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Zhang J, Sun B, Tanihata I, Kanungo R, Scheidenberger C, Terashima S, Wang F, Ameil F, Atkinson J, Ayyad Y, Bagchi S, Cortina-Gil D, Dillmann I, Estradé A, Evdokimov A, Farinon F, Geissel H, Guastalla G, Janik R, Kaur S, Knöbel R, Kurcewicz J, Litvinov Y, Marta M, Mostazo M, Mukha I, Nociforo C, Ong HJ, Pietri S, Prochazka A, Sitar B, Strmen P, Takechi M, Tanaka J, Vargas J, Weick H, Winfield JS. A new approach for deducing rms proton radii from charge-changing reactions of neutron-rich nuclei and the reaction-target dependence. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2024; 69:1647-1652. [PMID: 38644131 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2024.03.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
Abstract
We report the charge-changing cross sections (σcc) of 24 p-shell nuclides on both hydrogen and carbon at about 900A MeV, of which 8,9Li, 10-12Be, 10,14,15B, 14,15,17-22N and 16O on hydrogen and 8,9Li on carbon are for the first time. Benefiting from the data set, we found a new and robust relationship between the scaling factor of the Glauber model calculations and the separation energies of the nuclei of interest on both targets. This allows us to deduce proton radii (Rp) for the first time from the cross sections on hydrogen. Nearly identical Rp values are deduced from both target data for the neutron-rich carbon isotopes; however, the Rp from the hydrogen target is systematically smaller in the neutron-rich nitrogen isotopes. This calls for further experimental and theoretical investigations.
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- Jichao Zhang
- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047, Japan.
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax B3H 3C3, Canada; TRIUMF, Vancouver V6T 4A3, Canada
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany; Justus-Liebig University, Gießn 35392, Germany; Helmholtz Research Academy Hesse for FAIR (HFHF), GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Gießn 35392, Germany
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax B3H 3C3, Canada
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostella E-15706, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826004, India
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostella E-15706, Spain
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany; Justus-Liebig University, Gießn 35392, Germany
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax B3H 3C3, Canada; GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany; Justus-Liebig University, Gießn 35392, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava 84215, Slovakia
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax B3H 3C3, Canada; Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax B3H 4R2, Canada
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostella E-15706, Spain
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava 84215, Slovakia
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava 84215, Slovakia
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostella E-15706, Spain
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt D-64291, Germany
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Boscolo D, Kostyleva D, Safari MJ, Anagnostatou V, Äystö J, Bagchi S, Binder T, Dedes G, Dendooven P, Dickel T, Drozd V, Franczack B, Geissel H, Gianoli C, Graeff C, Grahn T, Greiner F, Haettner E, Haghani R, Harakeh MN, Horst F, Hornung C, Hucka JP, Kalantar-Nayestanaki N, Kazantseva E, Kindler B, Knöbel R, Kuzminchuk-Feuerstein N, Lommel B, Mukha I, Nociforo C, Ishikawa S, Lovatti G, Nitta M, Ozoemelam I, Pietri S, Plaß WR, Prochazka A, Purushothaman S, Reidel CA, Roesch H, Schirru F, Schuy C, Sokol O, Steinsberger T, Tanaka YK, Tanihata I, Thirolf P, Tinganelli W, Voss B, Weber U, Weick H, Winfield JS, Winkler M, Zhao J, Scheidenberger C, Parodi K, Durante M. Radioactive Beams for Image-Guided Particle Therapy: The BARB Experiment at GSI. Front Oncol 2021; 11:737050. [PMID: 34504803 PMCID: PMC8422860 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.737050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Several techniques are under development for image-guidance in particle therapy. Positron (β+) emission tomography (PET) is in use since many years, because accelerated ions generate positron-emitting isotopes by nuclear fragmentation in the human body. In heavy ion therapy, a major part of the PET signals is produced by β+-emitters generated via projectile fragmentation. A much higher intensity for the PET signal can be obtained using β+-radioactive beams directly for treatment. This idea has always been hampered by the low intensity of the secondary beams, produced by fragmentation of the primary, stable beams. With the intensity upgrade of the SIS-18 synchrotron and the isotopic separation with the fragment separator FRS in the FAIR-phase-0 in Darmstadt, it is now possible to reach radioactive ion beams with sufficient intensity to treat a tumor in small animals. This was the motivation of the BARB (Biomedical Applications of Radioactive ion Beams) experiment that is ongoing at GSI in Darmstadt. This paper will present the plans and instruments developed by the BARB collaboration for testing the use of radioactive beams in cancer therapy.
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- Daria Boscolo
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Physics, Helsinki, Finland
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,Peking University, Beijing, China.,Institute of Modern Physics, Lanzhou, China
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Peking University, Beijing, China
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.,Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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Bagchi S, Kanungo R, Tanaka YK, Geissel H, Doornenbal P, Horiuchi W, Hagen G, Suzuki T, Tsunoda N, Ahn DS, Baba H, Behr K, Browne F, Chen S, Cortés ML, Estradé A, Fukuda N, Holl M, Itahashi K, Iwasa N, Jansen GR, Jiang WG, Kaur S, Macchiavelli AO, Matsumoto SY, Momiyama S, Murray I, Nakamura T, Novario SJ, Ong HJ, Otsuka T, Papenbrock T, Paschalis S, Prochazka A, Scheidenberger C, Schrock P, Shimizu Y, Steppenbeck D, Sakurai H, Suzuki D, Suzuki H, Takechi M, Takeda H, Takeuchi S, Taniuchi R, Wimmer K, Yoshida K. Two-Neutron Halo is Unveiled in ^{29}F. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 124:222504. [PMID: 32567915 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.222504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
We report the measurement of reaction cross sections (σ_{R}^{ex}) of ^{27,29}F with a carbon target at RIKEN. The unexpectedly large σ_{R}^{ex} and derived matter radius identify ^{29}F as the heaviest two-neutron Borromean halo to date. The halo is attributed to neutrons occupying the 2p_{3/2} orbital, thereby vanishing the shell closure associated with the neutron number N=20. The results are explained by state-of-the-art shell model calculations. Coupled-cluster computations based on effective field theories of the strong nuclear force describe the matter radius of ^{27}F but are challenged for ^{29}F.
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- S Bagchi
- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus-Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus-Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus-Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, Nihon University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8550, Japan
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institut de Physique Nucleaire, IN2P3, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- RCNP, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567 0047, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus-Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Center for Nuclear Study, University of Tokyo, RIKEN Campus, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2102, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 O-Okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Bagchi S, Kanungo R, Horiuchi W, Hagen G, Morris TD, Stroberg SR, Suzuki T, Ameil F, Atkinson J, Ayyad Y, Cortina-Gil D, Dillmann I, Estradé A, Evdokimov A, Farinon F, Geissel H, Guastalla G, Janik R, Kaur S, Knöbel R, Kurcewicz J, Litvinov Y, Marta M, Mostazo M, Mukha I, Nociforo C, Ong HJ, Pietri S, Prochazka A, Scheidenberger C, Sitar B, Strmen P, Takechi M, Tanaka J, Tanaka Y, Tanihata I, Terashima S, Vargas J, Weick H, Winfield JS. Measurement of proton-distribution radii of neutron-rich nitrogen isotopes. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201922301003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Measurement of root-mean-square radii of proton distributions of 17–22N from charge-changing cross section shows the emergence of thick neutron skin towards the neutron-drip line. Signature of N = 14 shell gap has been found in nitrogen isotopes along with the emergence of neutron halo in 22N. The measured radii are in good agreement with the shell model calculations.
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Tran DT, Ong HJ, Hagen G, Morris TD, Aoi N, Suzuki T, Kanada-En'yo Y, Geng LS, Terashima S, Tanihata I, Nguyen TT, Ayyad Y, Chan PY, Fukuda M, Geissel H, Harakeh MN, Hashimoto T, Hoang TH, Ideguchi E, Inoue A, Jansen GR, Kanungo R, Kawabata T, Khiem LH, Lin WP, Matsuta K, Mihara M, Momota S, Nagae D, Nguyen ND, Nishimura D, Otsuka T, Ozawa A, Ren PP, Sakaguchi H, Scheidenberger C, Tanaka J, Takechi M, Wada R, Yamamoto T. Evidence for prevalent Z = 6 magic number in neutron-rich carbon isotopes. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1594. [PMID: 29686394 PMCID: PMC5913314 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04024-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
The nuclear shell structure, which originates in the nearly independent motion of nucleons in an average potential, provides an important guide for our understanding of nuclear structure and the underlying nuclear forces. Its most remarkable fingerprint is the existence of the so-called magic numbers of protons and neutrons associated with extra stability. Although the introduction of a phenomenological spin-orbit (SO) coupling force in 1949 helped in explaining the magic numbers, its origins are still open questions. Here, we present experimental evidence for the smallest SO-originated magic number (subshell closure) at the proton number six in 13-20C obtained from systematic analysis of point-proton distribution radii, electromagnetic transition rates and atomic masses of light nuclei. Performing ab initio calculations on 14,15C, we show that the observed proton distribution radii and subshell closure can be explained by the state-of-the-art nuclear theory with chiral nucleon-nucleon and three-nucleon forces, which are rooted in the quantum chromodynamics.
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- D T Tran
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
- Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan.
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Tokyo, 156-8550, Japan
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China
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- School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
- School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China
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- Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh, 700000, Vietnam
- Faculty of Physics and Engineering, VNUHCM-University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, 70250, Vietnam
- Sungkyunkwan University, Gyeonggi-do, 16419, South Korea
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus Liebig University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany
- KVI Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, 9747 AA, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Rare Isotope Science Project, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, 34047, Korea
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
- Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS, B3H 3C3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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- Kochi University of Technology, Kochi, 782-8502, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- Dong Nai University, Dong Nai, 81000, Vietnam
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- Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8571, Japan
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291, Darmstadt, Germany
- Justus Liebig University, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 730000, Lanzhou, China
- Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77840, USA
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan
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Mori K, Famiano M, Kajino T. Resonance Effects in Carbon Burning Process on Type Ia Supernovae. EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201818402011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The 12C+12C reaction plays an important role in type Ia supernovae. However, its cross section with astrophysical low energy has not been measured. If there is an unknown resonance in the low energy region, the reaction rate is enhanced and can affect astrophysics. We impose an upper limit to the resonance strength using the Wigner limit and find that the reaction rate can be larger than a standard rate by ~ 103 times in astrophysical temperature. We apply this enhanced reaction rate to binary mergers of two white dwarfs (WDs). We find that the fate of WD-WD mergers changes due to the resonance. The accretion induced collapse to neutron stars becomes more likely to occur, while it becomes more diffcult to explain SNe Ia from WD-WD mergers.
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Aumann T, Bertulani CA, Schindler F, Typel S. Peeling Off Neutron Skins from Neutron-Rich Nuclei: Constraints on the Symmetry Energy from Neutron-Removal Cross Sections. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:262501. [PMID: 29328702 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.262501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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An experimentally constrained equation of state of neutron-rich matter is fundamental for the physics of nuclei and the astrophysics of neutron stars, mergers, core-collapse supernova explosions, and the synthesis of heavy elements. To this end, we investigate the potential of constraining the density dependence of the symmetry energy close to saturation density through measurements of neutron-removal cross sections in high-energy nuclear collisions of 0.4 to 1 GeV/nucleon. We show that the sensitivity of the total neutron-removal cross section is high enough so that the required accuracy can be reached experimentally with the recent developments of new detection techniques. We quantify two crucial points to minimize the model dependence of the approach and to reach the required accuracy: the contribution to the cross section from inelastic scattering has to be measured separately in order to allow a direct comparison of experimental cross sections to theoretical cross sections based on density functional theory and eikonal theory. The accuracy of the reaction model should be investigated and quantified by the energy and target dependence of various nucleon-removal cross sections. Our calculations explore the dependence of neutron-removal cross sections on the neutron skin of medium-heavy neutron-rich nuclei, and we demonstrate that the slope parameter L of the symmetry energy could be constrained down to ±10 MeV by such a measurement, with a 2% accuracy of the measured and calculated cross sections.
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- T Aumann
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas 75429-3011, USA
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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Kumar A, Kanungo R, Calci A, Navrátil P, Sanetullaev A, Alcorta M, Bildstein V, Christian G, Davids B, Dohet-Eraly J, Fallis J, Gallant AT, Hackman G, Hadinia B, Hupin G, Ishimoto S, Krücken R, Laffoley AT, Lighthall J, Miller D, Quaglioni S, Randhawa JS, Rand ET, Rojas A, Roth R, Shotter A, Tanaka J, Tanihata I, Unsworth C. Nuclear Force Imprints Revealed on the Elastic Scattering of Protons with ^{10}C. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 118:262502. [PMID: 28707906 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.262502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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How does nature hold together protons and neutrons to form the wide variety of complex nuclei in the Universe? Describing many-nucleon systems from the fundamental theory of quantum chromodynamics has been the greatest challenge in answering this question. The chiral effective field theory description of the nuclear force now makes this possible but requires certain parameters that are not uniquely determined. Defining the nuclear force needs identification of observables sensitive to the different parametrizations. From a measurement of proton elastic scattering on ^{10}C at TRIUMF and ab initio nuclear reaction calculations, we show that the shape and magnitude of the measured differential cross section is strongly sensitive to the nuclear force prescription.
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- A Kumar
- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire, Université Paris-Sud, IN2P3/CNRS, F-91406 Orsay Cedex, France
- CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France
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- High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L-414, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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- Institut fur Kernphysik, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, JCMB, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
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- RCNP, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567 0047, Japan
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- RCNP, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka 567 0047, Japan
- School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering and IRCNPC, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T2A3, Canada
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