Properties of deformed Λ hypernuclei

The properties of Be and B isotopes and the corresponding Λ hypernuclei are studied by using a deformed Skyrme Hartree-Fock approach with realistic nucleonic Skyrme forces, pairing correlations, and a microscopically determined lambda-nucleon interaction based on Brueckner-Hartree-Fock calculations of     

Skyrme Hartree-Fock模型对中等质量超形变超核的研究（英文）

采用Skyrme Hartree-Fock 模型和微观的核子-超子相互作用对Ar 同位素和40Ca 及相应超核的超形变态进行了研究,计算结果表明,基态的Λ 超子分离能比激发态的大。这一结果与反对称化分子动力学模型的结果一致,而与相对论平均场的结果相反。这区别主要来源于不同模型中不同的相互作用导致的核心核及相应超核密度分布的不同。The superdeformed (SD) states in medium heavy hypernuclei with core nuclei of Ar isotopes and 40Ca are studied in the frame of Skyrme Hartree-Fock (SHF)+ BCS model together with a microscopic ΛN interaction. The calculation indicates that the Λ separation energy S_Λ of ground state is larger than that of SD state. The result is consistent with the antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) calculation, but inconsistent with that of relativistic mean field (RMF). The difference comes from the different interaction and density distribution in the core nuclei and the corresponding hypernuclei.     

Properties of Zr hypernuclei in deformed Skyrme Hartree-Fock approach

Properties of the even-N Zr isotopes and their corresponding single-Λ and double-Λ hypernuclei are studied in the deformed Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach. Binding energy, the two-neutron separation energies, radii are studied from beta-stable zone to the neutron drip line in this paper. The neutron drip line nuclei predicted with SLy4 and SkI4 interactions are 122Zr and 138Zr, respectively. The neutron drip line of single-Λ and double-Λ hypernuclei are Λ139Zr and 2Λ142 Zr with SkI4 interaction, respectively. The predicted hyperon drip line hypernuclei with 80Zr and 138Zr cores are 20Λ100Zr and 50Λ188Zr, respectively.     

Extreme Exotic Calcium Lambda Hypernuclei in the Relativistic Continuum Hartree--Bogoliubov Theory

Exotic calcium lambda hypernuclei properties with the neutron number of 20-400 by a step of 20 are discussed by employing the relativistic continuum Hartree-Bogoliubov theory with a zero range pairing interaction. The Bethe-Weizsgcker mass formula of a multi-strange system and the Woods-Saxon-type potential of lambda need to be modified for exotic calcium bypernuclei with unusual number of neutrons and lamSdas. The possible neutron and lambda limits of exotic Ca lambda hypernuclei are also investigated.     

Nonrelativistic mean-field description of the deformation of Λ hypernuclei

The deformations of light Λ hypernuclei are studied in an extended nonrelativistic deformed Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach with realistic modern nucleonic Skyrme forces,pairing correlations,and a microscopical lambda-nucleon interaction derived from Brueckner-Hartree-Fock calculations.Compared to the large effect of an additional Λ particle on nuclear deformation in the light soft nuclei within relativistic mean field method,this effect is much smaller in the nonrelativistic mean-field approximation.     

Exploring nuclear symmetry energy with isospin dependence in neutron skin thickness of nuclei

We propose an alternative way to constrain the density dependence of the symmetry energy from the neutron skin thickness of nuclei which shows a linear relation to both the isospin asymmetry and the nuclear charge with a form of Z^2/3. The relation of the neutron skin thickness to the nuclear charge and isospin asymmetry is systematically studied with the data from antiprotonic atom measurement, and with the extended Thomas-Fermi approach incorporating the Skyrme energy density functional. An obviously linear relationship between the slope parameter L of the nuclear symmetry energy and the isospin asymmetry dependent parameter of the neutron skin thickness can be found, by adopting 70 Skyrme interactions in the calculations. Combining the available experimental data, the constraint of -20 MeV L 82 MeV on the slope parameter of the symmetry energy is obtained. The Skyrme interactions satisfying the constraint are selected.     

Constraints on the nuclear symmetry energy and its density slope from the α decay process

We study the impact of the nuclear symmetry energy and its density dependence on the α-decay process.Within the framework of the preformed cluster model and the energy density formalism, we use different parameterizations of the Skyrme energy density functionals that yield different equations of state(EOS). Each EOS is characterized by a particular symmetryenergy coefficient(a_(sym)) and a corresponding density-slope parameter L. The stepwise trends of the neutron(proton) skin thickness of the involved nuclei with both asym and L do not clarify the oscillating behaviors of the α-decay half-life T_α with these quantities. We find that the change of the skin thickness after α-decay satisfactorily explains these behaviors. The presented results provide constraints on asym centered around an optimum value a_(sym) = 32 MeV, and on L between 41 and 57 MeV. These values of asym and L, which indicate larger reduction of the proton-skin thickness and less increase in the neutron-skin thickness after an α-decay,yield a minimum calculated half-life with the same extracted value of the α-preformation factor inside the parent nucleus.     

Performance of the low pressure MWPCs for f ission fragments under a high background

Two couples of low pressure multi-wire proportional chambers (MWPC) were located in the target chamber to detect fission fragments in a hypernuclei producing experiment at Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory (Jlab). In the experiment, a continuous wave (CW) electron beam was applied to form hypernuclei by electromagnetic interaction. In the target chamber, the high energy (1.853 GeV) and high intensity (500 nA) primary electron beam caused a high particle background, which influenced the detection of the fission fragments. This report described the design of the MWPCs and studied the fission-fragment detecting performance of them under such a high background. The efficiency of the MWPCs was given with the help of a high resolution kaon spectrometer. At the same time, the background particles were discussed with a Monte Carlo code based on GEANT4.     

Fully self-consistent calculation ofβ-decay half-lives within Skyrme energy density functional

β-decay half-lives of some magic and semi-magic nuclei have been studied in a fully self-consistent Skyrme Hartree-Fock(HF) plus charge-exchange random phase approximation(RPA).The self-consistency is addressed,in that the same Skyrme energy density functional is adopted in the calculation of ground states and Gamow-Teller excited states.First,the impact of J2 terms on the β-decay half-lives is investigated by using the SGII interaction,revealing a large influence.Subsequently,numerical calculations are performed for the selected nuclei with Skyrme energy density functionals SGII,LNS,SKX,and SAMi.Finally,comparisons to available experimental data and predictions of different theoretical models are discussed.     

Efect of Tensor Force on the Halo Structure of ~(29)Ne and ~(31)Ne

The structure of Ne isotopes has been investigated by using deformed Skyrme–Hartree–Fock(SHF)method and BCS approximation.Especially the efect of tensor force on the halo structure of 29Ne and 31Ne is discussed.To this end,the tensor contributions are considered to the energy density function and the single particle potential in SHF theory.For comparison,four Skyrme interactions are used:SLy5 and SGII without tensor force,and SLy5+T and SGII+T with tensor force.The results indicate that the inclusion of tensor force shows a more pronounced halo structure for31Ne.     

Tensor force effect on single-proton energy levels of oxygen isotopes

In the framework of the Hartree-Fock approach the proton spin-orbital splittings of the 1p orbits and the shell gaps in the oxygen isotopes are investigated with the interactions SLy5+T,SLy5+Tw,SGII+Te1,SGII+Te2,SGII+Te3 and many sets of the TIJ interactions.All of the interactions are the Skyrme interactions and contain a tensor component(tensor force).It is shown that the evolution of the single-proton levels for the oxygen isotopes is sensitive to a parameterβTwhich is associated with the tensor force strength of the Skyrme interactions.To understand this phenomenon,we systematically analyze the dependence of the spin-orbit splittings and shell gaps on the parameterβTin terms of the spin-orbit potential and the corresponding wave function.We find that the Skyrme interactions can be classified into two groups:(a)T21,T32,T43,T54,SLy5+T,SLy5+Tw,SGII+Te1 and SGII+Te2,which can roughly reproduce the experimental shell gaps of the oxygen isotopes;(b)T1J and SGII+Te3,which can not reproduce the experimental shell gaps.     

Progress in p-shell Λ hypernuclear spectroscopy

The strangeness nuclear physics is an important branch of nuclear physics. The spectroscopic study of A hypernuclei has been used as a tool for investigating the A-N interaction as well as probing the nuclear interior structure. In this paper some high-lights and open questions in the spectroscopic study of p-shell h hypernuclei are presented.     

Effect of time-odd fields on odd-even mass differences of semi-magic nuclei

The effect of time-odd fields of Skyrme interaction on neutron odd-even mass differences is studied in the framework of axially deformed Skyrme Hartree-Fock(DSHF)+BCS model. To this end, we take into account both the time-even and time-odd fields to calculate the one-neutron and two-neutron separation energies and pairing gaps of semi-magic Ca, Ni, and Sn isotopic chains. In the calculations, a surface-type pairing interaction(IS pairing) and an isospin dependent contact pairing interaction(IS+IV pairing)are adopted on top of Skyrme interactions SLy4, SLy6 and Sk M*, respectively. We find that the time-odd fields have in general small effects on pairing gaps, but achieve better agreement with experimental data using SLy4 and Sly6 interactions, respectively.It is also shown that the calculations with IS+IV pairing reproduce the one-neutron separation energies of Sn isotopes better than those with the IS pairing interaction when the contributions of the time-odd fields are included.     

Group solution for an unsteady non-Newtonian Hiemenz flow with variable fluid properties and suction/injection

The theoretic transformation group approach is applied to address the problem of unsteady boundary layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid near a stagnation point with variable viscosity and thermal conductivity. The application of a twoparameter group method reduces the number of independent variables by two, and consequently the governing partial differential equations with the boundary conditions transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations with the appropriate corresponding conditions. Two systems of ordinary differential equations have been solved numerically using a fourth-order Runge–Kutta algorithm with a shooting technique. The effects of various parameters governing the problem are investigated.     

Frame Dragging Effect on Properties of Rotating Neutron Stars with Strong Magnetic Field

The general relativistic frame dragging effect on the properties, such as the moments of inertia and the radii of gyration of fast rotating neutron stars with a uniform strong magnetic field, is calculated accurate to the first order in the uniform angular velocity. The results show that compared with the corresponding non-rotating static spherical symmetric neutron star with a weaker magnetic field, a fast rotating neutron star （millisecond pulsar） with a stronger magnetic field has a relative smaller moment of inertia and radius of gyration.     

Analytical Solution for the SU（2） Hedgehog Skyrmion and Static Properties of Nucleons

An analytical solution for symmetric Skyrmion is proposed for the SU（2） Skyrme model, which takes the form of the hybrid form of a kink-like solution, given by the instanton method. The static properties of nucleons is then computed within the framework of collective quantization of the Skyrme model, in a good agreement with that given by the exact numeric solution. The comparisons with the previous results as well as the experimental values are also presented.     

Properties of Zr hypernuclei in deformed Skyrme Hartree-Fock approach

Properties of the even-N Zr isotopes and their corresponding single-Λ and double-Λ hypernuclei are studied in the deformed Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach. Binding energy, the two-neutron separation energies, radii are studied from beta-stable zone to the neutron drip line in this paper. The neutron drip line nuclei predicted with SLy4 and SkI4 interactions are ¹²²Zr and ¹³⁸Zr, respectively. The neutron drip line of single-Λ and double-Λ hypernuclei are ¹³⁹_ΛZr and ¹⁴²_2ΛZr with SkI4 interaction, respectively. The predicted hyperon drip line hypernuclei with ⁸⁰Zr and ¹³⁸Zr cores are ¹⁰⁰_20ΛZr and ¹⁸⁸_50ΛZr, respectively.     

Investigation of the fluid flow in an isolated rotor-stator system with a peripheral opening

This paper deals with an experimental, theoretical and numerical study of a turbulent flow with separated boundary layers between a rotor and a stator. The system is not subjected to any superimposed radial flow. The periphery of the cavity is opened to the atmosphere so that the solid body rotation for infinite discs is not always observed. Emphasis was placed on develop- ment of an asymptotic approach and a step-by-step method to compute the radial distribution of the core swirl ratio and the static pressure on the stator side. The theory also includes the radial and axial velocities in the core region. The numerical simulation has been conducted with the commercial CFD code Fluent 6.1. The k- SST turbulence model is used, with the assumption of 2D-axisymmetric and steady flow. CFD validations have been performed by comparison of the numerical results with the corresponding theoretical results. Numerical and experimental results are in good agreement with analytical solutions.     

Transport enhancement and efficiency optimization in two heat reservoir ratchets

We study a Brownian motor moving in a sawtooth potential in the presence of an external driving force and two heat reservoirs. Based on the corresponding Fokker--Planck equation, the analytical expressions of the current and efficiency in the quasi-steady-state limit are obtained. The effects of temperature difference and the amplitude of the external driving force on the current and efficiency are discussed, respectively. The following is our findings. (i) The current increases with both δ and A. In other words, δ and A enhance the transport of the Brownian motor. (ii) The competition between the temperature difference and the amplitude of the external driving force can lead to efficiency optimization. The efficiency is a peaked function of temperature, i.e., δ>0 and a lower amplitude value of the external driving force is necessary for efficiency optimization. (iii) The efficiency increases with δ, and decreases with A. δ and A play opposite roles with respect to the efficiency, which indicates that δ enhances the efficiency of energy transformation while A weakens it.