Neutron radii in mean field models

By Richard J. Furnstahl. 2001

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Abstract Bulk nuclear observables such as charge radii and binding energies are well described by both nonrelativistic and covariant mean-field models. However, predictions of neutron radii, which are not tightly constrained by reliable data, vary significantly. The nature of this variation is investigated using correlations between basic properties of the models and the neutron skin thickness in lead. The results suggest that conventional covariant models are too limited. The study is guided by principles and insights of effective field theory (EFT), such as power counting, and the relation of mean-field models to a more general EFT approach to nuclei is discussed.

Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation

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• NUCLEAR CONSTRAINTS ON PROPERTIES OF NEUTRON STAR CRUSTS (2009, background): “…is also well known that the sizes of neutron skins in heavy nuclei are sensitive to the symmetry energy at subsaturation densities see, e.g., (Brown 2000; Horowitz & Piekarewicz 2001; Furnstahl 2002; Dieperink et al. 2003; Steiner et al. 2005a; Todd-Rutel & Piekarewicz 2005; Chen et al. 2005b).”