Evolution of shell structure in exotic nuclei

T Otsuka, A Gade, O Sorlin, T Suzuki, Y Utsuno - Reviews of modern physics, 2020 - APS
The atomic nucleus is a quantum many-body system whose constituent nucleons (protons
and neutrons) are subject to complex nucleon-nucleon interactions that include spin-and …

Charge radii of exotic potassium isotopes challenge nuclear theory and the magic character of N = 32

Á Koszorús, XF Yang, WG Jiang, SJ Novario, SW Bai… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Nuclear charge radii are sensitive probes of different aspects of the nucleon–nucleon
interaction and the bulk properties of nuclear matter, providing a stringent test and challenge …

Evidence for a new nuclear 'magic number' from the level structure of 54Ca

D Steppenbeck, S Takeuchi, N Aoi, P Doornenbal… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Atomic nuclei are finite quantum systems composed of two distinct types of fermion—protons
and neutrons. In a manner similar to that of electrons orbiting in an atom, protons and …

Novel chiral Hamiltonian and observables in light and medium-mass nuclei

V Somà, P Navrátil, F Raimondi, C Barbieri, T Duguet - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
Background: Recent advances in nuclear structure theory have led to the availability of
several complementary ab initio many-body techniques applicable to light and medium …

Evolution of shell structure in neutron-rich calcium isotopes

G Hagen, M Hjorth-Jensen, GR Jansen, R Machleidt… - Physical Review Letters, 2012 - APS
We employ interactions from chiral effective field theory and compute the binding energies
and low-lying excitations of calcium isotopes with the coupled-cluster method. Effects of …

Quasifree Neutron Knockout from Corroborates Arising Neutron Magic Number

S Chen, J Lee, P Doornenbal, A Obertelli, C Barbieri… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Exclusive cross sections and momentum distributions have been measured for quasifree
one-neutron knockout reactions from a Ca 54 beam striking on a liquid hydrogen target at∼ …

Development of a reference database for beta-delayed neutron emission

P Dimitriou, I Dillmann, B Singh, V Piksaikin… - Nuclear Data …, 2021 - Elsevier
Beta-delayed neutron emission is important for nuclear structure and astrophysics as well as
for reactor applications. Significant advances in nuclear experimental techniques in the past …

Probing the Shell Closure below the Magic Proton Number : Mass Measurements of the Exotic Isotopes

M Rosenbusch, P Ascher, D Atanasov, C Barbieri… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
The recently confirmed neutron-shell closure at N= 32 has been investigated for the first time
below the magic proton number Z= 20 with mass measurements of the exotic isotopes K 52 …

Three-nucleon forces and spectroscopy of neutron-rich calcium isotopes

JD Holt, J Menéndez, J Simonis, A Schwenk - Physical Review C, 2014 - APS
We study excited-state properties of neutron-rich calcium isotopes based on chiral two-and
three-nucleon interactions. We first discuss the details of our many-body framework …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear charge radii of potassium isotopes beyond N= 28

K Kreim, ML Bissell, J Papuga, K Blaum, M De Rydt… - Physics Letters B, 2014 - Elsevier
We report on the measurement of optical isotope shifts for 38, 39, 42, 44, 46–51 K relative to
47 K from which changes in the nuclear mean square charge radii across the N= 28 shell …