Proton Halo or Skin in the Excited States of Light Nuclei

Properties of nuclei 13,15,N and 9B are investigated in the relativistic mean-field theory with NLz and NL3 force parameters.The calculated binding energies are very close to the experimental ones.The calculations show that the first excited state (1p1/2) in 9B,the first excited state (2s1/2)in 13 N and the second excited state(2s1/2) in 15N are weakly bound .In particular,for 13N and 15N,the proton density distributions in the two above excited states have a long tail and the rms radii of the last proton are greatly larger compared with their respective matter radii.It is predicted that a proton halo exists in the first excited state of 13N and in the second excited state of 15N,respectively.It also indicates that the first excited state in 9B is a proton skin state.     

Detailed Investigation of Neutron–Neutron Angular Correlations in the Spontaneous Fission of $${}^{{252}}$$ Cf

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - New precise measurements of angular neutron–neutron ( $$nn$$ ) correlations in the spontaneous fission of $${}^{252}$$ Cf were performed with the aim of studying...     

Neutron Skin Thickness of Nuclei and Effective Nucleon-Nucleon Interactions

The Skyrme energy density functional is applied to study the ground state properties of a series of finite nuclei. The charge rms radii, neutron rms radii, and the neutron skin thickness for some nuclei are calculated and compared with the experimental data. The constraint on the effective interactions, especially, the density dependence of the isospin-dependent. part of Skyrme interactions is extracted by the data of neutron skin thicknesses of ^208Pb and isotopes of Sn.     

Neutron Halos in the Excited States of Spherical Nuclei Near the β-Stable Line

The newly discovered neutron halos in the excited states of nuclei 12B, 13C, and 209pb are studied by therelativistic mean-field theory. The calculated binding energies are very close to the experimental ones. The experimentally extracted root-mean-square radii of the last neutron with different occupations in nuclei are well reproduced bycalculations. New candidates for the neutron halos in excited states are predicted and are useful for further search ofneutron halos in the excited states of stable nuclei.     

Neutron Halos in the Excited States of Spherical Nuclei Near the β-Stable Line

The newly discovered neutron halos in the excited states of nuclei ¹²B, ¹³C, and ²⁰⁹Pb are studied by the relativistic mean-field theory. The calculated binding energies are very close to the experimental ones. The experimentally extracted root-mean-square radii of the last neutron with different occupations in nuclei are well reproduced by calculations. New candidates for the neutron halos in excited states are predicted and are useful for further search of neutron halos in the excited states of stable nuclei.     

Halo Effect on Direct Neutron Capture Process

We calculate the capture cross sections of the ^10Be(n,γ) ^11Be reaction by means of the asymptotic normalization coefficient method and demonstrate the halo effects on the capture cross sections for the direct radiative neutron capture where a p-, s- or d-wave neutron is captured into an s-orbit or p-orbit in ^11Be by emitting an E1 γ-ray, respectively. The result shows that the enormous enhancement of the capture cross section is just due to the large overlap of the incident neutron wave with the extended tail of the ha/o, which is clearly illustrated by the reduced transition amplitude function.     

Annihilation of Antiprotons in Light Nuclei

CR-39 detectors have been exposed to a 5.9-MeV antiproton beam using the low energy antiproton ring （LEAR） facility at CERN. At this energy, tracks of antiprotons appear in a CR-39 detector after 135 rain of etching in 6M NaOH at 70℃. Fluence of the antiproton beam has been determined using track density. We have also found tracks in the etched CR-39 detector at different depths （250-500μm）. These tracks have resulted from the annihilation of antiprotons with the constituents （H, C and O） of the CR-39 detector. The goal of the experiment is to develop a simple and low-cost method to study properties of antiparticles and those formed after annihilation of these particles with the target matter.     

Neutron Pairing Correlations in an {\alpha}–{n}–{n} Three-Cluster Model of the {^{6}}He Nucleus

An \({\alpha}\)–n–n three-cluster model of the \({^6}\)He nucleus is studied by solving the Faddeev equations, where the cluster potential between \({\alpha}\) and n takes into account the Pauli exclusion correction, using the Fish-Bone Optical Model (Schmid in Z Phys A 297:105, 1980). The resulting binding energy of the ground state (\({0^+}\)) is 0.831 MeV and the resonance energy of the first excited state (\({2^+}\)), 0.60–i0.012 MeV, is extracted from the three-cluster break-up threshold. These theoretical values are in reasonable agreement with the experimental data: 0.973 MeV and 0.824–i0.056 MeV, respectively. In order to investigate the structure of these states, we calculate the angle density matrix for the \({\angle n_1 \alpha n_2}\) angle in the triangle formed by the three clusters. The angle density matrix of the ground state has two peaks and the configuration of \({0^+}\) wave function corresponding to the peaks constitutes a mixture of an acute-angled triangle structure and an obtuse-angled one. This finding is consistent with the former result from a variational approach (Hagino and Sagawa in Phys Rev C 72:044321, 2005). On the other hand, in the case of \({2^+}\) state only a single peak is obtained.     

Effects of Microphase Separation and Density–Density Correlations in Amorphous Polymer Films

Physics of the Solid State - The topology of density fluctuations on the surfaces of amorphous thin films prepared from solutions of some flexible-chain polymers has been studied based on electron...     

Origin of Unexpected Isotopic Trends in Synthesis of Superheavy Nuclei

We investigate the dependence of the yield of superheavy nuclei with Z = 110, 112, 114 on the neutron excess of the projectile nucleus with a two-parameter Smoluchowski equation. It is confirmed that in some cases, the cold fusion reactions with less neutron excess are more favourable than those with more neutron excess. In order to probe the origin of these unexpected isotopic trends, we also investigate the probabilities of capture, fusion and survival in the cold fusion reactions in detail It is found that the maximal ER cross sections of the superheavy nuclei exponentially increase as a function of Bf - Sn with Bf being the fission barrier and Sn being the neutron separation energy. Although the probabilities of capture and fusion have some influences, the unexpected isotopic trends mainly due to the dependence of the ER cross sections on the Bf - Sn value. Therefore, the reactions with larger Bf - Sn values should be more favourable for synthesis of superheavy nuclei.     

Systematic Study of Two-Quasi-Particle Structure of Odd–Odd Thulium Nuclei

Physics of Atomic Nuclei - In this study, the nuclear structure properties of $${}^{160{-}166}$$ Tm isotopes with neutron numbers 91, 93, 95, and 97 were investigated using the projected shell...     

Studying the Optical Properties of Hexogen–Aluminum Composites

A theoretical study is carried out within the framework of density matrix formalism of the error signal slope for frequency standards based on the resonance of saturated absorption excited in the field of two counterwaves. Two schemes of error-signal formation are considered: in the first case, the frequency of only the test field is modulated, and, in the second case, the frequency modulation of both waves is carried out. On the basis of the calculations, the optimal parameters of harmonic modulation are determined, at which the slope has the maximum value.     

Studying the properties of Fe and Fe–Co nanotubes in polymer ion-track membranes

Iron and iron–cobalt nanostructures are probed by means of Mössbauer spectroscopy combined with scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersion analysis, and X-ray diffraction. The obtained nanostructures are single-phase Fe_{1 ? x}Co _x (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) nanotubes that have high degrees of polycrystallinity and a bcc lattice 12 μm long and 110 ± 3 nm in diameter, with walls 21 ± 2 nm thick. A random distribution of the orientations of the magnetic momenta of Fe atoms are observed for Fe nanotubes, while Fe–Co nanotubes are characterized by a magnetic texture along their axes.