Laser spectroscopy for the study of exotic nuclei

XF Yang, SJ Wang, SG Wilkins, RFG Ruiz - Progress in Particle and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Investigation into the properties and structure of unstable nuclei far from stability is a key
avenue of research in modern nuclear physics. These efforts are motivated by the continual …

Large shape staggering in neutron-deficient Bi isotopes

A Barzakh, AN Andreyev, C Raison, JG Cubiss… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
The changes in the mean-square charge radius (relative to Bi 209), magnetic dipole, and
electric quadrupole moments of Bi 187, 188, 189, 191 were measured using the in-source …

Trends in the Structure of Nuclei near 100Sn

M Górska - Physics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inevitable progress has been achieved in recent years regarding the available data on the
structure of 100Sn and neighboring nuclei. Updated nuclear structure data in the region is …

Trends of neutron skins and radii of mirror nuclei from first principles

SJ Novario, D Lonardoni, S Gandolfi, G Hagen - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The neutron skin of atomic nuclei impacts the structure of neutron-rich nuclei, the equation of
state of nucleonic matter, and the size of neutron stars. Here we predict the neutron skin of …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear charge radii in Bayesian neural networks revisited

XX Dong, R An, JX Lu, LS Geng - Physics Letters B, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, a refined Bayesian neural network (BNN) based approach with six inputs
including the proton number, mass number, and engineered features associated with the …

Impact of nuclear deformation and pairing on the charge radii of palladium isotopes

S Geldhof, M Kortelainen, O Beliuskina, P Campbell… - Physical review …, 2022 - APS
The impact of nuclear deformation can been seen in the systematics of nuclear charge radii,
with radii generally expanding with increasing deformation. In this Letter, we present a …

Universal trend of charge radii of even-even Ca–Zn nuclei

M Kortelainen, Z Sun, G Hagen, W Nazarewicz… - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
Radii of nuclear charge distributions carry information about the strong and electromagnetic
forces acting inside the atomic nucleus. Whereas the global behavior of nuclear charge radii …

Smooth trends in fermium charge radii and the impact of shell effects

J Warbinek, E Rickert, S Raeder, T Albrecht-Schönzart… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The quantum-mechanical nuclear-shell structure determines the stability and limits of the
existence of the heaviest nuclides with large proton numbers Z≳ 100 (refs. 1, 2, 3). Shell …

Reconciling mean-squared radius differences in the silver chain through improved measurement and ab initio calculations

B Ohayon, JE Padilla-Castillo, SC Wright, G Meijer… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Nuclear charge radius differences in the silver isotopic chain have been reported through
different combinations of experiment and theory, exhibiting a tension of two combined …

High-Precision Mass Measurements of Neutron Deficient Silver Isotopes Probe the Robustness of the Shell Closure

Z Ge, M Reponen, T Eronen, B Hu, M Kortelainen… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
High-precision mass measurements of exotic Ag 95–97 isotopes close to the N= Z line have
been conducted with the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap mass spectrometer, with the silver …