Study of heavy nuclei at FLNR (Dubna)

Experiments are described and main results presented on the synthesis and decay properties of superheavy nuclides, produced in fusion reactions induced by a ⁴⁸Ca-beam on heavy actinide targets. In such reactions neutron-rich nuclei are formed. For them, according to theory, an abrupt enhancement of stability due to nuclear shell effects is expected. The decay properties of the new nuclides are compared with calculations of theoretical models, which predict the existence of “islands of stability” in the region of hypothetical superheavy elements.     

Symmetry energies,pairing energies,and mass equations

Symmetry and pairing energies of atomic nuclei are related to the differences between the excitation energies of isobaric analog states in the same nucleus. Numerous such excitation energies are known experimentally. In addition, a comprehensive global set can be deduced from the available experimental masses by applying Coulomb energy corrections. Replacing the experimental mass data by available theoretical mass predictions as basis for this procedure to extract symmetry and pairing energies makes it possible to directly compare theoretical and experimental quantities. These comparisons reflect upon the goodness or possible shortcomings of the respective mass equation since symmetry energies are related to the curvature of the nuclear mass surface. A discussion of eleven selected mass equations or procedures for reproducing experimental masses and extrapolating into regions of unknown nuclei is presented.     

Precise atomic masses of neutron-rich Br and Rb nuclei close to the r-process path

The Penning trap mass spectrometer JYFLTRAP, coupled to the Ion-Guide Isotope Separator On-Line (IGISOL) facility at Jyv?skyl?, was employed to measure the atomic masses of neutron-rich ^85-92Br and ^94-97Rb isotopes with a typical accuracy less than 10keV. Discrepancies with the older data are discussed. Comparison to different mass models is presented. Details of nuclear structure, shell and subshell closures are investigated by studying the two-neutron separation energy and the shell gap energy.     

Inverse Quasifission in <Superscript>156,160</Superscript>Gd + <Superscript>186</Superscript>W Reactions

To investigate the impact shell effects have in the formation of neutron-rich fragments in multinucleon transfer reactions, a series of experiments to explore the binary channel in ^156,160Gd + ¹⁸⁶W reactions at energies near and above the Coulomb barrier is performed at the Flerov Laboratory’s U-400 accelerator using the CORSET setup. These experiments are aimed mainly at obtaining the production cross sections of leadlike fragments in the process of inverse quasifission. The mass, energy, and angular distributions of the binary reaction products are measured at energies of 860 and 935 MeV of ¹⁶⁰Gd ions and 878MeV in the case of ¹⁵⁶Gd ions. The excitation energies of primary fragments are estimated using their measured mass–energy distributions. Enhanced yields of products with masses of 200–215 amu are observed for both reactions. At energies above the barrier for side-to-side collisions (935 MeV), the yield of lead-like fragments is an order of magnitude larger than at energies near the Coulomb barrier, due possibly to the influence of orientation effects. The enhancement observed in the yield of reaction products with masses heavier than the target mass confirms that multinucleon transfer reactions can be used to obtain new neutron-rich isotopes, and to synthesize new superheavy elements.     

Two-proton radioactivity of exotic nuclei beyond proton drip-line

To search for new candidates of the true and simultaneous two-proton(2 p) radioactivity, the 2 p decay energies(Q2 p) are extracted by the Weizs?cker–Skyrme-4(WS4) model, the finite-range droplet model(FRDM), the Koura–Tachibana–Uno–Yamada(KTUY) model and the Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov mean-field model with the BSk29 Skyrme interaction(HFB29). Then, the 2 p radioactivity half-lives are calculated within the generalized liquid drop model by inputting the four types of Q2 pvalues. By the energy and half-life constraints, it is found that the probable 2 p decay candidates are the nuclei beyond the proton-drip line in the region of Z≤50 based on the WS4 and KTUY mass models. For the FRDM mass model, the probable 2 p decay candidates are found in the region of Z≤44. However, the 2p-decaying candidates are predicted in the region of Z≤58 by the HFB29 mass model. It means that the probable 2 p decay candidates of Z50 are only predicted by the HFB29 mass model. Finally, the competition between the true 2p radioactivity and α-decay for the nuclei above the N=Z=50 shell closures is discussed. It is shown that ~(101)Te,~(111)Ba and ~(114)Ce prefer to 2p radioactivity and the dominant decay mode of ~(107)Xe and ~(116)Ce is α-decay.     

The Quest for a Microscopic Nuclear Mass Formula

After stressing how well the purely macroscopic 1935 mass formula of von Weizsäcker works, we discuss the general problem of deriving nuclear masses from basic nucleonic interactions. We then describe the very recent Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-BCS mass formula of Goriely et al., the first and only to be entirely microscopic. We conclude by stressing how much more work has to be done before reliable extrapolations can be made from the mass data out to the highly neutron-rich part of the nuclear chart where the r-process of nucleosynthesis takes place.     

核势和核子有效质量的同位旋相关性

在Dirac Brueckner Hartree-Fock (DBHF)理论框架下研究了核子光学势和核子有效质量的同位旋相关性. 非对称核物质的计算采用了DBHF的核子自能的Dirac结构的新的分解方法, 核子自能的实部是用G矩阵在Hartree-Fock近似下计算得到, 而虚部从极化图得到. 用核子的薛定谔等价势可以得到核子矢量有效质量. 研究表明考虑了核势的能量相关性在丰中子核物质情况下核子矢量有效质量比质子的大.