# Irregularities in nuclear radii at magic numbers

## TL;DR

This study uses advanced nuclear models to predict and analyze irregularities in nuclear radii at magic numbers, revealing new anti-kinks at $ extit{ ext{l}s}$-closed magic numbers and confirming known kinks at $jj$-closed magic numbers.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel prediction of anti-kinks at $ extit{ ext{l}s}$-closed magic numbers using density-dependent potentials from chiral effective field theory.

## Key findings

- Kinks at $jj$-closed magic numbers in charge and matter radii.
- Anti-kinks at $ extit{ ext{l}s}$-closed magic numbers.
- Consistency with experimental data in Ca, Sn, and Pb isotopes.

## Abstract

Influence of magic numbers on nuclear radii is investigated via the Hartree-Fock-Bogolyubov calculations and available experimental data. With the $\ell s$ potential including additional density-dependence suggested from the chiral effective field theory, kinks are universally predicted at the $jj$-closed magic numbers and anti-kinks (\textit{i.e.} inverted kinks) are newly predicted at the $\ell s$-closed magic numbers, both in the charge radii and in the matter radii along the isotopic and isotonic chains where nuclei stay spherical. These results seem consistent with the kinks of the charge radii observed in Ca, Sn and Pb and the anti-kink in Ca. The kinks and the anti-kinks could be a peculiar indicator for magic numbers, discriminating $jj$-closure and $\ell s$-closure.