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Title: Properties of lead isotopes in the vicinity of the neutron drip line

Journal Article · · Physics of Atomic Nuclei
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  1. Kharkov Institute for Physics and Technology (Ukraine)
  2. St. Petersburg State University, Institute of Physics (Russian Federation)
  3. J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies (Germany)

On the basis of the Hartree-Fock method with Skyrme forces of the Ska, SkM*, and Sly4 type, the position of the neutron drip line and the properties of neutron-rich lead isotopes are studied with allowance for deformations. It is shown that, in extremely neutron-rich nuclei, the neutron and proton density distributions are characterized by an anomalously large deformation parameter of {beta} {approx} 0.6. Also, nuclei of superdeformed lead isotopes have anomalously large root-mean-square radii. The existence of the isotopes {sup 266-288}Pb, which are stable to the emission of one neutron, is predicted.

OSTI ID:
21402538
Journal Information:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 71, Issue 7; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063778808070193; Copyright (c) 2008 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; ISSN 1063-7788
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English