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Trees and Islands -- Machine learning approach to nuclear physics: We implement machine learning algorithms to nuclear data. These algorithms are purely data driven and generate models that are capable to capture intricate trends. Gradient boosted trees algorithm is employed to generate a trained model from existing nuclear data, which is used for prediction for data of damping parameter, shell correction energies, quadrupole deformation, pairing gaps, level densities and giant dipole resonance for large number of nuclei. We, in particular, predict level density parameter for superheavy elements which is of great current interest. The predictions made by the machine learning algorithm is found to have standard deviation from 0.00035 to 0.73.
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Scaling behavior at high p_T and the p/pi ratio: We first show that the pions produced at high $p_T$ in heavy-ion collisions over a wide range of high energies exhibit a scaling behavior when the distributions are plotted in terms of a scaling variable. We then use the recombination model to calculate the scaling quark distribution just before hadronization. From the quark distribution it is then possible to calculate the proton distribution at high $p_T$, also in the framework of the recombination model. The resultant $p/\pi$ ratio exceeds one in the intermediate $p_T$ region where data exist, but the scaling result for the proton distribution is not reliable unless $p_T$ is high enough to be insensitive to the scale-breaking mass effects.
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Combining phase-space and time-dependent reduced density matrix approach to describe the dynamics of interacting fermions: The possibility to apply phase-space methods to many-body interacting systems might provide accurate descriptions of correlations with a reduced numerical cost. For instance, the so--called stochastic mean-field phase-space approach, where the complex dynamics of interacting fermions is replaced by a statistical average of mean-field like trajectories is able to grasp some correlations beyond the mean-field. We explore the possibility to use alternative equations of motion in the phase-space approach. Guided by the BBGKY hierarchy, equations of motion that already incorporate part of the correlations beyond mean-field are employed along each trajectory. The method is called Hybrid Phase-Space (HPS) because it mixes phase-space techniques and the time-dependent reduced density matrix approach. The novel approach is applied to the one-dimensional Fermi-Hubbard model. We show that the predictive power is improved compared to the original stochastic mean-field method. In particular, in the weak-coupling regime, the results of the HPS theory can hardly be distinguished from the exact solution even for long time.
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$γ^\ast γ\to η, η^\prime$ transition form factors: Using a continuum approach to the hadron bound-state problem, we calculate $\gamma^\ast \gamma \to \eta, \eta^\prime$ transition form factors on the entire domain of spacelike momenta, for comparison with existing experiments and in anticipation of new precision data from next-generation $e^+ e^-$ colliders. One novel feature is a model for the contribution to the Bethe-Salpeter kernel deriving from the non-Abelian anomaly, an element which is crucial for any computation of $\eta, \eta^\prime$ properties. The study also delivers predictions for the amplitudes that describe the light- and strange-quark distributions within the $\eta, \eta^\prime$. Our results compare favourably with available data. Important to this at large-$Q^2$ is a sound understanding of QCD evolution, which has a visible impact on the $\eta^\prime$ in particular. Our analysis also provides some insights into the properties of $\eta, \eta^\prime$ mesons and associated observable manifestations of the non-Abelian anomaly.
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A new single-particle basis for nuclear many-body calculations: Predominantly, harmonic oscillator single-particle wave functions are the choice as a basis in ab-initio nuclear many-body calculations. These wave-functions, although very convenient in order to evaluate the matrix elements of the interaction in the laboratory frame, have a too fast fall-off at large distances. In the past, in alternative to the harmonic oscillator, other single-particle wave functions have been proposed. In this work we propose a new single-particle basis, directly linked to the nucleon-nucleon interaction. This new basis is orthonormal and complete, has the proper asymptotic behavior at large distances and does not contain the continuum which would pose severe convergence problems in nuclear many body calculations. We consider the newly proposed NNLO-opt nucleon-nucleon interaction, without any renormalization. We show that unlike other basis, this single-particle representation has a computational cost similar to the harmonic oscillator basis with the same space truncation and it gives lower energies for ${}^6He$ and ${}^6Li$.
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O(12) limit and complete classification of symmetry schemes in proton-neutron interacting boson model: It is shown that the proton-neutron interacting boson model (pnIBM) admits new symmetry limits with O(12) algebra which break F-spin but preserves the quantum number M_F. The generators of O(12) are derived and the quantum number `v' of O(12) for a given boson number N is determined by identifying the corresponding quasi-spin algebra. The O(12) algebra generates two symmetry schemes and for both of them, complete classification of the basis states and typical spectra are given. With the O(12) algebra identified, complete classification of pnIBM symmetry limits with good M_F is established.
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Growth of Interaction Between Antiprotons (Negative Hyperons) and Nuclei in Polarized Matter: The Possibility to Study the Spin-Dependent Part of the Forward Scattering Amplitude in the Range of Low-Energies: The influence of Coulomb interaction on the phenomenon of "optical" spin rotation of negatively charged particles (antiprotons, etc.) moving in matter with polarized nuclei is considered. It is shown that because the density of the antiproton (negative hyperon) wave function on the nucleus increases, the spin precession frequency grows as the particle decelerates. As a result, spin rotation of negatively charged particles becomes observable despite their rapid deceleration. This provides information about the spin--dependent part of the amplitude of coherent elastic zero--angle scattering in the range of low energies, where scattering experiments are practically impossible to perform.
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Thermal and transport properties in central heavy-ion reactions around a few hundred MeV/nucleon: Thermalization process of nuclear matter in central fireball region of heavy-ion collisions is investigated by employing an extension model of Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck, namely the Van der Waals Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck (VdWBUU) model. Temperature ($T$) is extracted by the quantum Fermion fluctuation approach and other thermodynamic quantities, such as density ($\rho$), entropy density ($s$), shear viscosity ($\eta$), isospin diffusivity ($D_{I}$) and heat conductivity ($\kappa$), are also deduced. The liquid-like and gas-like phase signs are discussed through the behavior of shear viscosity during heavy-ion collisions process with the VdWBUU model.
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Symmetry Energy I: Semi-Infinite Matter: Energy for a nucleus is considered in macroscopic limit, in terms of nucleon numbers. Further considered for a nuclear system is the Hohenberg-Kohn energy functional, in terms of proton and neutron densities. Finally, Skyrme-Hartree-Fock calculations are carried out for a half-infinite particle-stable nuclear-matter. In each case, the attention is focused on the role of neutron-proton asymmetry and on the nuclear symmetry energy. We extend the considerations on the symmetry term from an energy formula to the respective term in the Hohenberg-Kohn functional. We show, in particular, that in the limit of an analytic functional, and subject to possible Coulomb corrections, it is possible to construct isoscalar and isovector densities out of the proton and neutron densities, that retain a universal relation to each other, approximately independent of asymmetry. In the so-called local approximation, the isovector density is inversely proportional to the symmetry energy in uniform matter at the local isoscalar density. Generalized symmetry coefficient of a nuclear system is related, in the analytic limit of a functional, to an integral of the isovector density. We test the relations, inferred from the Hohenberg-Kohn functional, in the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock calculations of half-infinite matter. Within the calculations, we obtain surface symmetry coefficients and parameters characterizing the densities, for the majority of Skyrme parameterizations proposed in the literature. The volume-to-surface symmetry-coefficient ratio and the displacement of nuclear isovector relative to isoscalar surfaces both strongly increase as the slope of symmetry energy in the vicinity of normal density increases.
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The effect of early chemical freeze out on radial and elliptic flow from a full 3D hydrodynamic model: We investigate the effect of early chemical freeze-out on radial and elliptic flow by using a fully three dimensional hydrodynamic model. We find that the time evolution of temperature and the thermal freeze-out temperature dependence of average radial flow are different from the results by using a conventional hydrodynamic model in which chemical equilibrium is always assumed. We also analyse the p_t spectrum and v_2(p_t) at the RHIC energy and consistently reproduce experimental data by choosing the thermal freeze-out temperature T_th = 140 MeV.
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Thermal conductivity in dynamics of first-order phase transition: Effects of thermal conductivity on the dynamics of first-order phase transitions are studied. Important consequences of a difference of the isothermal and adiabatic spinodal regions are discussed. We demonstrate that in hydrodynamical calculations at non-zero thermal conductivity, $\kappa \neq 0$, onset of the spinodal instability occurs, when the system trajectory crosses the isothermal spinodal line. Only for $\kappa = 0$ it occurs at a cross of the adiabatic spinodal line. Therefore ideal hydrodynamics is not suited for an appropriate description of first-order phase transitions.
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Faddeev-Yakubovsky search for Lambda-Lambda hydrogen-4: Evidence for particle stability of Lambda-Lambda hydrogen-4 (4LLH) has been suggested by the BNL-AGS E906 experiment. We report on Faddeev-Yakubovsky calculations for the four-body Lambda-Lambda-p-n system using Lambda-N interactions which reproduce the observed binding energy of Lambda hydrogen-3 (3LH) within a Faddeev calculation for the Lambda-p-n subsystem. No 4LLH bound state is found over a wide range of Lambda-Lambda interaction strengths, although the Faddeev equations for a three-body Lambda-Lambda-d model of 4LLH admit a 1+ bound state for as weak a Lambda-Lambda interaction strength as required to reproduce the binding energy of Lambda-Lambda Helium-6 (6LLHe).
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Coupling of pairing and triaxial shape vibrations in collective states of $γ$-soft nuclei: In addition to shape oscillations, low-energy excitation spectra of deformed nuclei are also influenced by pairing vibrations. The simultaneous description of these collective modes and their coupling has been a long-standing problem in nuclear structure theory. Here we address the problem in terms of self-consistent mean-field calculations of collective deformation energy surfaces, and the framework of the interacting boson approximation. In addition to quadrupole shape vibrations and rotations, the explicit coupling to pairing vibrations is taken into account by a boson-number non-conserving Hamiltonian, specified by a choice of a universal density functional and pairing interaction. An illustrative calculation for $^{128}$Xe and $^{130}$Xe shows the importance of dynamical pairing degrees of freedom, especially for structures built on low-energy $0^+$ excited states, in $\gamma$-soft and triaxial nuclei.
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Elastic and dynamic form factors of an atomic nucleus in the shell model with correction for the center-of-mass motion: Analytical expressions for the elastic and dynamic form factors (FFs) are derived in the shell model (SM) with a potential well of finite depth. The consideration takes into account the motion of the target-nucleus center of mass (CM). Explanation is suggested for a simultaneous shrinking of the density and momentum distributions of nucleons in nuclei. The convenient working formulae are given to handle the expectation values of relevant multiplicative operators in case of the 1s-1p shell nuclei.
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Nuclear Responses to Electro-Weak Probes and In-Medium Chiral Perturbation Theory: We discuss two topics concerning the application of chiral perturbation theory to nuclear physics: (1) the latest developments in the study of possible kaon condensation in dense baryonic systems; (2) nuclear responses to electro-weak probes.
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Microscopic predictions for production of neutron rich nuclei in the reaction $^\mathbf{176}\mathbf{Yb}+{}^\mathbf{176}\mathbf{Yb}$: Background: Production of neutron-rich nuclei is of vital importance to both understanding nuclear structure far from stability and to informing astrophysical models of the rapid neutron capture process (r-process). Multinucleon transfer (MNT) in heavy-ion collisions offers a possibility to produce neutron-rich nuclei far from stability. Purpose: The $^{176}\mathrm{Yb}+{}^{176}\mathrm{Yb}$ reaction has been suggested as a potential candidate to explore the neutron-rich region surrounding the principal fragments. The current study has been conducted with the goal of providing guidance for future experiments wishing to study this (or similar) system. Methods: Time-dependent Hartree-Fock (TDHF) and its time-dependent random-phase approximation (TDRPA) extension are used to examine both scattering and MNT characteristics in $^{176}\mathrm{Yb}+{}^{176}\mathrm{Yb}$. TDRPA calculations are performed to compute fluctuations and correlations of the neutron and proton numbers, allowing for estimates of primary fragment production probabilities. Results: Both scattering results from TDHF and transfer results from the TDRPA are presented for different energies, orientations, and impact parameters. In addition to fragment composition, scattering angles and total kinetic energies, as well as correlations between these observables are presented. Conclusions: $^{176}\mathrm{Yb}+{}^{176}\mathrm{Yb}$ appears to be an interesting probe for the mid-mass neutron-rich region of the chart of nuclides. The predictions of both TDHF and TDRPA are speculative, and will benefit from future experimental results to test the validity of this approach to studying MNT in heavy, symmetric collisions.
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Transport study of charged current interactions in neutrino-nucleus reactions: Within a dynamical transport approach we investigate charged current interactions in neutrino-nucleus reactions for neutrino energies of 0.3 - 1.5 GeV with particular emphasis on resonant pion production channels via the $\Delta_{33}(1232)$ resonance. The final-state-interactions of the resonance as well as of the emitted pions are calculated explicitly for $^{12}C$ and $^{56}Fe$ nuclei and show a dominance of pion suppression at moderate momenta $p_\pi >$ 0.2 GeV/c. A comparison to integrated $\pi^+$ spectra for $\nu_\mu + ^{12}C$ reactions with the available (preliminary) data demonstrates a reasonable agreement.
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Odd-Even Staggering of Nuclear Masses: Pairing or Shape Effect?: The odd-even staggering of nuclear masses was recognized in the early days of nuclear physics. Recently, a similar effect was discovered in other finite fermion systems, such as ultrasmall metallic grains and metal clusters. It is believed that the staggering in nuclei and grains is primarily due to pairing correlations (superconductivity), while in clusters it is caused by the Jahn-Teller effect. We find that, for light and medium-mass nuclei, the staggering has two components. The first one originates from pairing while the second, comparable in magnitude, has its roots in the deformed mean field.
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Towards a new quark-nuclear matter EoS for applications in astrophysics and heavy-ion collisions: The aim of our work is to develop a unified equation of state (EoS) for nuclear and quark matter for a wide range in temperature, density and isospin so that it becomes applicable for heavy-ion collisions as well as for the astrophysics of neutron stars, their mergers and supernova explosions. As a first step, we use improved EoS for the hadronic and quark matter phases and join them via Maxwell construction. We discuss the limitations of a 2-phase description and outline steps beyond it, towards the formulation of a unified quark-nuclear matter EoS on a more fundamental level by a cluster virial expansion.
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A Schematic Model for $ρ$-$a_1$ Mixing at Finite Density and In-Medium Effective Lagrangian: Based on schematic two-level models extended to $a_1$-meson degrees of freedom, we investigate possible mechanisms of chiral restoration in the vector/axialvector channels in cold nuclear matter. In the first part of this article we employ the massive Yang-Mills framework to construct an effective chiral Lagrangian based on low-energy mesonic modes at finite density. The latter are identified through nuclear collective excitations of `meson'-sobar type such as $\pi\leftrightarrow [\Delta (1232)N^{-1}]\equiv\hat\pi$, $\rho\leftrightarrow [N^* (1520)N^{-1}]\equiv\hat\rho$, etc.. In a mean-field type treatment the in-medium gauge coupling $\hat g$, the (axial-) vector meson masses and $\hat f_\pi$ are found to decrease with density indicating the approach towards chiral restoration in the language of in-medium effective fields. In the second part of our analysis we evaluate the (first) in-medium Weinberg sum rule which relates vector and axialvector correlators to the pion decay constant. Using in-medium $\rho$/$a_1$ spectral functions (computed in the two-level model) also leads to a substantial reduction of the pion decay constant with increasing density.
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Exact solution of equations for proton localization in neutron star matter: The rigorous treatment of proton localization phenomenon in asymmetric nuclear matter is presented. The solution of proton wave function and neutron background distribution is found by the use of the extended Thomas-Fermi approach. The minimum of energy is obtained in the Wigner- Seitz approximation of spherically symmetric cell. The analysis of three different nuclear models suggests that the proton localization is likely to take place in the interior of neutron star.
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Phenomenological QCD equations of state for neutron star mergers: Thermal QCD equations of state at high baryon density are sensitive to the phase structure and the resulting excitation modes. The leading contribution at low temperature can be either ~p_F^2 T^2 (pF: Fermi momentum, T: temperature) for phases with gapless quarks, or ~T^4 for phases with gapped quarks. In the latter the thermal pressure is dominated by collective modes. Starting with a schematic quark model developed for neutron star structure, we estimate the thermal contributions and zero point energy from the Nambu-Goldstone modes by building them upon the mean field background for the color-flavor-locked quark matter. Applying the phase shift representation for thermodynamic potentials, we include not only the bound state pairs but also resonating pairs. According to the Levinson's theorem, the high energy contributions tend to cancel the pole contributions to the thermodynamics, tempering the UV behaviors in the zero point energy. Our primary target in this talk is the domain with baryon density nB as large as ~ 5-10n_0 (n_0 = 0.16 fm^{-3}: nuclear saturation density), and the temperature T of the order ~30-100 MeV. The insights into this domain may be obtained through the future detection of gravitational waves from neutron star merging events.
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Transverse mass scaling of dilepton radiation off a quark-gluon plasma: The spectrum of dileptons produced by the quark-gluon plasma in an ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collision depends only, to a good approximation, on the transverse mass M_t of the dilepton. This scaling is exact as long as transverse flow is negligible, and the system is in local thermal equilibrium. We implement a state-of-the-art modelization of kinetic and chemical equilibration in the early stages of the evolution to study the modifications of the spectrum. Violations of M_t scaling resulting from these effects are evaluated as a function of the shear viscosity to entropy ratio (eta/s) that controls the equilibration time. We determine the dependence of the spectrum on system size, centrality, rapidity, and collision energy. We show that the quark-gluon plasma produces more dileptons than the Drell-Yan process up to invariant masses of order M = 4 GeV. Due to different kinematics, for a given M_t , the dependence of the dilepton yield on M is opposite for the two processes, so that experiment alone can in principle determine which process dominates.
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An improvement on RPA based on a Boson mapping: We use a solvable model to perform modified dyson mapping and reveal the unphysical-state effects in the original Random Phase Approximation (RPA). We then propose a method to introduce the RPA and improve it based on a Boson mapping.
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Analysis of NN Amplitudes up to 2.5 GeV: An Optical Model and Geometric Interpretation: We analyse the SM97 partial wave amplitudes for nucleon--nucleon (NN) scattering to 2.5 GeV, in which resonance and meson production effects are evident for energies above pion production threshold. Our analyses are based upon boson exchange or quantum inversion potentials with which the sub-threshold data are fit perfectly. Above 300 MeV they are extrapolations, to which complex short ranged Gaussian potentials are added in the spirit of the optical models of nuclear physics and of diffraction models of high energy physics. The data to 2.5 GeV are all well fit. The energy dependences of these Gaussians are very smooth save for precise effects caused by the known $\Delta$ and N$^\star$ resonances. With this approach, we confirm that the geometrical implications of the profile function found from diffraction scattering are pertinent in the regime 300 MeV to 2.5 GeV and that the overwhelming part of meson production comes from the QCD sector of the nucleons when they have a separation of their centres of 1 to 1.2 fm. This analysis shows that the elastic NN scattering data above 300 MeV can be understood with a local potential operator as well as has the data below 300 MeV.
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Gross features of finite nuclei at finite temperatures: A simple expression is obtained for the low temperature behavior of the energy and entropy of finite nuclei for $20\leq A\leq 250$. The dependence on $A$ of these quantities is for the most part due to the presence of the asymmetry energy.
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Isospin-asymmetric nuclear matter: This study uses classical molecular dynamics to simulate infinite nuclear matter and study the effect of isospin asymmetry on bulk properties such as energy per nucleon, pressure, saturation density, compressibility and symmetry energy. The simulations are performed on systems embedded in periodic boundary conditions with densities and temperatures in the ranges $\rho$=0.02 to 0.2 fm$^{-3}$ and T = 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 MeV, and with isospin content of $x=Z/A$=0.3, 0.4 and 0.5. The results indicate that symmetric and asymmetric matter are self-bound at some temperatures and exhibit phase transitions from a liquid phase to a liquid-gas mixture. The main effect of isospin asymmetry is found to be a reduction of the equilibrium densities, a softening of the compressibility and a disappearance of the liquid-gas phase transition. A procedure leading to the evaluation of the symmetry energy and its variation with the temperature was devised, implemented and compared to mean field theory results.
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An exact solution of spherical mean-field plus orbit-dependent non-separable pairing model with two non-degenerate j-orbits: An exact solution of nuclear spherical mean-field plus orbit-dependent non-separable pairing model with two non-degenerate j-orbits is presented. The extended one-variable Heine-Stieltjes polynomials associated to the Bethe ansatz equations of the solution are determined, of which the sets of the zeros give the solution of the model, and can be determined relatively easily. A comparison of the solution to that of the standard pairing interaction with constant interaction strength among pairs in any orbit is made. It is shown that the overlaps of eigenstates of the model with those of the standard pairing model are always large, especially for the ground and the first excited state. However, the quantum phase crossover in the non-separable pairing model cannot be accounted for by the standard pairing interaction.
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Inhomogeneous freeze-out in heavy-ion collisions: Relative hadron abundances from high-energy heavy-ion collisions reveal substantial inhomogeneities of temperature and baryon-chemical potential within the decoupling volume. The freeze-out volume is not perfectly "stirred", i.e. the concentrations of pions, kaons, (anti-) nucleons etc are inhomogeneous. Such inhomogeneities in the late stages of the hydrodynamic expansion might be traces of a first-order phase transition.
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Color Decoherence in In-Medium QCD Cascades: The talk, based on \cite{LN10}, analyzes the consequences of the assumption that the effects of quantum coherence and the resulting angular ordering in QCD cascades are disrupted within the hot fireball created in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions.
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Relation between the density-matrix theory and the pairing theory: The time-dependent density-matrix theory (TDDM) gives a correlated ground state as a stationary solution of the time-dependent equations for one-body and two-body density matrices. The small amplitude limit of TDDM (STDDM) is a version of extended RPA theories which include the effects of ground state correlations. It is shown that the solutions of the Hartree-Fock Bogoliubov theory and the quasi-particle RPA satisfy the TDDM and STDDM equations, respectively, when only pairing-type correlations are taken into account in TDDM and STDDM.
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Microcanonical studies on isoscaling: The exponential scaling of isotopic yields is investigated for sources of different sizes over a broad range of excitation energies and freeze-out volumes, in both primary and asymptotic stages of the decay in the framework of a microcanonical multifragmentation model. It was found that the scaling parameters have a strong dependence on the considered pair of equilibrated sources and excitation energy and are affected by the secondary particle emission of the break-up fragments. No significant influence of the freeze-out volume on the considered isotopic ratios has been observed. Deviations of microcanonical results from grandcanonical expectations are discussed.
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State-of-the-art of beyond mean field theories with nuclear density functionals: We present an overview of beyond mean field theories (BMFT) based on the generator coordinate method (GCM) and the recovery of symmetries used in nuclear physics with effective forces. After a reminder of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) theory a discussion of the shortcomings of any mean field approximation (MFA) is presented. The recovery of the symmetries spontaneously broken in the HFB approach, in particular the angular momentum, is necessary, among others, to describe excited states and transitions. Particle number projection is needed to guarantee the right number of protons and neutrons. Furthermore a projection before the variation prevents the pairing collapse in the weak pairing regime. The lack of fluctuations around the average values of the MFA is a shortcoming of this approach. To build in correlations in BMFT one selects the relevant degrees of freedom: quadrupole, octupole and the pairing vibrations as well as the single particle ones. In the GCM the operators representing these degrees of freedom are used as coordinates to generate a collective subspace. The highly correlated GCM wave function is finally written as a linear combination of a projected basis of this space. The variation of the coefficients of the linear combination leads to the Hill-Wheeler equation. We discuss the classical beta and gamma vibrations by considering the quadrupole operators as coordinates. We present pairing fluctuations by considering the pairing gaps as generator coordinates. Lastly the explicit consideration of the time reversal symmetry breaking in the HFB wave function by the cranking procedure allows the alignment of nucleon pairs opening a new dimension in the BMFT calculations. Abundant calculations with the Gogny force illustrate the state-of-the-art of BMFTs with density functionals. We conclude with a thorough discussion on the potential poles of the theory.
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Antisymmetrization in the Multicluster Dynamic Model of Nuclei and the Nucleon Exchange Effects: A modified version of the Multicluster Dynamic Model of nuclei is proposed to construct completely antisymmetrized wave functions of multicluster systems. An overlap kernel operator is introduced to renormalize the total wave function after antisymmetrization between nucleons in different clusters. A group-theoretical method is developed to analyze the role of the exchange effects arising in the calculation of the various observables of multicluster systems due to this antisymmetrization. The Antisymmetrized version of the Multicluster Dynamic Model is applied to the six-nucleon systems treating them as alpha-2N ones.The static and dynamic characteristics of the six-nucleon systems manifested in electron and pi-meson scattering, muon capture, beta-decay, pion photoproduction, etc., are calculated.
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Is Anomalous Production of Omega and anti-Omega Evidence for Disoriented Chiral Condensates?: No conventional picture of nucleus-nucleus collisions has yet been able to explain the abundance of Omega and anti-Omega hyperons in central collisions between Pb nuclei at 158 A GeV at the CERN SPS. We argue that this is evidence that they are produced as topological defects arising from the formation of disoriented chiral condensates (DCC) with an average domain size of about 2 fm.
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Dynamical evolution of critical fluctuations and its observation in heavy ion collisions: We study time evolution of critical fluctuations of conserved charges near the QCD critical point in the context of relativistic heavy ion collisions. A stochastic diffusion equation is employed in order to describe the diffusion property of the critical fluctuation arising from the coupling of the order parameter field to conserved charges. We show that the diffusion property gives rise to a possibility of probing the early time fluctuations through the rapidity window dependence of the second-order cumulant and correlation function of conserved charges. It is pointed out that their non-monotonic behaviors as functions of the rapidity interval are robust experimental signals for the existence of the critical enhancement around the QCD critical point.
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Multiple chiral doublet candidate nucleus $^{105}$Rh in a relativistic mean-field approach: Following the reports of two pairs of chiral doublet bands observed in $^{105}$Rh, the adiabatic and configuration-fixed constrained triaxial relativistic mean-field (RMF) calculations are performed to investigate their triaxial deformations with the corresponding configuration and the possible multiple chiral doublet (M$\chi$D) phenomenon. The existence of M$\chi$D phenomenon in $^{105}$Rh is highly expected.
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Origin of the mass splitting of elliptic anisotropy in a multiphase transport model: The mass splitting of elliptic anisotropy ($v_2$) at low transverse momentum is considered as a hallmark of hydrodynamic collective flow. We investigate a multiphase transport (AMPT) model where the $v_2$ is mainly generated by an anisotropic escape mechanism, not of the hydrodynamic flow nature, and where mass splitting is also observed. We demonstrate that the $v_2$ mass splitting in AMPT is small right after hadronization (especially when resonance decays are included); the mass splitting mainly comes from hadronic rescatterings, even though their contribution to the overall charged hadron $v_2$ is small. These findings are qualitatively the same as those from hybrid models that combine hydrodynamics with a hadron cascade. We further show that there is no qualitative difference between heavy ion collisions and small system collisions. Our results indicate that the $v_2$ mass splitting is not a unique signature of hydrodynamic collective flow and thus cannot distinguish whether the elliptic flow is generated mainly from hydrodynamics or the anisotropic parton escape.
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Separable potential model for $K^{-}N$ interactions at low energies: The effective separable meson-baryon potentials are constructed to match the equivalent chiral amplitudes up to the second order in external meson momenta. We fit the model parameters (low energy constants) to the threshold and low energy $K^{-}p$ data. In the process, the $K^{-}$-proton bound state problem is solved exactly in the momentum space and the 1s level characteristics of the kaonic hydrogen are computed simultaneously with the available low energy $K^{-}p$ cross sections. The model is also used to describe the $\pi \Sigma$ mass spectrum and the energy dependence of the $K^{-}n$ amplitude.
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Pions in magnetic field at finite temperature: Pions in external magnetic field are investigated in the frame of a Pauli-Villars regularized Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model. The meson propagators in terms of quark bubbles in Ritus and Schwinger schemes are analytically derived, and pion masses are numerically calculated in the Ritus scheme. For neutral and charged pions at finite temperature, there exist respectively one and three mass jumps at the corresponding Mott transition points, due to the discrete energy levels of the two constituent quarks in magnetic field.
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Systematic study of proton radioactivity half-lives based on the relationship between the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock and the macroscopic quantities of nuclear matter: In the present work, we systematically study the proton radioactivity half-lives of 33 spherical nuclei based on the relationship between the Skyrme parameters and the macroscopic quantities of nuclear matter. Using the two-potential approach with the spherical Skyrme-Hartree-Fock model, the correlation between proton radioactivity half-life and macroscopic quantities was analyzed. Moreover, we obtained a new Skyrme parameter set by fitting the two most weighted macroscopic quantities. Compared with Skyrme parameters MSL0 and the theoretical model of proton radioactivity UDLP, the theoretical proton radioactivity half-life calculated by the new Skyrme parameter set can better reproduce the experimental data.
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Fusion dynamics of symmetric systems near barrier energies: The enhancement of the sub-barrier fusion cross sections was explained as the lowering of the dynamical fusion barriers within the framework of the improved isospin-dependent quantum molecular dynamics (ImIQMD) model. The numbers of nucleon transfer in the neck region are appreciably dependent on the incident energies, but strongly on the reaction systems. A comparison of the neck dynamics is performed for the symmetric reactions $^{58}$Ni+$^{58}$Ni and $^{64}$Ni+$^{64}$Ni at energies in the vicinity of the Coulomb barrier. An increase of the ratios of neutron to proton in the neck region at initial collision stage is observed and obvious for neutron-rich systems, which can reduce the interaction potential of two colliding nuclei. The distribution of the dynamical fusion barriers and the fusion excitation functions are calculated and compared them with the available experimental data.
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Systematics of semi-microscopic proton-nucleus optical potential at low energies relevant to nuclear astrophysics: Astrophysical models studying the origin of the p-nuclei require knowledge of the reaction rates of photodisintegrations and capture reactions. Since experimental data at astrophysically relevant energies are limited, reaction rate calculations rely on Hauser-Feshbach (HF) theory predictions. The HF theory requires nuclear physics input such as masses, level densities, $\gamma$-ray strength functions and proton-nucleus optical potentials (pOMP). The scope of this work is to improve a global semi-microscopic pOMP at energies relevant to the p-process. This is achieved by adjusting the normalization parameters of the OMP to all available proton-capture cross sections measured at low energies. By establishing the systematic behaviour of these parameters, one expects to enhance the predictive power of the pOMP when expanding to mass regions where no data exists. The HF calculations were obtained using TALYS code. The normalization parameters for the real and imaginary central potentials ($\lambda_V$ and $\lambda_W$) were adjusted to fit the proton data in the energy range where the cross-section are independent of the other nuclear inputs. Results show that the $\lambda_V$ parameter has a strong mass dependence that can be described by a second-degree polynomial function for A $\leq$ 100 and an exponential increase for 100 < A < 162. Though variations of the $\lambda_W$ have a smaller effect on the calculations, a global increase by 50$\%$ improves the results for certain nuclei without affecting the rest of the cases. The resulting adjustment functions were obtained by fitting all suitable proton data and can be used with reasonable confidence to generate the global semi-microscopic pOMP for nuclei in the medium to heavy mass region. For better statistics, more low-energy (p,$\gamma$) cross section data are needed for heavier nuclei with mass A $>$ 100.
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Event-by-event $v_n$ correlations of soft hadrons and heavy mesons in heavy ion collisions: In this paper heavy quark energy loss models are embedded in full event-by-event viscous hydrodynamic simulations to investigate the nuclear suppression factor and azimuthal anisotropy of D$^0$ mesons in PbPb collisions at 5.02 TeV in the $p_T$ range 8-40 GeV. In our model calculations, the $R_\text{AA}$ of D$^0$ mesons is consistent with experimental data from the CMS experiment. We present the first calculations of heavy flavor cumulants $v_2\{2\}$ and $v_3\{2\}$ (and also discuss $v_2\{4\}$), which is also consistent with experimental data. Event-shape engineering techniques are used to compute the event-by-event correlation between the soft hadron $v_n$ and the heavy meson $v_n$. We predict a linear correlation between these observables on an event-by-event basis.
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Two-scale scalar mesons in nuclei: We generalize the linear sigma model in order to develop a chiral-invariant model of nuclear structure. The model is natural, and contains not only the usual sigma meson which is the chiral partner of the pion but also a new chiral-singlet that is responsible for the medium-range nucleon-nucleon attraction. This approach provides significant advantages in terms of its description of nuclear matter and finite nuclei in comparison with conventional models based on the linear sigma model.
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Low Energy Theorems For Nucleon-Nucleon Scattering: Low energy theorems are derived for the coefficients of the effective range expansion in s-wave nucleon-nucleon scattering valid to leading order in an expansion in which both $m_\pi$ and $1/a$ (where $a$ is the scattering length) are treated as small mass scales. Comparisons with phase shift data, however, reveal a pattern of gross violations of the theorems for all coefficients in both the $^1S_0$ and $^3S_1$ channels. Analogous theorems are developed for the energy dependence $\epsilon$ parameter which describes $^3S_1 - ^3D_1$ mixing. These theorems are also violated. These failures strongly suggest that the physical value of $m_\pi$ is too large for the chiral expansion to be valid in this context. Comparisons of $m_\pi$ with phenomenological scales known to arise in the two-nucleon problem support this conjecture.
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Covariant kinetic theory for effective fugacity quasi particle model and first order transport coefficients for hot QCD matter: An effective relativistic kinetic theory has been constructed for an interacting system of quarks, anti-quarks and gluons within a quasi-particle description of hot QCD medium at finite temperature and baryon chemical potential, where the interactions are encoded in the gluon and quark effective fugacities with non-trivial energy dispersions. The local conservations of stress-energy tensor and number current require the introduction of a mean field term in the transport equation which produces non-vanishing contribution to the first order transport coefficients. Such contribution has been observed to be significant for the temperatures which are closer to the QCD transition tem- perature, however, induces negligible contributions beyond a few times the transition temperature. As an implication, impact of the mean field contribution on the the temperature dependence of the shear viscosity, bulk viscosity and thermal conductivity of a hot QCD medium in the presence of binary, elastic collisions among the constituents, has been investigated. Visible effects have been observed for the temperature regime closer to the QCD transition temperature.
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HFODD (v2.08k): User's Guide: We describe the input data and installation procedures of the code HFODD (v2.08k). The present write-up contains complete and comprehensive information that has originally been given in five independent publications. It is enhanced by the subject index and indexes of variables, input-data keywords, subroutines, and files that are used in this user guide.
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Pseudo-gauge dependence of quantum fluctuations of energy in a hot relativistic gas of fermions: Explicit expressions for quantum fluctuations of energy in subsystems of a hot relativistic gas of spin-$1/2$ particles are derived. The results depend on the form of the energy-momentum tensor used in the calculations, which is a feature described as pseudo-gauge dependence. However, for sufficiently large subsystems the results obtained in different pseudo-gauges converge and agree with the canonical-ensemble formula known from statistical physics. As different forms of the energy-momentum tensor of a gas are a priori equivalent, our finding suggests that the concept of quantum fluctuations of energy in very small thermodynamic systems is pseudo-gauge dependent. On the practical side, the results of our calculations determine a scale of coarse graining for which the choice of the pseudo-gauge becomes irrelevant.
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Quenching of pairing gap at finite temperature in 184W: We extract pairing gap in $^{184}$W at finite temperature for the first time from the experimental level densities of $^{183}$W, $^{184}$W, and $^{185}$W using "thermal" odd-even mass difference. We found the quenching of pairing gap near the critical temperature $T_c = 0.47$ MeV in the BCS calculations. It is shown that the monopole pairing model with a deformed Woods-Saxon potential explains the reduction of the pairing correlation using the partition function with the number parity projection in the static path approximation plus random-phase approximation.
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New Three-Nucleon-Force Terms in the Three-Nucleon System: We include two new three-nucleon-force terms of pion-range - short-range form in our momentum-space calculations for the three-nucleon continuum. These two terms are expected by chiral perturbation theory to be non-negligible. We study the effects of these terms in elastic neutron-deuteron scattering and pay special attention to the neutron vector analyzing power $A_y$.
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Kaon effective mass and energy from a novel chiral SU(3)-symmetric Lagrangian: A new chiral SU(3) Lagrangian is proposed to describe the properties of kaons and antikaons in the nuclear medium, the ground state of dense matter and the kaon-nuclear interactions consistently. The saturation properties of nuclear matter are reproduced as well as the results of the Dirac-Br\"{u}ckner theory. Our numerical results show that the kaon effective mass might be changed only moderately in the nuclear medium due to the highly non-linear density effects. After taking into account the coupling between the omega meson and the kaon, we obtain similar results for the effective kaon and antikaon energies as calculated in the one-boson-exchange model while in our model the parameters of the kaon-nuclear interactions are constrained by the SU(3) chiral symmetry.
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Low-momentum NN interactions and all-order summation of ring diagrams of symmetric nuclear matter: We study the equation of state for symmetric nuclear matter using a ring-diagram approach in which the particle-particle hole-hole ($pphh$) ring diagrams within a momentum model space of decimation scale $\Lambda$ are summed to all orders. The calculation is carried out using the renormalized low-momentum nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction $V_{low-k}$, which is obtained from a bare NN potential by integrating out the high-momentum components beyond $\Lambda$. The bare NN potentials of CD-Bonn, Nijmegen and Idaho have been employed. The choice of $\Lambda$ and its influence on the single particle spectrum are discussed. Ring-diagram correlations at intermediate momenta ($k\simeq$ 2 fm$^{-1}$) are found to be particularly important for nuclear saturation, suggesting the necessity of using a sufficiently large decimation scale so that the above momentum region is not integrated out. Using $V_{low-k}$ with $\Lambda \sim 3$ fm$^{-1}$, we perform a ring-diagram computation with the above potentials, which all yield saturation energies $E/A$ and Fermi momenta $k_F^{(0)}$ considerably larger than the empirical values. On the other hand, similar computations with the medium-dependent Brown-Rho scaled NN potentials give satisfactory results of $E/A \simeq -15$ MeV and $k_F^{(0)}\simeq 1.4$ fm$^{-1}$. The effect of this medium dependence is well reproduced by an empirical 3-body force of the Skyrme type.
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Evolution of particle density in high-energy pp collisions: We study the evolution of the particle density, dn/d\eta at fixed \eta with the beam rapidity Y in the framework of string percolation model. Our main results are: (i) The width of the "plateau" increases proportionally to Y, (ii) limiting fragmentation is violated, and (iii) the particle density, reduces to a step function.
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$α$-decay half-lives of superheavy nuclei with $Z=122-125$: For $\alpha$ decay half-life calculations in this work, the Coulomb and proximity potential model with a new semiempirical formula for diffuseness parameter developed in previous work [Phys. Rev. C 100, 024601 (2019)] is used. The present model in this work is compared with the generalized liquid-drop model (GLDM), universal decay law (UDL), and experimental half-lives in the region $Z=104-118$. Next, the predicted half-lives of 51 superheavy nuclei (SHN) with $Z=122-125$ by the present model are compared with those of GLDM, and UDL. The present model is revealed to be more accurate in reproducing experimental half-lives compared to GLDM and UDL. Moreover, it is found that the predictions of the present model and UDL are highly consistent while GLDM largely deviates from the other two. A study of the competition between $\alpha$ decay and spontaneous fission (SF) shows that $\alpha$ decay is the dominant mode. Among the studied SHN with $Z=122-125$, ${}^{295-307}122$ and ${}^{314-320}125$ are identified as potential candidates whose half-lives are relatively long enough to be experimentally detected in the future through their $\alpha$-decay chains. The identified candidates are in good agreement with other recent work.
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Power-law intensity distribution in $γ$-decay cascades -- Nuclear Structure as a Scale-Free Random Network: By modeling the transition paths of the nuclear $\gamma$-decay cascade using a scale-free random network, we uncover a universal power-law distribution of $\gamma$-ray intensity $\rho_I(I) \propto I^{-2}$, with $I$ the $\gamma$-ray intensity of each transition. This property is consistently observed for all datasets with a sufficient number of $\gamma$-ray intensity entries in the National Nuclear Data Center database, regardless of the reaction type or nuclei involved. In addition, we perform numerical simulations which support the model's predictions of level population density.
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Superscaling in lepton-nucleus scattering: We suggest that superscaling analyses of few-GeV inclusive electron scattering from nuclei, both in the quasielastic peak and in the region where the $\Delta$-excitation dominates, allow one to make reliable predictions for charge-changing neutrino reactions at energies of a few GeV, relevant for neutrino oscillation experiments.
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Finite size effect on Dissociation and Diffusion of chiral partners in Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model: Along with masses of pion and sigma meson modes, their dissociation into quark medium provide a detail spectral structures of the chiral partners. Present article has studied a finite size effect on that detail structure of chiral partners by using the framework of Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model. Through this dissociation mechanism, their diffusions and conductions are also studied. The masses, widths, diffusion coefficients, conductivities of chiral partners are merged at different temperatures in restore phase of chiral symmetry, but merging points of all are shifted in lower temperature, when one introduce finite size effect into the picture. The strengths of diffusions and conductions are also reduced due to finite size consideration.
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Contributions of different neutron pairs in different approaches for neutrinoless double beta decay: The methods used till now to calculate the neutrinoless double beta decay matrix elements are: the Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation (QRPA), the Shell Model (SM), the angular momentum projected Hartee-Fock-Bogoliubov approach (HFB) and the Interacting Boson Model (IBM). The different approaches are compared specifically concerning the the angular momenta and parities of the neutron pairs, which are changed into two protons by the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay. The QRPA and SM involve about the same angular momentum and parity neutron pairs, while the HFB is restricted to $0^{+}, 2^{+}, 4^{+}, ...$, and IBM to $0^{+}$ and $2^{+}$ nucleon pairs. The differences in the seniority contributions for the QRPA and the SM are discussed.
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Momentum transport away from a jet in an expanding nuclear medium: We study the transport dynamics of momenta deposited from jets in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. Assuming that the high-energy partons traverse expanding quark-gluon fluids and are subject to lose their energy and momentum, we simulate dijet asymmetric events by solving relativistic hydrodynamic equations numerically without linearization in the fully (3+1)-dimensional coordinate. Mach cones are formed and strongly broadened by radial flow of the background medium. As a result, the yield of low-$p_{T}$ particles increases at large angles from the jet axis and compensates the dijet momentum imbalance inside the jet-cone. This provides an intimate link between the medium excitation by jets and results in dijet asymmetric events observed by the CMS Collaboration.
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Study of freeze-out dynamics of strange hadrons: We study the chemical freeze-out dynamics of strange particles ($K,\, \Lambda,\, \Sigma$) from a homogeneous and isotropically expanding hadronic system of $\pi, K, \rho, N, \Lambda$ and $\Sigma$ with zero net baryon density. We use the momentum integrated Boltzmann equation and study their evolution over the bulk hadronic matter, a condition being similar to the one created at top RHIC and LHC energies. The cross-sections, which are input to the equations, are taken either from phenomenological models or parameterized by comparing against experimental data. From this microscopic calculation we find that these strange particles freeze-out near transition temperature $\approx T_c$ due to large relaxation time. The continuous cease of the inelastic processes due to gradual fall in the temperature and decrease in the number density, thus lead to early freeze out of strange hadrons $K, \Lambda$ and $\Sigma$ which happens sequentially near $T_c$. However, freeze-out of these strange species near Tc appears as a sudden and simultaneous process, which is mostly predicted by thermal model while explaining the yield of identified particles at RHIC and LHC energies.
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Chiral three-nucleon force and continuum for dripline nuclei and beyond: Three-nucleon force and continuum play important roles in reproducing the properties of atomic nuclei around driplines. Therefore it is valuable to build up a theoretical framework where both effects can be taken into account to solve the nuclear Schr\"odinger equation. To this end, in this letter, we have expressed the chiral three-nucleon force within the continuum Berggren representation, so that bound, resonant and continuum states can be treated on an equal footing in the complex-momentum space. To reduce the model dimension and computational cost, the three-nucleon force is truncated at the normal-ordered two-body level and limited in the $sd$-shell model space, with the residual three-body term being neglected. We choose neutron-rich oxygen isotopes as the test ground because they have been well studied experimentally, with the neutron dripline determined. The calculations have been carried out within the Gamow shell model. The quality of our results in reproducing the properties of oxygen isotopes around the neutron dripline shows the relevance of the interplay between three-nucleon force and the coupling to continuum states. We also analyze the role played by the chiral three-nucleon force, by dissecting the contributions of the $2\pi$ exchange, $1\pi$ exchange and contact terms.
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Deformation and cluster structures in $^{12}$C studied with configuration mixing using Skyrme interactions: We report an investigation of the structure of $^{12}$C nucleus employing a newly developed configuration-mixing method. In the three-dimensional coordinate-space representation, we generate a number of Slater determinants with various correlated structures using the imaginary-time algorithm. We then diagonalize a many-body Hamiltonian with the Skyrme interaction in the space spanned by the Slater determinants with parity and angular momentum projections. Our calculation reasonably describes the ground and excited states of $^{12}$C nucleus, both for shell-model-like and cluster-like states. The excitation energies and transition strengths of the ground-state rotational band are well reproduced. Negative parity excited states, $1_1^-$, $2_1^-$, and $3_1^-$, are also reasonably described. The second and third $0^+$ states, $0_2^+$ and $0_3^+$, appear at around 8.8 MeV and 15 MeV, respectively. The $0_2^+$ state shows a structure consistent with former results of the \alpha-cluster models, however, the calculated radius of the $0_2^+$ state is smaller than those calculations. The three-{\alpha} linear-chain configuration dominates in the $0_3^+$ state.
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GLISSANDO: GLauber Initial-State Simulation AND mOre: GLISSANDO is a Glauber Monte-Carlo generator for early-stages of relativistic heavy-ion collisions, written in c++ and interfaced to Root. Several models are implemented: the wounded-nucleon model, the binary collisions model, the mixed model, and the model with hot-spots. Subtleties of the distribution of nucleon in the nucleus are discussed. The original geometric distribution of sources in the transverse plane can be superimposed with a statistical distribution simulating the dispersion in the generated transverse energy in each individual collision. The program generates inter alia the fixed axes (standard) and variable-axes (participant) two-dimensional profiles of the density of sources in the transverse plane and their Fourier components. These profiles can be used in further analyses of physical phenomena, such as the the jet quenching, event-by-event hydrodynamics, or analysis of the elliptic flow and its fluctuations. Characteristics of the event (multiplicities, eccentricities, Fourier coefficients, etc.) are evaluated and stored in a file for further off-line studies. A number of scripts is provided for that purpose. Supplied variants of the code can also be used for the proton-nucleus and deuteron-nucleus collisions.
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Effects of triaxiality and pairing interaction on fission barriers of actinide nuclei studied by density-dependence relativistic mean-field theory: We employ density-dependent relativistic mean-field theory to study how the triaxiality and pairing interaction affect the inner fission barriers of actinide nuclei. It was found that triaxiality reduced the inner fission barriers and improved agreement with experimental values for many actinides. However, about 1-2 MeV discrepancy to the experimental values still remained for some of the considered nuclei. Such a discrepancy could be made further smaller by increasing the BCS pairing strength parameter. In this work, we demonstrated that adjusting the paring strength was effective to reproduce the experimental inner fission barriers as well as "pairing rotational energy" and binding energy in a consistent manner for nuclei where the effect of the triaxiality on the inner fission barriers was significant.
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Yrast band in the heavy $N = Z$ nucleus $^{88}$Ru: $α$-cluster approach: The yrast band in the heavy $N = Z$ nucleus $^{88}$Ru is studied in the framework of the $\alpha$-cluster model in combination with double-folding potentials. It is found that the excitation energies of the yrast band in $^{88}$Ru can be nicely described within the $\alpha$-cluster approach using a smooth and mildly $L$-dependent adjustment of the potential strength. This result is similar to well-established $\alpha$-cluster states in nuclei with a (magic core $\otimes$ $\alpha$) structure. Contrary, the yrast bands in neighboring $N \ne Z$ nuclei deviate from such a typical $\alpha$-cluster behavior. Finally, the $\alpha$-cluster model predicts reduced transition strengths of about 10 Weisskopf units for intraband transitions between low-lying states in the yrast band of $^{88}$Ru.
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Density dependent magnetic field and the equation of state of hyperonic matter: We are interested on the effects, caused by strong variable density dependent magnetic fields, on hyperonic matter, its symmetry energy, equations of state and mass-radius relations. The inclusion of the anomalous magnetic moment of the particles involved in a stellar system is performed, and some results are compared with the cases that do not take this correction under consideration. The Lagrangian density used follows the nonlinear Walecka model plus the leptons subjected to an external magnetic field.
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Weak Magnetism Correction to Allowed Beta-decay for Reactor Antineutrino Spectra: The weak magnetism correction and its uncertainty to nuclear beta-decay play a major role in determining the significance of the reactor neutrino anomaly. Here we examine the common approximation used for one-body weak magnetism in the calculation of fission antineutrino spectra, wherein matrix elements of the orbital angular momentum operator contribution to the magnetic dipole current are assumed to be proportional to those of the spin operator. Although we find this approximation invalid for a large set of nuclear structure situations, we conclude that it is valid for the relevant allowed beta-decays between fission fragments. In particular, the uncertainty in the fission antineutrino due to the uncertainty in the one-body weak magnetism correction is found to be less than 1%. Thus, the dominant uncertainty from weak magnetism for reactor neutrino fluxes lies in the uncertainty in the two-body meson-exchange magnetic dipole current.
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Nuclear excitation cross section of $^{229}$Th via inelastic electron scattering: Nuclear excitation cross section of $^{229}$Th from the ground state to the low-lying isomeric state via inelastic electron scattering is calculated, on the level of Dirac distorted wave Born approximation. With electron energies below 100 eV, inelastic scattering is very efficient in the isomeric excitation, yielding excitation cross sections on the order of 10$^{-27}$ to 10$^{-26}$ cm$^2$. Systematic analyses are presented on elements affecting the excitation cross section, including the ion-core potential, the relativistic effect, the knowledge of the reduced nuclear transition probabilities, etc.
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Neutrino-nucleus interactions in the T2K experiment: We present a study of neutrino-nucleus interactions at the T2K experiment based on the GiBUU transport model. The aim of T2K is to measure $\nu_e$ appearance and $\theta_{13}$, but it will also be able to do a precise measurement of $\nu_\mu$ disappearance. The former requires a good understanding of $\pi^0$ production while the latter is closely connected with a good understanding of quasielastic scattering. For both processes we investigate the influence of nuclear effects and particular final-state interactions on the expected event rates taking into account the T2K detector setup.
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High temperature phase of QCD: I give a brief overview of our present understanding of the high temperature phase of QCD, trying to clarify some of the theoretical issues involved in the current discussions that emphasize the strongly coupled character of the quark-gluon plasma produced at RHIC.
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Measurement of the energy of the 8.3-eV isomer of 229mTh with photoelectric effect: It is proposed to use the photoelectric effect in the inner shells of the 229Th atoms to refine the energy of the 8.3-eV isomer. The calculation was performed using the Feinberg-Migdal shaking theory, which leads to the probability of isomer formation up to several units of 10^-4 in the case of the K shell. As a result, two lines are predicted in the photoelectron spectrum, their separation energy providing the energy of the isomer. Other ways of using the method to study the properties of the isomer are also discussed: through shaking during the formation of radioactive beams in storage rings, etc. Moreover, recording the effect in an experiment will provide the isomer's partial lifetime.
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Emergence of hydrodynamics in expanding relativistic plasmas: I consider a simple set of equations that govern the expansion of boost-invariant plasmas of massless particles. These equations describe the transition from a collisionless regime at early time to hydrodynamics at late time. Their mathematical structure encompasses all versions of second order hydrodynamics. We emphasize that the apparent success of Israel-Stewart hydrodynamics at early time has little to do with ``hydrodynamics'' proper, but rather with a particular feature of Israel-Stewart equations that allows them to effectively mimic the collisionless regime.
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Strangeness in nuclear physics: Extensions of nuclear physics to the strange sector are reviewed, covering data and models of Lambda and other hypernuclei, multi-strange matter, and anti-kaon bound states and condensation. Past achievements are highlighted, present unresolved problems discussed, and future directions outlined.
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Observation of the Mott Effect in Heavy Ion Collisions: Possibility of observing the Mott momentum in the distribution of the deuterons produced in the process $p + n \to d + \gamma$, in the first stage of a nuclear reaction is presented. The correlation of a hard photon with a deuteron allows to select those deuterons produced at the beginning of a reaction.
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Shear viscosity to entropy density ratio of a relativistic Hagedorn resonance gas: The new state of matter produced at Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider reveals a strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma with an extremely small shear viscosity to entropy density ratio eta/s. We calculate the eta/s of an equilibrated hadron matter characterized by a relativistic hadron resonance gas with a Hagedorn mass spectrum that grows exponentially with the hadron mass. We find with increase in temperature of the system the eta/s value decreases due to rapid increase in the multiplicity of massive resonances. In the vicinity of the critical temperature for deconfinement transition, the minimum value of eta/s in the Hagedorn resonance gas is found to be consistent with the current estimates for a strongly coupled quark-gluon plasma.
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On the dominance of J(P)=0(+) ground states in even-even nuclei from random two-body interactions: Recent calculations using random two-body interactions showed a preponderance of J(P)=0(+) ground states, despite the fact that there is no strong pairing character in the force. We carry out an analysis of a system of identical particles occupying orbits with j=1/2, 3/2 and 5/2 and discuss some general features of the spectra derived from random two-body interactions. We show that for random two-body interactions that are not time-reversal invariant the dominance of 0(+) states in this case is more pronounced, indicating that time-reversal invariance cannot be the origin of the 0(+) dominance.
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Multiplicity Fluctuations in Limited Segments of Momentum Space in Statistical Models: Multiplicity fluctuations in limited segments of momentum space are calculated for a classical pion gas within the statistical model. Results for the grand canonical, canonical, and micro-canonical ensemble are obtained, compared and discussed. We demonstrate that even in the large volume limit correlations between macroscopic subsystems due to energy and momentum conservation persist. Based on the micro-canonical formulation we make qualitative predictions for the rapidity and transverse momentum dependence of multiplicity fluctuations. The resulting effects are of similar magnitude as the predicted enhancement due to a phase transition from a quark-gluon plasma to a hadron gas phase, or due to the critical point of strongly interacting matter, and qualitatively agree with recently published preliminary multiplicity fluctuation data of the NA49 SPS experiment.
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Covariant density functional analysis of shape evolution in $N =40$ isotones: The structure of low-lying excitation states of even-even $N=40$ isotones is studied using a five-dimensional collective Hamiltonian with the collective parameters determined from the relativistic mean-field plus BCS method with the PC-PK1 functional in the particle-hole channel and a separable paring force in the particle-particle channel. The theoretical calculations can reproduce not only the systematics of the low-lying states along the isotonic chain but also the detailed structure of the spectroscopy in a single nucleus. We find a picture of spherical-oblate-prolate shape transition along the isotonic chain of $N=40$ by analyzing the potential energy surfaces. The coexistence of low-lying excited $0^+$ states has also been shown to be a common feature in neutron-deficient $N=40$ isotones.
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Mixed phases during the phase transitions: Quest for a new form of matter inside compact stars compels us to examine the thermodynamical properties of the phase transitions. We closely consider the first-order phase transitions and the phase equilibrium on the basis of the Gibbs conditions, taking the liquid-gas phase transition in asymmetric nuclear matter as an example. Characteristic features of the mixed phase are figured out by solving the coupled equations for mean-fields and densities of constituent particles self-consistently within the Thomas-Fermi approximation. The mixed phase is inhomogeneous matter composed of two phases in equilibrium; it takes a crystalline structure with a unit of various geometrical shapes, inside of which one phase with a characteristic shape, called "pasta", is embedded in another phase by some volume fraction. This framework enables us to properly take into account the Coulomb interaction and the interface energy, and thereby sometimes we see the mechanical instability of the geometric structures of the mixed phase. Thermal effect on the liquid-gas phase transition is also elucidated. Similarly hadron-quark deconfinement transition is studied in hyperonic matter, where the neutrino-trapping effect as well as the thermal effect is discussed in relation to the properties of the mixed phase. Specific features of the mixed phase are elucidated and the equation of state is presented.
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Lattice Gauge Theory - QCD from Quarks to Hadrons: Lattice Gauge Theory enables an ab initio study of the low-energy properties of Quantum Chromodynamics, the theory of the strong interaction. I begin these lectures by presenting the lattice formulation of QCD, and then outline the benchmark calculation of lattice QCD, the light-hadron spectrum. I then proceed to explore the predictive power of lattice QCD, in particular as it pertains to hadronic physics. I will discuss the spectrum of glueballs, exotics and excited states, before investigating the study of form factors and structure functions. I will conclude by showing how lattice QCD can be used to study multi-hadron systems, and in particular provide insight into the nucleon-nucleon interaction.
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Isoscalar-Isovector Interferences in $πN \to N e^+ e^-$ Reactions as a Probe of Baryon Resonance Dynamics: The isoscalar-isovector ($\rho-\omega$) interferences in the exclusive reactions $\pi^- p \to n e^+ e^-$ and $\pi^+ n \to p e^+ e^-$ near the $\omega$ threshold leads to a distinct difference of the dielectron invariant mass distributions depending on beam energy. The strength of this effect is determined by the coupling of resonances to the nucleon vector-meson channels and other resonance properties. Therefore, a combined analysis of these reactions can be used as a tool for determining the baryon resonance dynamics.
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Hadronic matter compressibility from event-by-event analysis of heavy-ion collisions: We propose a method to measure the hadronic matter compressibility by means of the event-by-event analysis of heavy-ion collisions at high energies. The method, which utilizes the thermodynamical relation between the compressibility and the particle number fluctuations, requires a simultaneous measurement of the particle source size, temperature and particle multiplicity.
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Modeling Nuclear Properties with Support Vector Machines: We have made initial studies of the potential of support vector machines (SVM) for providing statistical models of nuclear systematics with demonstrable predictive power. Using SVM regression and classification procedures, we have created global models of atomic masses, beta-decay halflives, and ground-state spins and parities. These models exhibit performance in both data-fitting and prediction that is comparable to that of the best global models from nuclear phenomenology and microscopic theory, as well as the best statistical models based on multilayer feedforward neural networks.
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Impact of level densities and $γ$-strength functions on $r$-process simulations: Studies attempting to quantify the sensitivity of the $r$-process abundances to nuclear input have to cope with the fact that the theoretical models they rely on, rarely come with confidence intervals. This problem has been dealt with by either estimating these intervals and propagating them statistically to the final abundances using reaction networks within simplified astrophysical models, or by running more realistic astrophysical simulations using different nuclear-physics models consistently for all the involved nuclei. Both of these approaches have their strengths and weaknesses. In this work, we run $r$-process calculations for five trajectories using 49 different neutron-capture rate models. Our results shed light on the importance of taking into account shell effects and pairing correlations in the network calculations.
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Quark contribution to the nucleon polarizabilities and three-body forces: We study the response of the nucleon, as a system of three bound (constituent) non relativistic quarks, to external (quasi static) electric and magnetic fields. The approach, based on a sum rule technique, is applied to a large class of two and three-body interquark potentials. Lower and upper bounds to the electric polarizability and para-magnetic susceptibility are explicitly calculated within a large variety of constituent models and their values related to the features of the interquark interaction picture. The r\^ole of three-body forces is investigated in details as well as the effects of SU(6) breaking terms in the potential model. Our results can be used to extract the mesonic contributions to the static polarizabilty and susceptibility. The quark degrees of freedom give a quite sizeable contributions to both and the meson cloud accounts roughly for 30% and 60% of the electric proton and neutron polarizability respectively. The quark contribution to the paramagnetic susceptibility is even higher and the mesonic effects are rather uncertain.
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Flavor and Charge Symmetry in the Parton Distributions of the Nucleon: Recent calculations of charge symmetry violation(CSV) in the valence quark distributions of the nucleon have revealed that the dominant symmetry breaking contribution comes from the mass associated with the spectator quark system.Assuming that the change in the spectator mass can be treated perturbatively, we derive a model independent expression for the shift in the parton distributions of the nucleon. This result is used to derive a relation between the charge and flavor asymmetric contributions to the valence quark distributions in the proton, and to calculate CSV contributions to the nucleon sea. The CSV contribution to the Gottfried sum rule is also estimated, and found to be small.
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The sound generated by a fast parton in the quark-gluon plasma is a crescendo: The total energy deposited into the medium per unit length by a fast parton traversing a quark-gluon plasma is calculated. We take the medium excitation due to collisions to be given by the well known expression for the collisional drag force. The parton's radiative energy loss contributes to the energy deposition because each radiated gluon acts as an additional source of collisional energy loss in the medium. In our model, this leads to a length dependence on the differential energy loss due to the interactions of radiated gluons with the medium. The final result, which is a sum of the primary and the secondary contributions, is then treated as the coefficient of a local hydrodynamic source term. Results are presented for energy density wave induced by two fast, back-to-back partons created in an initial hard interaction.
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Bethe-Salpeter approach with the separable interaction for the deuteron: Recent developments of the covariant Bethe-Salpeter (BS) approach with the use of the separable interaction for the deuteron are reviewed. It is shown that the BS formalism allows a covariant description of various electromagnetic reactions like the lepton-deuteron scattering, deuteron electro-disintegration, deep inelastic scattering (DIS) of leptons on light nuclei. The procedure of the construction of the separable nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction is discussed. The BS formalism facilitates analysis of the role of the P-waves (negative energy components) in the electromagnetic properties of the deuteron and its comparison with the nonrelativistic results. Furthermore the covariant BS approach makes it possible to analyze DIS of leptons from the deuteron in a model independent way and to extend the formalism to DIS reactions on the light nuclei.
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A deformed QRPA formalism for single and two-neutrino double beta decay: We use a deformed QRPA formalism to describe simultaneously the energy distributions of the single beta Gamow-Teller strength and the two-neutrino double beta decay matrix elements. Calculations are performed in a series of double beta decay partners with A = 48, 76, 82, 96, 100, 116, 128, 130, 136 and 150, using deformed Woods-Saxon potentials and deformed Skyrme Hartree-Fock mean fields. The formalism includes a quasiparticle deformed basis and residual spin-isospin forces in the particle-hole and particle-particle channels. We discuss the sensitivity of the parent and daughter Gamow-Teller strength distributions in single beta decay, as well as the sensitivity of the double beta decay matrix elements to the deformed mean field and to the residual interactions. Nuclear deformation is found to be a mechanism of suppression of the two-neutrino double beta decay. The double beta decay matrix elements are found to have maximum values for about equal deformations of parent and daughter nuclei. They decrease rapidly when differences in deformations increase. We remark the importance of a proper simultaneous description of both double beta decay and single Gamow-Teller strength distributions. Finally, we conclude that for further progress in the field it would be useful to improve and complete the experimental information on the studied Gamow-Teller strengths and nuclear deformations.
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Triple-Gluon and Triple-Quark Elastic Scatterings and Early Thermalization: Three-gluon to three-gluon scatterings lead to rapid thermalization of gluon matter created in central Au-Au collisions at RHIC energies. Thermalization of quark matter is studied from three-quark to three-quark scatterings.
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Strangeness in the cores of neutron stars: The measurement of the mass 1.97 +/- 0.04 M_sun for PSR J1614-2230 provides a new constraint on the equation of state and composition of matter at high densities. In this contribution we investigate the possibility that the dense cores of neutron stars could contain strange quarks either in a confined state (hyperonic matter) or in a deconfined one (strange quark matter) while fulfilling a set of constraints including the new maximum mass constraint. We account for the possible appearance of hyperons within an extended version of the density-dependent relativistic mean-field model, including the phi-meson interaction channel. Deconfined quark matter is described by the color superconducting three-flavor NJL model.
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Manifestly-covariant chiral PT calculation of nucleon Compton scattering: We compute the Compton scattering off the nucleons in the framework of manifestly covariant baryon chiral perturbation theory (B$\chi$PT). The results for observables differ substantially from the corresponding calculations in heavy-baryon chiral perturbation theory (HB$\chi$PT), most appreciably in the forward kinematics. We verify that the covariant $p^3$ result fulfills the forward-Compton-scattering sum rules. We also explore the effect of the $\Delta$(1232) resonance at order $p^4/\varDelta$, with $\varDelta\approx 300$ MeV, the resonance excitation energy. We find that the substantial effect of the $\Delta$-excitation on the nucleon polarizabilities can naturally be accommodated in the manifestly covariant calculation.
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Induced pseudoscalar form factor of the nucleon at two-loop order in chiral perturbation theory: We calculate the imaginary part of the induced pseudoscalar form factor of the nucleon $G_P(t)$ in the framework of two-loop heavy baryon chiral perturbation theory. The effect of the calculated three-pion continuum on the pseudoscalar constant $g_P = (m_\mu/2M) G_P(t=-0.877m_\mu^2)$ measurable in ordinary muon capture $\mu^-p\to \nu_\mu n$ turns out to be negligibly small. Possible contributions from counterterms at two-loop order are numerically smaller than the uncertainty of the dominant pion-pole term proportional to the pion-nucleon coupling constant $g_{\pi N}= 13.2\pm 0.2$. We conclude that a sufficiently accurate representation of the induced pseudoscalar form factor of the nucleon at low momentum transfers $t$ is given by the sum of the pion-pole term and the Adler-Dothan-Wolfenstein term: $G_P(t) = 4g_{\pi N} M f_\pi/ (m_\pi^2 -t)- 2g_A M^2 < r_A^2 >/3$, with $<r_A^2> = (0.44 \pm 0.02)$ fm$^2$ the axial mean square radius of the nucleon.
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Microscopic calculation of the wobbling excitations by using the Woods-Saxon potential as a nuclear mean-field: The wobbling excitations of the triaxial superdeformed (TSD) bands in the Lu and Hf region are studied by the microscopic framework of the cranked mean-field and the random-phase approximation (RPA). In contrast to the previous works, where the Nilsson potential was used, the more realistic Woods-Saxon potential is employed as a nuclear mean-field. The wobbling-like RPA solutions have been found systematically in the nuclei studied and their characteristic properties are investigated in details. This confirms the wobbling phonon excitations in TSD nuclei from the microscopic calculations. The result of $B(E2)$ values indicates that the triaxial deformation is increasing as a function of spin in the observed TSD bands in $^{163}$Lu.
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Search for Quasi Bound $η$ Mesons: The search for a quasi bound $\eta$ meson in atomic nuclei is reviewed. This tentative state is studied theoretically as well as experimentally. The theory starts from elastic $\eta$ nucleon scattering which is derived from production data within some models. From this interaction the $\eta$ nucleus interaction is derived. Model calculations predict binding energies and widths of the quasi bound state. Another method is to derive the $\eta$ nucleus interaction from excitation functions of $\eta$ production experiments. The $s$ wave interaction is extracted from such data via final state interaction theorem. We give the derivation of $s$ wave amplitudes in partial wave expansion and in helicity amplitudes and their relation to observables. Different experiments extracting the final state interaction are discussed as are production experiments. So far only three experiments give evidence for the existence of the quasi bound state: a pion double charge exchange experiment, an effective mass measurement, and a transfer reaction at recoil free kinematics with observation of the decay of the state.
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Bulk properties of nuclear matter in the relativistic Hartree approximation with cut-off regularization: A method of cut-off regularization is proposed to evaluate vacuum corrections in nuclear matter in the framework of the Hartree approximation. Bulk properties of nuclear matter calculated by this method are a good agreement with results analyzed by empirical values. The vacuum effect is quantitatively evaluated through a cut-off parameter and its role for saturation property and compressional properties is clarified.
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Spherical to deformed shape transition in the nucleon-pair shell model: A study of the shape transition from spherical to axially deformed nuclei in the even Ce isotopes using the nucleon-pair approximation of the shell model is reported. As long as the structure of the dominant collective pairs is determined using a microscopic framework appropriate to deformed nuclei, the model is able to produce a shape transition. However, the resulting transition is too rapid, with nuclei that should be transitional being fairly well deformed, perhaps reflecting the need to maintain several pairs with each angular momentum.
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An analytic hydrodynamical model of rotating 3D expansion in heavy-ion collisions: A new exact and analytic solution of non-relativistic fireball hydrodynamics is presented. It describes an expanding triaxial ellipsoid that rotates around one of its principal axes. The observables are calculated using simple analytic formulas. Azimuthal oscillation of the off-diagonal Bertsch-Pratt radii of Bose-Einstein correlations as well as rapidity dependent directed and third flow measurements provide means to determine the magnitude of the rotation of the fireball. Observing this rotation and its dependence on collision energy may lead to new information on the equation of state of the strongly interacting quark gluon plasma produced in high energy heavy ion collisions.
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Possible bound nuclei beyond the two-neutron drip line in the $50\leqslant Z \leqslant 70$ region: Possible bound nuclei beyond the two-neutron drip line in the $50\leqslant Z \leqslant 70$ region are investigated by using the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum with density functional PC-PK1. Bound nuclei beyond the drip lines of $_{56}$Ba, $_{58}$Ce, $_{62}$Sm, $_{64}$Gd and $_{66}$Dy are predicted, forming peninsulas of stability in nuclear landscape. Near these peninsulas, several multi-neutron emitters are predicted. The underlying mechanism of the peninsulas of stability is investigated by studying the total energy, Fermi surface, quadrupole deformation and the single-neutron spectrum in the canonical basis. It is found that the deformation effect is crucial for forming the peninsulas of stability, and pairing correlations are also essential in specific cases. The dependence on the deformation evolution is also discussed. The decay rates of multi-neutron radioactivity in Ba and Sm isotopic chains are estimated by using the direct decay model.
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