r-process nucleosynthesis: connecting rare-isotope beam facilities with the cosmos

CJ Horowitz, A Arcones, B Cote… - Journal of Physics G …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This is an exciting time for the study of r-process nucleosynthesis. Recently, a neutron star
merger GW170817 was observed in extraordinary detail with gravitational waves and …

Electric and magnetic dipole modes in high-resolution inelastic proton scattering at 0

P von Neumann-Cosel, A Tamii - The European Physical Journal A, 2019 - Springer
Inelastic proton scattering under extreme forward angles including 0^∘ 0∘ and at energies
of a few hundred MeV has been established as a new spectroscopic tool for the study of …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear level density from relativistic density functional theory and combinatorial method

XF Jiang, XH Wu, PW Zhao, J Meng - Physics Letters B, 2024 - Elsevier
Nuclear level density is calculated with the combinatorial method based on the relativistic
density functional theory including pairing correlations. The Strutinsky method is adopted 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 …

Level density of odd-A nuclei at saddle point

W Zhang, W Gao, GT Zhang, ZY Li - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2023 - Springer
Based on the covariant density functional theory, by employing the core–quasiparticle
coupling (CQC) model, the nuclear level density of odd-A nuclei at the saddle point is …

Nuclear level densities and -ray strength functions in isotopes: Impact of Porter-Thomas fluctuations

M Markova, AC Larsen, P von Neumann-Cosel… - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
Nuclear level densities (NLDs) and γ-ray strength functions (GSFs) of Sn 120, 124 have
been extracted with the Oslo method from proton-γ coincidences in the (p, p′ γ) reaction …

Test of the Brink-Axel hypothesis for the Pygmy dipole resonance

D Martin, P von Neumann-Cosel, A Tamii, N Aoi… - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
The gamma strength function and level density of 1-states in Mo 96 have been extracted
from a high-resolution study of the (p→, p→′) reaction at 295 MeV and extreme forward …

Comprehensive test of the Brink-Axel Hypothesis in the energy region of the Pygmy Dipole Resonance

M Markova, P von Neumann-Cosel, AC Larsen… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
The validity of the Brink-Axel hypothesis, which is especially important for numerous
astrophysical calculations, is addressed for Sn 116, 120, 124 below the neutron separation …

Microscopic model for the collective enhancement of nuclear level densities

J Zhao, T Nikšić, D Vretenar - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
A microscopic method for calculating nuclear level density (NLD) is developed, based on the
framework of energy density functionals. Intrinsic level densities are computed from single …

Finite-temperature relativistic nuclear field theory: An application to the dipole response

E Litvinova, H Wibowo - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Nuclear response theory beyond the one-loop approximation is formulated for the case of
finite temperature. For this purpose, the time blocking approximation to the time-dependent …