Surface and curvature properties of neutron-rich nuclei |
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Authors: | Karen Kolehmainen Madappa Prakash James M Lattimer Jacques R Treiner |
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Institution: | Nuclear Science Division, 70A-3307, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;Department of Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA;Department of Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA;Nuclear Science Division, 70A-3307, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA |
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Abstract: | We use the extended Thomas-Fermi approximation and Skyrme-type interactions to describe the energy density of a semi-infinite slab of neutron-rich nuclear matter at zero temperature. We allow for the existence of a drip phase at low proton fractions in addition to the more dense nuclear phase. We determine various bulk properties of both phases when the system is in equilibrium. We extend the usual definition of the surface energy to apply to the case where drip is present. Assuming the density profile has the form of a Fermi function to a power, we perform a constrained variational calculation to determine the parameters of the density profile. The surface and curvature energies are calculated for proton fractions ranging from 0.5 (symmetric nuclear matter) to 0 (pure neutron matter) for typical Skyrme-type interactions. We find significantly different asymmetry dependences for different interactions. For proton fractions close to 0.5, our results are in close agreement with the predictions of the droplet model. We also present results of calculations for fission barrier properties and phase transitions between nuclei and bubbles to highlight the role of surface and curvature energies in the neutron-rich regime. |
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