Hidden pseudospin and spin symmetries and their origins in atomic nuclei

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

Time-dependent density-functional description of nuclear dynamics

T Nakatsukasa, K Matsuyanagi, M Matsuo… - Reviews of modern …, 2016 - APS
The basic concepts and recent developments in the time-dependent density-functional
theory (TDDFT) for describing nuclear dynamics at low energy are presented. The symmetry …

Global performance of covariant energy density functionals: Ground state observables of even-even nuclei and the estimate of theoretical uncertainties

SE Agbemava, AV Afanasjev, D Ray, P Ring - Physical Review C, 2014 - APS
Covariant density functional theory is a modern theoretical tool for the description of nuclear
structure phenomena. The current investigation aims at the global assessment of the …

Laser Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich Isotopes: Illuminating the Kink and Odd-Even Staggering in Charge Radii across the Shell Closure

T Day Goodacre, AV Afanasjev, AE Barzakh, BA Marsh… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
The mean-square charge radii of Hg 207, 208 (Z= 80, N= 127, 128) have been studied for
the first time and those of Hg 202, 203, 206 (N= 122, 123, 126) remeasured by the …

Charge radii in covariant density functional theory: A global view

UC Perera, AV Afanasjev, P Ring - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
A systematic global investigation of differential charge radii has been performed within the
CDFT framework for the first time. Theoretical results obtained with conventional covariant …

Towards an ab initio covariant density functional theory for nuclear structure

S Shen, H Liang, WH Long, J Meng, P Ring - Progress in Particle and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nuclear structure models built from phenomenological mean fields, the effective nucleon–
nucleon interactions (or Lagrangians), and the realistic bare nucleon–nucleon interactions …

Octupole deformation in the ground states of even-even nuclei: A global analysis within the covariant density functional theory

SE Agbemava, AV Afanasjev, P Ring - Physical Review C, 2016 - APS
A systematic investigation of octupole-deformed nuclei is presented for even-even systems
with Z≤ 106 located between the two-proton and two-neutron driplines. For this study we …

Covariant density functional theory: Reexamining the structure of superheavy nuclei

SE Agbemava, AV Afanasjev, T Nakatsukasa, P Ring - Physical review C, 2015 - APS
A systematic investigation of even-even superheavy elements in the region of proton
numbers 100≤ Z≤ 130 and in the region of neutron numbers from the proton-drip line up to …

Calculation of microscopic nuclear level densities based on covariant density functional theory

KP Geng, PX Du, J Li, DL Fang - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2023 - Springer
In this study, a microscopic method for calculating the nuclear level density (NLD) based on
the covariant density functional theory (CDFT) is developed. The particle-hole state density …

Neutron drip line: Single-particle degrees of freedom and pairing properties as sources of theoretical uncertainties

AV Afanasjev, SE Agbemava, D Ray, P Ring - Physical Review C, 2015 - APS
The sources of theoretical uncertainties in the prediction of the two-neutron drip line are
analyzed in the framework of covariant density functional theory. We concentrate on single …