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Proton skins in momentum space and neutron skins in coordinate space in heavy nuclei

Bao-Jun Cai, Bao-An Li, and Lie-Wen Chen
Phys. Rev. C 94, 061302(R) – Published 6 December 2016

Abstract

Neutron skins in coordinate space and proton skins in momentum space are predicted to coexist in heavy nuclei, and their correlation is governed by Liouville's theorem and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. An analysis of their correlation within a further extended Thomas-Fermi approximation incorporating effects of nucleon short-range correlations reveals generally that protons move faster than neutrons in neutron skins of heavy nuclei.

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  • Received 26 June 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.061302

©2016 American Physical Society

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Nuclear Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Bao-Jun Cai1,*, Bao-An Li1,†, and Lie-Wen Chen2,3,‡

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, Texas 75429-3011, USA
  • 2Department of Physics and Astronomy and Shanghai Key Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • 3Center of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator, Lanzhou 730000, China

  • *bjcai87@gmail.com
  • Corresponding author: bao-an.li@tamuc.edu
  • lwchen@sjtu.edu.cn

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Vol. 94, Iss. 6 — December 2016

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