Hidden pseudospin and spin symmetries and their origins in atomic nuclei

H Liang, J Meng, SG Zhou - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Symmetry plays a fundamental role in physics. The quasi-degeneracy between single-
particle orbitals (n, l, j= l+ 1/2) and (n− 1, l+ 2, j= l+ 3/2) indicates a hidden symmetry in …

Halos in medium-heavy and heavy nuclei with covariant density functional theory in continuum

J Meng, SG Zhou - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Covariant density functional theory with a few parameters has been widely used to describe
the ground-and excited-state properties for nuclei all over the nuclear chart. In order to …

Deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum

L Li, J Meng, P Ring, EG Zhao, SG Zhou - Physical Review C—Nuclear …, 2012 - APS
A deformed relativistic Hartree Bogoliubov (RHB) theory in continuum is developed aiming
at a proper description of exotic nuclei, particularly those with a large spatial extension. In …

Potential energy surfaces of actinide nuclei from a multidimensional constrained covariant density functional theory: Barrier heights and saddle point shapes

BN Lu, EG Zhao, SG Zhou - Physical Review C—Nuclear Physics, 2012 - APS
The potential energy surfaces of actinide nuclei in the (β 20, β 22, β 30) deformation space
are obtained from a multidimensional constrained covariant density functional theory. With …

[HTML][HTML] Study of ground state properties of carbon isotopes with deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum

XX Sun, J Zhao, SG Zhou - Nuclear Physics A, 2020 - Elsevier
Ground state properties of carbon isotopes, including root-mean-square radii, neutron
separation energies, single particle spectra, and shapes are systematically studied with the …

Multidimensionally-constrained relativistic mean-field models and potential-energy surfaces of actinide nuclei

BN Lu, J Zhao, EG Zhao, SG Zhou - Physical Review C, 2014 - APS
Background: Many different shape degrees of freedom play crucial roles in determining the
nuclear ground state and saddle point properties and the fission path. For the study of …

Constraining the mass of fermionic dark matter from its feeble interaction with hadronic matter via dark mediators in neutron stars

A Guha, D Sen - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Considering ten well-known relativistic mean field models, we invoke feeble interaction
between hadronic matter and fermionic dark matter (DM) χ via new physics scalar (ϕ) and …

Quarkyonic matter and quarkyonic stars in an extended relativistic mean field model

CJ **a, HM **, TT Sun - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
By combining relativistic mean field models and equivparticle models with density-
dependent quark masses, we construct explicitly “a quark Fermi sea” and “a baryonic Fermi …

Unified neutron star EOSs and neutron star structures in RMF models

CJ **a, T Maruyama, A Li, BY Sun… - Communications in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In the framework of the Thomas-Fermi approximation, we systematically study the EOSs and
microscopic structures of neutron star matter in a vast density range with nb≈ 10− 10-2 fm …

Multidimensionally constrained covariant density functional theories—nuclear shapes and potential energy surfaces

SG Zhou - Physica Scripta, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The intrinsic nuclear shapes deviating from a sphere not only manifest themselves in
nuclear collective states but also play important roles in determining nuclear potential …