Continuum Skyrme Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory with Green's function method for neutron-rich Ca, Ni, Zr, Sn isotopes

TL;DR

This paper uses an advanced nuclear theory with Green's function to explore exotic properties of neutron-rich isotopes, predicting halo structures and analyzing pairing effects and density distributions.

Contribution

It introduces a continuum Skyrme Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approach with Green's function method to study neutron-rich isotopes, providing new insights into halo phenomena and nuclear densities.

Findings

Predicted neutron-rich isotopes exhibit halo structures.

Shorter drip lines are obtained from one-neutron separation energies.

Pairing energies are significantly reduced in odd-A nuclei.

Abstract

The possible exotic nuclear properties in the neutron-rich Ca, Ni, Zr, and Sn isotopes are explored with the continuum Skyrme Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov theory formulated with the Green's function method. The available experimental two-neutron separation energies $S_{\rm 2n}$ and one-neutron separation energies $S_{\rm n}$ are well reproduced. Much shorter drip lines predicted by $S_{\rm n}$ are obtained compared with those by $S_{\rm 2n}$. The systematic studies of the neutron pairing energies $-E_{\rm pair}$ shown that values of the odd-$A$ nuclei are much smaller in comparison with those of the neighboring even-even nuclei due to the absent contribution of pairing energy by the unpaired odd neutron. By investigating the single-particle structures, the rms radii and the density distributions, the possible halo structures in the neutron-rich Ca, Ni, and Sn isotopes are predicted, in which the sharp increases of rms radii with significant deviations from the traditional $r\varpropto A^{1/3}$ rule and very diffuse spatial distributions in densities are observed. By analyzing the contributions of different partial waves to the total neutron density $\rho_{lj}(r)/\rho(r)$, the orbitals locating around the Fermi surface especially those with low angular momenta are found the main reason causing the extended nuclear density and large rms radii. Finally, the numbers of the neutrons $N_{\lambda}$~($N_0$) occupied above the Fermi surface $\lambda_n$~(in the continuum) are discussed, the behaviors of which are basically consistent with those of pairing energy, supporting the key role of the pairing correlations in the halo phenomena.