Effects of neutron skin on the excitation of isovector modes of neutron-rich nuclei

The existence of a neutron skin in neutron-rich nuclei is discussed in connection with the excitation of isovector dipole and quadrupole giant modes via isoscalar nuclear probes. In the case of large neutron excess, important contributions are obtained from the nuclear excitation, which may even become predominant according to proper kinematical conditions. At variance with the usual situation encountered in inelastic processes, constructive interference can be found between nuclear and Coulomb contributions.     

Organometallic complexes with biological molecues,part 3. in vivo cytotoxicity of diorganotin (IV) chloro and triorganotin (IV) chloro derivatives of penicillin g on chromosomes of aphanius fasciatus (pisces,cyprinodontiformes)

In order to obtain a continuous source of mitotic metaphases, gill tissue of Aphaius fasciatus (Pisces, Cyprinodontiformes) has been successfully employed. Results gathered after exposure of fish to R₂SnClpenG, R₃SnClpenGNa, to the parents R₂SnCl₂, R₃SnCl and to penGNa (penGNa = penicillinGNa; R = methyl, butyl and phenyl) suggest that both the parent organotin (IV) chloride and organotin (IV) chloropenG derivatives are toxic while penGNa exerts no significant toxic activity. Essentially, all of the chromosome abnormalities are classifiable as irregularly staining of chromosomes, breakages, side-arm bridges or pseudochiasmata.     

Interplay of pairing and quadrupole correlations in deformed nuclei

We study pairing correlations in deformed nuclei in the framework of the Nilsson+BCS theory. As in the spherical case, the pairing interaction is found to induce strong spacial correlations between the partners of each paired couple. The presence of the deformed mean field gives rise to a non-spherical pair field, whose deformation is governed by the properties of a few single-particle orbitals around the Fermi surface and does not necessarily follow the shape of the mean field. Multipole expansion of the pair field yields all the pair densities associated with the direct two-particle transfer processes to the members of the g.s. rotational band in the A+2 system. The interplay of the deformations of the mean and the pair fields can lead to different relative magnitudes and phases of these densities and therefore to different excitation patterns of the rotational bands in two-particle transfer reactions. In the case of non-collective twoquasiparticles and bands the associated pair densities display large components with high multipoles and the associated transfer processes may be favoured in heavy-ion collisions by kinematical conditions. Examples corresponding to both prolate and oblate cases are considered.     

A compressible single‐temperature conservative two‐phase model with phase transitions

A model for multidimensional compressible two‐phase flow with pressure and velocity relaxations based on the theory of thermodynamically compatible system is extended to study liquid–gas flows with cavitation. The model assumes for each phase its own pressure and velocity, while a common temperature is considered. The governing equations form a hyperbolic system in conservative form and are derived through the theory of a thermodynamically compatible system. The phase pressure‐equalizing process and the interfacial friction are taken into account in the balance laws for the volume fractions of one phase and for the relative velocity by adding two relaxation source terms, while the phase transition is introduced into the model considering in the balance equation for the mass of one phase the relaxation of the Gibbs free energies of the two phases. A modification of the central finite‐volume Kurganov–Noelle–Petrova method is adopted in this work to solve the homogeneous hyperbolic part, while the relaxation source terms are treated implicitly. In order to investigate the effect of the mass transfer in the solution, a 1D cavitation tube problem is presented. In addition, two 2D numerical simulations regarding cavitation problem are also studied: a cavitating Richtmyer–Meshkov instability and a laser‐induced cavitation problem. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Strong reaction channels at barrier energies in the system 6Li + 208Pb

Large cross-section reaction channels were measured in the systems ⁶Li( ⁷Li) + ²⁰⁸Pb with high statistical accuracy at 5(3) energies around the Coulomb barrier from 29 to 39 MeV. These channels were assigned (mainly) to the breakup of ⁶Li, very loosely bound, into α + d and to the breakup of ⁵Li, produced by n-transfer to the target, into α + p and to similar processes with ⁷Li beam. The cross-sections with ⁶Li, S _α = 1.475 MeV, are systematically larger than the ⁷Li ones. This reflects, most likely, the higher binding energy of ⁷Li, S _α = 2.468 MeV. Theoretical predictions for the ⁶Li + ²⁰⁸Pb system which include for ⁶Li breakup to continuum states within a continuum discretized coupled-channels approach (CDCC) and resonant breakup plus n-transfer with DWBA reproduce the angular distribution shapes but still underestimate the cross-sections by a factor ∼ 3. Received: 15 January 2001 / Accepted: 3 March 2001     

Comparative study of the selectivity displayed by (6Li,d) and (16O, 12C) reactions

Four-particle-transfer processes induced by the (⁶Li, d) and (¹⁶O, ¹²C) reactions to strongly excited 0⁺ states are compared. Although the selectivity displayed by these reactions is similar, the corresponding relative cross sections are rather different. These results emerge naturally from a simple microscopic model.     

Angular momentum stability of small atomic clusters

The limits of stability of small atomic clusters with angular momentum are investigated as a function of the size and charge of the aggregates. Critical angular momenta are obtained in a di-cluster picture from the balance of a cohesive surface-surface interaction and the disruptive centrifugal and electric interactions. The calculation scheme incorporates the mass and charge asymmetry degrees of freedom and it is thus particularly suited to explore cluster-cluster reaction processes. Deformation of the fragments is taken into account.     

Excitation of 6 Li above the breakup threshold in the 6 Li + 208 Pb system around the Coulomb barrier

The excitation energy above the breakup threshold of the Li system, after the interaction of ⁶Li nuclei with a ²⁰⁸Pb target, was deduced from the invariant mass of the system. Data were collected with a large-solid-angle detector set-up at four beam energies around the Coulomb barrier. The excitation of the ⁶Li nucleus above the breakup threshold (1.47 MeV) has a quite similar behavior at each measured beam energy and angle; it is peaked at MeV above the threshold and shows an exponential decay on the high energy side, which is a clear signature of a direct breakup process. The experimental excitation energies are reproduced both in shape and absolute value by 1) fully quantum-mechanical Coupled-Channel calculations with coupling to discretized-continuum ⁶Li excitations, 2) semi-classical Coupled-Channel approach, where the relative motion is treated along a classical trajectory.Received: 2 June 2003, Published online: 18 November 2003PACS: 25.70.Ji Fusion and fusion-fission reactions - 25.70.Mn Projectile and target fragmentation - 24.10.Eq Coupled-channel and distorted-wave modelsThis revised version was published online in December 2003 with corrections to the communicators name.