Physical Review C - December 2023

Physical Review C covering nuclear physics View Email Online   Volume 108, Issue 5 November 2023   View Issue   Advertisement April Meeting 2024 Abstracts Open Soon Abstract submissions are officially open for APS April Meeting 2024! Gather your groundbreaking research, from Quarks to Cosmos, to share with the best and brightest in academia, industry, and national labs. Remember, you must be an APS member to submit. Learn more about the abstract submission process.     Advertisement Open Access Nuclear Physics research via Physical Review Research Letter Second-order perturbation theory in continuum quantum Monte Carlo calculations Ryan Curry, Joel E. Lynn, Kevin E. Schmidt, and Alexandros Gezerlis Phys. Rev. Research 5, L042021 (2023) – Published 8 November 2023   Efficient production of the nuclear isomer 93mMo with laser-accelerated proton beam and its astrophysical implication on 92Mo production Wenru Fan, Wei Qi, Jingli Zhang, Zongwei Cao, Haoyang Lan, Xinxiang Li, Yi Xu, Yuqiu Gu, Zhigang Deng, Zhimeng Zhang, Changxiang Tan, Wen Luo, Yun Yuan, and Weimin Zhou Phys. Rev. Research 5, 043120 (2023) – Published 6 November 2023   Sign up to receive Physical Review Research monthly alerts   Advertisement Build your on-campus physics community with help from a Women in Physics Group Grant The APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP) is now accepting proposals from undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in creating new WiP groups or enhancing existing ones. The deadline for proposals is January 26, 2024. Learn more.     Not an APS member? Join today to start connecting with a community of more than 50,000 physicists.   HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES Editors' Suggestion Modeling backward-angle (u−channel) virtual Compton scattering at the future Electron-Ion Collider Zachary Sweger, Saeahram Yoo, Ziyuan Zeng, Daniel Cebra, Spencer R. Klein, Yuanjing Ji, Xin Dong, and Minjung Kim Phys. Rev. C 108, 055205 (2023) – Published 21 November 2023 High-energy backward scattering of photons can involve very large momentum transfers to the target baryons. This is in stark contrast to the more common forward scattering process which dominates the Compton scattering cross section and is widely recognized as one of the most important measurements in the quest to understand and image the proton and nuclei. The authors present a detailed study of such high-energy virtual Compton back scattering at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The paper describes new opportunities for obtaining relevant physics information from this particular scattering scenario and highlights the physics potential at the EIC.     Editors' Suggestion Comprehensive revision of the summation method for the prediction of reactor ν̅ e fluxes and spectra Lorenzo Périssé, Anthony Onillon, Xavier Mougeot, Matthieu Vivier, Thierry Lasserre, Alain Letourneau, David Lhuillier, and Guillaume Mention Phys. Rev. C 108, 055501 (2023) – Published 27 November 2023 Nuclear reactors are the most copious human-made source of electron antineutrinos (ν̅ e) on Earth; yet, determining their flux and spectrum with accuracy remains a considerable challenge. In fact, measurements of the antineutrino flux from reactors have shown a deficit with respect to predictions, which has become known as the reactor antineutrino anomaly. This work combines a careful analysis of up-to-date nuclear decay data with advanced theoretical corrections to the V-A theory of β decay to produce, for the first time, a flux prediction with a comprehensive uncertainty budget. This new prediction achieves a better agreement with existing experimental neutrino data and methodically pins down points for improvements. It will likely stimulate targeted research to check and improve the experimental inputs, with potentially wide-ranging impact, from weak-interaction physics to many aspects of nuclear reactor science and technology.     Editors' Suggestion Letter Role of isospin composition in low-energy nuclear fusion Richard Gumbel, Christian Ross, and A. S. Umar Phys. Rev. C 108, L051602 (2023) – Published 14 November 2023 Heavy-ion fusion is a major research area, and practical approaches to describe the evolution of the nucleon movement across the barrier between the two nuclei are highly relevant for elucidating the essential dynamics of the fusion process. When two nuclei approach each other to distances where the nuclear force becomes active, neutrons and protons could move from one nucleus to the other. This movement could open and facilitate the pathway to fusion. The authors employ a microscopic many-body approach based on the density-constrained time-dependent Hartree-Fock calculations to study the impact of isospin (i.e., proton versus neutron) dynamics on low-energy nuclear fusion along an isotope chain and its dependence on the deformation of the colliding nuclei. In asymmetric systems, iso-vector dynamics plays a significant role. Its typical effect is a reduction in the potential barrier, which turns into enhancement for neutron-rich systems. These effects could be studied at facilities that provide beams of exotic, unstable nuclei.     LETTERS Letter Direct demonstration of the two-phonon structure of the Jπ=14742 keV− state of 88Sr J. Isaak, D. Savran, N. Pietralla, N. Tsoneva, A. Zilges, K. Eberhardt, C. Geppert, C. Gorges, H. Lenske, and D. Renisch Phys. Rev. C 108, L051301 (2023) – Published 1 November 2023   Letter Extension of the generator coordinate method with basis optimization Moemi Matsumoto, Yusuke Tanimura, and Kouichi Hagino Phys. Rev. C 108, L051302 (2023) – Published 8 November 2023   Letter Examining the justification for the introduction of a fermion localization function Aurel Bulgac Phys. Rev. C 108, L051303 (2023) – Published 9 November 2023   Letter 0νββ-decay nuclear matrix elements in self-consistent Skyrme quasiparticle random-phase approximation: Uncertainty from pairing interaction W.-L. Lv (吕万里), Y.-F. Niu (牛一斐), D.-L. Fang (房栋梁), J.-M. Yao (尧江明), C.-L. Bai (白春林), and J. Meng (孟杰) Phys. Rev. C 108, L051304 (2023) – Published 22 November 2023   Letter Identifying the spin-trapped character of the 32Si isomeric state J. Williams et al. Phys. Rev. C 108, L051305 (2023) – Published 27 November 2023   Letter Effect of cluster transfer on the production of neutron-rich nuclides near N=126 in multinucleon-transfer reactions Zhao-Qing Feng Phys. Rev. C 108, L051601 (2023) – Published 13 November 2023   Editors' Suggestion Letter Role of isospin composition in low-energy nuclear fusion Richard Gumbel, Christian Ross, and A. S. Umar Phys. Rev. C 108, L051602 (2023) – Published 14 November 2023 Heavy-ion fusion is a major research area, and practical approaches to describe the evolution of the nucleon movement across the barrier between the two nuclei are highly relevant for elucidating the essential dynamics of the fusion process. When two nuclei approach each other to distances where the nuclear force becomes active, neutrons and protons could move from one nucleus to the other. This movement could open and facilitate the pathway to fusion. The authors employ a microscopic many-body approach based on the density-constrained time-dependent Hartree-Fock calculations to study the impact of isospin (i.e., proton versus neutron) dynamics on low-energy nuclear fusion along an isotope chain and its dependence on the deformation of the colliding nuclei. In asymmetric systems, iso-vector dynamics plays a significant role. Its typical effect is a reduction in the potential barrier, which turns into enhancement for neutron-rich systems. These effects could be studied at facilities that provide beams of exotic, unstable nuclei.     Letter Side ridge in Ar + KCl collisions at 1.8 GeV/nucleon with reaction-plane deblurring Pawel Danielewicz, Herbert Ströbele, and Pierre Nzabahimana Phys. Rev. C 108, L051603 (2023) – Published 15 November 2023   Letter Structures in the heavy-ion fusion excitation function at and above the Coulomb barrier C. L. Jiang, W. F. Henning, B. P. Kay, and N. Watwood Phys. Rev. C 108, L051604 (2023) – Published 16 November 2023   Letter Unexpected character of the heavy-ion fusion excitation function and the compound channel effect C. L. Jiang, W. F. Henning, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay, and N. Watwood Phys. Rev. C 108, L051605 (2023) – Published 16 November 2023   Letter Spectroscopy of 13Be through isobaric analog states in 13B C. Hunt, S. Ahn, J. Bishop, E. Koshchiy, E. Aboud, M. Alcorta, A. Bosh, K. Hahn, S. Han, C. E. Parker, E. C. Pollacco, B. T. Roeder, M. Roosa, S. Upadhyayula, A. S. Volya, and G. V. Rogachev Phys. Rev. C 108, L051606 (2023) – Published 20 November 2023   Letter First measurement of the low-energy direct capture in 20Ne(p,γ)21Na and improved energy and strength of the Ec.m.=368 keV resonance E. Masha et al. (LUNA collaboration) Phys. Rev. C 108, L052801 (2023) – Published 22 November 2023   Letter Exploring 3P0 superfluid in dilute spin-polarized neutron matter Hiroyuki Tajima, Hiroshi Funaki, Yuta Sekino, Nobutoshi Yasutake, and Mamoru Matsuo Phys. Rev. C 108, L052802 (2023) – Published 29 November 2023   ARTICLES Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction, Few-Body Systems Center-of-mass momentum dependence of short-range correlations with the coarse-grained Granada potential P. R. Casale, J. E. Amaro, E. Ruiz Arriola, and I. Ruiz Simo Phys. Rev. C 108, 054001 (2023) – Published 6 November 2023   Bayesian analysis of chiral effective field theory at leading order in a modified Weinberg power counting approach Oliver Thim, Eleanor May, Andreas Ekström, and Christian Forssén Phys. Rev. C 108, 054002 (2023) – Published 14 November 2023   Antiproton-deuteron hydrogenic states from a coupled-channel approach Pierre-Yves Duerinck, Rimantas Lazauskas, and Jérémy Dohet-Eraly Phys. Rev. C 108, 054003 (2023) – Published 17 November 2023   Search for particle-stable tetraneutrons in thermal fission of 235U Hiroyuki Fujioka, Ryutaro Tomomatsu, and Koichi Takamiya Phys. Rev. C 108, 054004 (2023) – Published 22 November 2023   Magnetic dipole operator from chiral effective field theory for many-body expansion methods R. Seutin, O. J. Hernandez, T. Miyagi, S. Bacca, K. Hebeler, S. König, and A. Schwenk Phys. Rev. C 108, 054005 (2023) – Published 27 November 2023   Nuclear Structure High-precision measurements of low-lying isomeric states in 120–124In with the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap D. A. Nesterenko et al. Phys. Rev. C 108, 054301 (2023) – Published 1 November 2023   Lifetime measurements in 206Po with a shell-model interpretation V. Karayonchev, J. Jolie, D. Bittner, M. Beckers, A. Esmaylzadeh, J. Fischer, C. Fransen, J. Garbe, L. Knafla, C.-D. Lakenbrink, and M. Ley Phys. Rev. C 108, 054302 (2023) – Published 2 November 2023   Ab initio single-neutron spectroscopic overlaps in lithium isotopes G. H. Sargsyan, K. D. Launey, R. M. Shaffer, S. T. Marley, N. Dudeck, A. Mercenne, T. Dytrych, and J. P. Draayer Phys. Rev. C 108, 054303 (2023) – Published 7 November 2023   Impact of isovector pairing fluctuations on neutrinoless double-β decay in multireference covariant density functional theory C. R. Ding, X. Zhang, J. M. Yao, P. Ring, and J. Meng Phys. Rev. C 108, 054304 (2023) – Published 9 November 2023   Influence of the symmetry energy on the nuclear binding energies and the neutron drip line position Ante Ravlić, Esra Yüksel, Tamara Nikšić, and Nils Paar Phys. Rev. C 108, 054305 (2023) – Published 13 November 2023   First exploration of wobbling modes in an isotone chain: The N=59 case H. M. Dai, Q. B. Chen, and Xian-Rong Zhou Phys. Rev. C 108, 054306 (2023) – Published 14 November 2023   Symmetry breaking and restoration on a fermionic quantum ring Joshua Cesca and Cédric Simenel Phys. Rev. C 108, 054307 (2023) – Published 15 November 2023   Low-energy quadrupole collectivity of Sn nuclei in self-consistent calculations with a semi-realistic interaction Y. Omura, H. Nakada, K. Abe, and M. Takahashi Phys. Rev. C 108, 054308 (2023) – Published 15 November 2023   Entanglement entropy of nuclear systems Chenyi Gu, Z. H. Sun, G. Hagen, and T. Papenbrock Phys. Rev. C 108, 054309 (2023) – Published 15 November 2023   Uncertainty quantification of transition operators in the empirical shell model Jordan M. R. Fox, Calvin W. Johnson, and Rodrigo Navarro Perez Phys. Rev. C 108, 054310 (2023) – Published 17 November 2023   Multilinear analysis of the systematics of proton radioactivity Mário B. Amaro, Daniel Karlsson, and Chong Qi Phys. Rev. C 108, 054311 (2023) – Published 20 November 2023   First direct mass measurement for neutron-rich 112Mo with the new ZD-MRTOF mass spectrograph system D. S. Hou et al. Phys. Rev. C 108, 054312 (2023) – Published 27 November 2023   Nuclear β spectrum from the projected shell model: Allowed one-to-one transition Fan Gao, Zi-Rui Chen, and Long-Jun Wang Phys. Rev. C 108, 054313 (2023) – Published 27 November 2023   Accuracy of the mean-field theory in describing ground-state properties of light nuclei Yu-Ting Rong Phys. Rev. C 108, 054314 (2023) – Published 30 November 2023   Nuclear Reactions Fusion reactions in 6Li+90Zr scattering M. R. Cortes, V. A. B. Zagatto, J. L. Ferreira, J. Rangel, L. F. Canto, and J. Lubian Phys. Rev. C 108, 054601 (2023) – Published 7 November 2023   How to extract the electromagnetic response of 6He in relativistic collisions C. A. Bertulani Phys. Rev. C 108, 054602 (2023) – Published 13 November 2023   Proton 0.01 MeV resonance width and low-energy S factor of p+10B fusion A. M. Mukhamedzhanov Phys. Rev. C 108, 054603 (2023) – Published 14 November 2023   Modifying the electron capture decay rate of 7Be by using small fullerenes Zhaoyang Li and Tao Yang Phys. Rev. C 108, 054604 (2023) – Published 17 November 2023   Multinucleon transfer mechanism in 160Gd+186W collisions in stochastic mean-field theory S. Ayik, M. Arik, E. Erbayri, O. Yilmaz, and A. S. Umar Phys. Rev. C 108, 054605 (2023) – Published 20 November 2023   Direct photoeffect in heavy deformed nuclei at Eγ≲40 MeV V. N. Orlin and K. A. Stopani Phys. Rev. C 108, 054606 (2023) – Published 20 November 2023   Postfission properties of uranium isotopes: A hybrid method with Langevin dynamics and the Hauser-Feshbach statistical model S. Tanaka (田中翔也), N. Nishimura (西村信哉), F. Minato (湊太志), and Y. Aritomo (有友嘉浩) Phys. Rev. C 108, 054607 (2023) – Published 21 November 2023   Fission of 215Fr studied with γ spectroscopic methods K. Miernik et al. Phys. Rev. C 108, 054608 (2023) – Published 22 November 2023   Quest for understanding neutron emission in nuclear fission: The case of 210Po Sangeeta Dhuri, K. Mahata, K. Ramachandran, P. C. Rout, A. Shrivastava, S. K. Pandit, V. V. Parkar, Shilpi Gupta, V. V. Desai, A. Kumar, E. T. Mirgule, B. K. Nayak, and A. Saxena Phys. Rev. C 108, 054609 (2023) – Published 27 November 2023   Matter density distributions and radii from small-angle differential cross sections of proton-nucleus elastic scattering at 0.8 GeV Y. Huang, X. Y. Wu, X. L. Tu, Z. P. Li, Y. Kuang, J. T. Zhang, and Z. H. Li Phys. Rev. C 108, 054610 (2023) – Published 27 November 2023   Quasiprojectile breakup and isospin equilibration at Fermi energies: Potential indication of longer projectile-target contact times C. Ciampi et al. (INDRA-FAZIA Collaboration) Phys. Rev. C 108, 054611 (2023) – Published 28 November 2023   Excitation functions of evaporation residues in heavy-ion reactions leading to compound nuclei with Z=80–90 Sh. A. Kalandarov, G. G. Adamian, and N. V. Antonenko Phys. Rev. C 108, 054612 (2023) – Published 29 November 2023   Isomeric yield ratios in proton-induced fission of 238U Z. Gao, A. Solders, A. Al-Adili, S. Cannarozzo, M. Lantz, S. Pomp, O. Beliuskina, T. Eronen, S. Geldhof, A. Kankainen, I. D. Moore, D. Nesterenko, and H. Penttilä (IGISOL Collaboration) Phys. Rev. C 108, 054613 (2023) – Published 30 November 2023   Relativistic Nuclear Collisions Open charm phenomenology with a multistage approach to relativistic heavy-ion collisions Mayank Singh, Manu Kurian, Sangyong Jeon, and Charles Gale Phys. Rev. C 108, 054901 (2023) – Published 7 November 2023   Momentum dependence of the spin alignment of the ϕ meson Xin-Li Sheng, Shi Pu, and Qun Wang Phys. Rev. C 108, 054902 (2023) – Published 13 November 2023   Glasma properties in small proper-time expansion Margaret E. Carrington, Wade N. Cowie, Bryce T. Friesen, Stanisław Mrówczyński, and Doug Pickering Phys. Rev. C 108, 054903 (2023) – Published 13 November 2023   Nucleosynthesis of light nuclei and hypernuclei in central Au+Au collisions at √sNN=3 GeV N. Buyukcizmeci, T. Reichert, A. S. Botvina, and M. Bleicher Phys. Rev. C 108, 054904 (2023) – Published 16 November 2023   Bayesian calibration of viscous anisotropic hydrodynamic simulations of heavy-ion collisions Dananjaya Liyanage, Özge Sürer, Matthew Plumlee, Stefan M. Wild, and Ulrich Heinz Phys. Rev. C 108, 054905 (2023) – Published 20 November 2023   Effect of initial nuclear deformation on dielectron photoproduction in hadronic heavy-ion collisions Jiaxuan Luo, Xinbai Li, Zebo Tang, Xin Wu, and Wangmei Zha Phys. Rev. C 108, 054906 (2023) – Published 27 November 2023   Semirelativistic antisymmetrized molecular dynamics for the production of energetic neutrons in intermediate-energy heavy-ion reactions Q. Hu, G. Y. Tian, R. Wada, X. Q. Liu, W. P. Lin, H. Zheng, Y. P. Zhang, Z. Q. Chen, R. Han, and M. R. Huang Phys. Rev. C 108, 054907 (2023) – Published 28 November 2023   Bottomonium production in pp and heavy-ion collisions Taesoo Song, Joerg Aichelin, Jiaxing Zhao, Pol Bernard Gossiaux, and Elena Bratkovskaya Phys. Rev. C 108, 054908 (2023) – Published 29 November 2023   Hadronic Physics and QCD First simultaneous K−p→Σ0π0, Λπ0 cross section measurements at 98 MeV/c Kristian Piscicchia et al. Phys. Rev. C 108, 055201 (2023) – Published 6 November 2023   Normal single-spin asymmetries in electron-proton scattering: Two-photon exchange with intermediate-state resonances Jaseer Ahmed, P. G. Blunden, and W. Melnitchouk Phys. Rev. C 108, 055202 (2023) – Published 14 November 2023   Higher-order correlations between different moments of two flow amplitudes in Pb-Pb collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV S. Acharya et al. (ALICE Collaboration) Phys. Rev. C 108, 055203 (2023) – Published 14 November 2023   Measurement of spin-density matrix elements in ρ(770) production with a linearly polarized photon beam at Eγ=8.2–8.8 GeV S. Adhikari et al. (GlueX Collaboration) Phys. Rev. C 108, 055204 (2023) – Published 15 November 2023   Editors' Suggestion Modeling backward-angle (u−channel) virtual Compton scattering at the future Electron-Ion Collider Zachary Sweger, Saeahram Yoo, Ziyuan Zeng, Daniel Cebra, Spencer R. Klein, Yuanjing Ji, Xin Dong, and Minjung Kim Phys. Rev. C 108, 055205 (2023) – Published 21 November 2023 High-energy backward scattering of photons can involve very large momentum transfers to the target baryons. This is in stark contrast to the more common forward scattering process which dominates the Compton scattering cross section and is widely recognized as one of the most important measurements in the quest to understand and image the proton and nuclei. The authors present a detailed study of such high-energy virtual Compton back scattering at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The paper describes new opportunities for obtaining relevant physics information from this particular scattering scenario and highlights the physics potential at the EIC.     Neutron star matter based on a parity doublet model including the a0(980) meson Yuk Kei Kong, Takuya Minamikawa, and Masayasu Harada Phys. Rev. C 108, 055206 (2023) – Published 22 November 2023   Electroweak Interaction, Symmetries Editors' Suggestion Comprehensive revision of the summation method for the prediction of reactor ν̅ e fluxes and spectra Lorenzo Périssé, Anthony Onillon, Xavier Mougeot, Matthieu Vivier, Thierry Lasserre, Alain Letourneau, David Lhuillier, and Guillaume Mention Phys. Rev. C 108, 055501 (2023) – Published 27 November 2023 Nuclear reactors are the most copious human-made source of electron antineutrinos (ν̅ e) on Earth; yet, determining their flux and spectrum with accuracy remains a considerable challenge. In fact, measurements of the antineutrino flux from reactors have shown a deficit with respect to predictions, which has become known as the reactor antineutrino anomaly. This work combines a careful analysis of up-to-date nuclear decay data with advanced theoretical corrections to the V-A theory of β decay to produce, for the first time, a flux prediction with a comprehensive uncertainty budget. This new prediction achieves a better agreement with existing experimental neutrino data and methodically pins down points for improvements. It will likely stimulate targeted research to check and improve the experimental inputs, with potentially wide-ranging impact, from weak-interaction physics to many aspects of nuclear reactor science and technology.     Nuclear Astrophysics Statistical analysis of the effect of the symmetry energy on the crust-core transition density and pressure in neutron stars Ilona Bednarek, Jan Sładkowski, Jacek Syska, and Wiesław Olchawa Phys. Rev. C 108, 055801 (2023) – Published 1 November 2023   Implications of isoscalar and isovector scalar meson mixed interaction on nuclear and neutron star properties Sunil Kumar, Mukul Kumar, Raj Kumar, and Shashi K. Dhiman Phys. Rev. C 108, 055802 (2023) – Published 15 November 2023   Empirical radius formulas for canonical neutron stars from bidirectionally selecting features of equations of state in extended Bayesian analyses of observational data Jake Richter and Bao-An Li Phys. Rev. C 108, 055803 (2023) – Published 20 November 2023   ERRATA Erratum: Single-particle structures, high-spin isomers, and a strongly coupled band in odd-odd 120Sb [Phys. Rev. C 90, 014313 (2014)] L. Liu (刘雷), S. Y. Wang (王守宇), Z. Q. Chen (陈志强), C. Liu (刘晨), B. Qi (亓斌), D. P. Sun (孙大鹏), S. Wang (王硕), Q. An (安强), C. J. Xu (徐长江), P. Zhang (张盼), Z. Q. Li (李志泉), C. Y. Niu (牛晨阳), X. G. Wu (吴晓光), G. S. Li (李广生), C. Y. He (贺创业), Y. Zheng (郑云), C. B. Li (李聪博), S. H. Yao (姚顺和), S. P. Hu (胡世鹏), H. W. Li (李红伟), J. J. Liu (刘嘉健), and J. L. Wang (汪金龙) Phys. Rev. C 108, 059901 (2023) – Published 6 November 2023     American Physical Society: 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 ©2023 American Physical Society | All rights reserved   You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Table of Content alerts. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please update your preferences.