Isoscalar Giant Monopole Resonance in Spherical Nuclei as a Nuclear Matter Incompressibility Indicator
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Formalism
2.1. Excitation Energy of the ISGMR
2.2. The Key EOS Parameters in Nuclear Matter
2.3. The EOS Parameters of Finite Nuclei in the Coherent Density Fluctuation Model
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions and Perspectives
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Nucleus | SLy4 | SkM | Exp. |
---|---|---|---|
Ni | 19.41 | 19.57 | 19.1 ± 0.5 [9] |
19.3 ± 0.5 [8] | |||
Ni | 18.95 | 19.18 | 18.43 ± 0.15 [58] |
Ni | 18.62 | 18.79 | 18.10 (29) [58] |
Ni | 17.46 | 17.70 | 21.1 ± 1.9 [10,11] |
Nucleus | SLy4 | SGII | Sk3 | Exp. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sn | 15.04 | 15.30 | 14.89 | 16.2 ± 0.1 |
Sn | 15.03 | 15.20 | 14.70 | 16.1 ± 0.1 |
Sn | 14.94 | 15.08 | 14.56 | 15.8 ± 0.1 |
Sn | 14.82 | 15.13 | 14.48 | 15.8 ± 0.1 |
Sn | 14.69 | 15.08 | 14.58 | 15.7 ± 0.1 |
Sn | 14.68 | 15.00 | 14.61 | 15.4 ± 0.1 |
Sn | 14.68 | 14.96 | 14.51 | 15.3 ± 0.1 |
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Gaidarov, M.K.; Ivanov, M.V.; Katsarov, Y.I.; Antonov, A.N. Isoscalar Giant Monopole Resonance in Spherical Nuclei as a Nuclear Matter Incompressibility Indicator. Astronomy 2023, 2, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy2010001
Gaidarov MK, Ivanov MV, Katsarov YI, Antonov AN. Isoscalar Giant Monopole Resonance in Spherical Nuclei as a Nuclear Matter Incompressibility Indicator. Astronomy. 2023; 2(1):1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy2010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaidarov, Mitko K., Martin V. Ivanov, Yordan I. Katsarov, and Anton N. Antonov. 2023. "Isoscalar Giant Monopole Resonance in Spherical Nuclei as a Nuclear Matter Incompressibility Indicator" Astronomy 2, no. 1: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/astronomy2010001