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.
- Received 26 June 2016
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.061302
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