Self-Consistency Effects In Superheavy Nuclei

Journal Article · Tue Apr 05 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1905320· OSTI ID:20630849

Afanasjev, A V ^[1]; Frauendorf, S ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 (United States)

The influence of the central depression in the density distribution of spherical superheavy nuclei on the shell structure is studied within the relativistic mean field theory. Large depression leads to the shell gaps at the proton Z = 120 and neutron N = 172 numbers, while flatter density distribution favors N = 184 for neutrons and leads to the appearance of a Z 126 shell gap and to the decrease of the size of the Z = 120 shell gap. The correlations between the magic shell gaps and the magnitude of central depression are discussed for relativistic and non-relativistic mean field theories.

• OSTI ID: 20630849
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 764; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CORRELATIONS
DENSITY
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENT 120
ELEMENT 126
MEAN-FIELD THEORY
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR STRUCTURE
PROTONS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SHELL MODELS
SPHERICAL CONFIGURATION