PaperPanorama

Nuclear Theory·nucl-th

Friday·October 18, 2019

10 papers7 primary·3 cross-listed

  1. 02

    [Submitted on 16 Oct 2019]

    Reply to the Comment of S. Ayik and D. Lacroix, posted as arXiv:1909.1361v1, on the recent article "Fission Dynamics of 240Pu from Saddle-to-Scission and Beyond" by Bulgac et al, published as Phys. Rev. C 100, 034615 (2019)

    Aurel Bulgac

    A point-by-point answer to the comment authored by S. Ayik and D. Lacroix is presented. At this point in time this text is not aimed at being submitted to Phys. Rev. C or any other journal, unless the authors of the comment choose to follow such an avenue. I also suggest a possible formulation of a stochastic mean field approach free of the difficulties in the stochastic mean field model due to S. Ayik.

    Comments:
    6 pages
    Subjects:
    Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    1910.07644 [pdf]
    0 citations
  2. 03

    [Submitted on 17 Oct 2019]

    Anisotropic flow of charged and identified hadrons at FAIR energies and its dependence on the nuclear equation of state

    Sudhir Pandurang Rode🇮🇳 · Partha Pratim Bhaduri🇮🇳 · Ankhi Roy🇮🇳

    In this article, we examine the equation of state (EoS) dependence of the anisotropic flow parameters (, and ) of charged and identified hadrons, as a function of transverse momentum (), rapidity () and the incident beam energy () in mid-central Au + Au collisions in the energy range A GeV. Simulations are carried out by employing different variants of the Ultra-relativistic Quantum Molecular Dynamics (UrQMD) model, namely the pure transport (cascade) mode and the hybrid mode. In the hybrid mode, transport calculations are coupled with the ideal hydrodynamical evolution. Within the hydrodynamic scenario, two different equations of state (EoS) viz. Hadron gas and Chiral + deconfinement EoS have been employed separately to possibly mimic the hadronic and partonic scenarios, respectively. It is observed that the flow parameters are sensitive to the onset of hydrodynamic expansion of the fireball in comparison to the pure transport approach. The results would be useful as predictions for the upcoming low energy experiments at Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) and Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA).

    Comments:
    Accepted in European Physical Journal A
    Subjects:
    Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph)
    arXiv:
    1910.07717 [pdf]
    EPJA(2019)·5 citations
  3. 04

    [Submitted on 17 Oct 2019]

    A variety of clustering in O

    Tomoyuki Baba🇯🇵 · Masaaki Kimura🇯🇵

    We investigate excited states of O by using the antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. It is found that five different types of cluster states exist which we call , higher-nodal , two molecular states, and linear-chain. The calculated -decay widths are compared with the observed data. The higher-nodal cluster states reasonably agree with resonances reported by the recent experiments. We predict that the -particle emission is dominant for the cluster states while the molecular states prefer the He emission.

    Subjects:
    Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    1910.07789 [pdf]
    PRC(2019)·7 citations
  4. 05

    [Submitted on 16 Oct 2019]

    Quantum theory of complete and incomplete fusion in collisions of weakly bound nuclei

    J. Rangel · M. R. Cortes · J. Lubian · L.F. Canto

    We propose a new quantum mechanical method to evaluate complete and incomplete fusion in collisions of weakly bound nuclei. The method is applied to the system and the results are compared to experimental data. The overall agreement between theory and experiment is very good, above and below the Coulomb barrier.

    Comments:
    6 pages, 3 figures
    Subjects:
    Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
    arXiv:
    1910.07925 [pdf]
    PLB(2020)·39 citations
  5. 06

    [Submitted on 17 Oct 2019]

    Towards grounding nuclear physics in QCD

    Christian Drischler🇺🇸 · Wick Haxton🇺🇸 · Kenneth McElvain🇺🇸 · Emanuele Mereghetti🇺🇸 · Amy Nicholson🇺🇸 · Pavlos Vranas🇺🇸 · André Walker-Loud🇺🇸

    Exascale computing could soon enable a predictive theory of nuclear structure and reactions rooted in the Standard Model, with quantifiable and systematically improvable uncertainties. Such a predictive theory will help exploit experiments that use nucleons and nuclei as laboratories for testing the Standard Model and its limitations. Examples include direct dark matter detection, neutrinoless double beta decay, and searches for permanent electric dipole moments of the neutron and atoms. It will also help connect QCD to the properties of cold neutron stars and hot supernova cores. We discuss how a quantitative bridge between QCD and the properties of nuclei and nuclear matter will require a synthesis of lattice QCD (especially as applied to two- and three-nucleon interactions), effective field theory, and ab initio methods for solving the nuclear many-body problem. While there are significant challenges that must be addressed in developing this triad of theoretical tools, the rapid advance of computing is accelerating progress. In particular, we focus this review on the anticipated advances from lattice QCD and how these advances will impact few-body effective theories of nuclear physics by providing critical input, such as constraints on unknown low-energy constants of the effective (field) theories. We also review particular challenges that must be overcome for the successful application of lattice QCD for low-energy nuclear physics. We describe progress in developing few-body effective (field) theories of nuclear physics, with an emphasis on HOBET, a non-relativistic effective theory of nuclear physics, which is less common in the literature. We use the examples of neutrinoless double beta decay and the nuclear-matter equation of state to illustrate how the coupling of lattice QCD to effective theory might impact our understanding of symmetries and exotic astrophysical environments.

    Comments:
    v3: version published in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics; v2: updated manuscript based upon community feedback and referee comments. Also, substantially re-written section on two-nucleon lattice QCD controversy. 53.5 pages plus a "few more" references; v1: Contribution to: The tower of effective (field) theories and the emergence of nuclear phenomena; 47 pages plus a "few" references
    Subjects:
    Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); High Energy Physics — Experiment (hep-ex); High Energy Physics — Lattice (hep-lat); High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph); Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
    arXiv:
    1910.07961 [pdf]
    PPNP(2021)·121 citations
  6. 07

    [Submitted on 17 Oct 2019]

    Coherent deeply virtual Compton scattering off He nuclei

    Sara Fucini🇮🇹 · Matteo Rinaldi🇮🇹 · Sergio Scopetta🇮🇹

    The status of realistic calculations of nuclear generalized parton distributions, entering the theoretical description of coherent deeply virtual Compton scattering off nuclei, is reviewed for trinucleons and for He, also in view of forthcoming measurements at the Jefferson Laboratory and at the future Electron Ion Collider.

    Comments:
    4 pages, 3 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the INT program "Probing Nucleons and Nuclei in High Energy Collisions (INT ,18-3)", October 1-November 16, 2018, Seattle, USA
    Subjects:
    Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); High Energy Physics — Phenomenology (hep-ph)
    arXiv:
    1910.07982 [pdf]
    1 citation

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