Peninsulas of the neutron stability of nuclei in the vicinity of neutron magic numbers
- St. Petersburg State University, Fock Institute of Physics (Russian Federation)
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Institut fuer Theoretische Physik (Germany)
- Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, National Science Center (Ukraine)
- Universitat de Barcelona (Spain)
On the basis of the Hartree-Fock method as implemented with Skyrme forces (Ska, SkM*, Sly4, and SkI2) and with allowance for an axial deformation and nucleon pairing in the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer approximation, the properties of extremely neutron-rich even-even nuclei were calculated beyond the neutron drip line known earlier from theoretical calculations. It was shown that the chains of isotopes beyond the neutron drip line that contain N = 32, 58, 82, 126, and 184 neutrons form peninsulas of nuclei stable against the emission of one neutron and, in some cases, peninsulas of nuclei stable against the emission of two neutrons. The neutron- and proton-density distributions in nuclei forming stability peninsulas were found to be spherically symmetric. A mechanism via which the stability of nuclei might be restored beyond the neutron drip line was discussed. A comparison with the results of calculations by the Hartree-Fock-Bogolyubov method was performed for long chains of sulfur and gadolinium isotopes up to the neutron drip line.
- OSTI ID:
- 22043808
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 75, Issue 1; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2012 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7788
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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