Volume 108, Issue 5

November 2023

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HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Modeling backward-angle $(u − channel)$ virtual Compton scattering at the future Electron-Ion Collider

Zachary Sweger, Saeahram Yoo, Ziyuan Zeng, Daniel Cebra, Spencer R. Klein, Yuanjing Ji, Xin Dong, and Minjung Kim

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055205 (2023) - Published 21 November, 2023

High-energy backward scattering of photons can involve very large momentum transfers to the target baryons. This is in stark contrast to the more common forward scattering process which dominates the Compton scattering cross section and is widely recognized as one of the most important measurements in the quest to understand and image the proton and nuclei. The authors present a detailed study of such high-energy virtual Compton back scattering at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC). The paper describes new opportunities for obtaining relevant physics information from this particular scattering scenario and highlights the physics potential at the EIC.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Comprehensive revision of the summation method for the prediction of reactor ${\bar{ν}}_{e}$ fluxes and spectra

Lorenzo Périssé, Anthony Onillon, Xavier Mougeot, Matthieu Vivier, Thierry Lasserre, Alain Letourneau, David Lhuillier, and Guillaume Mention

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055501 (2023) - Published 27 November, 2023

Nuclear reactors are the most copious human-made source of electron antineutrinos ( ${\bar{ν}}_{e}$ ) on Earth; yet, determining their flux and spectrum with accuracy remains a considerable challenge. In fact, measurements of the antineutrino flux from reactors have shown a deficit with respect to predictions, which has become known as the reactor antineutrino anomaly. This work combines a careful analysis of up-to-date nuclear decay data with advanced theoretical corrections to the $V$ - $A$ theory of $β$ decay to produce, for the first time, a flux prediction with a comprehensive uncertainty budget. This new prediction achieves a better agreement with existing experimental neutrino data and methodically pins down points for improvements. It will likely stimulate targeted research to check and improve the experimental inputs, with potentially wide-ranging impact, from weak-interaction physics to many aspects of nuclear reactor science and technology.

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

LETTER

Role of isospin composition in low-energy nuclear fusion

Richard Gumbel, Christian Ross, and A. S. Umar

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051602 (2023) - Published 14 November, 2023

Heavy-ion fusion is a major research area, and practical approaches to describe the evolution of the nucleon movement across the barrier between the two nuclei are highly relevant for elucidating the essential dynamics of the fusion process. When two nuclei approach each other to distances where the nuclear force becomes active, neutrons and protons could move from one nucleus to the other. This movement could open and facilitate the pathway to fusion. The authors employ a microscopic many-body approach based on the density-constrained time-dependent Hartree-Fock calculations to study the impact of isospin (i.e., proton versus neutron) dynamics on low-energy nuclear fusion along an isotope chain and its dependence on the deformation of the colliding nuclei. In asymmetric systems, iso-vector dynamics plays a significant role. Its typical effect is a reduction in the potential barrier, which turns into enhancement for neutron-rich systems. These effects could be studied at facilities that provide beams of exotic, unstable nuclei.

LETTERS

LETTER

Direct demonstration of the two-phonon structure of the $J^{π} = 1_{4742 keV}^{-}$ state of ${}^{88}{Sr}$

J. Isaak, D. Savran, N. Pietralla, N. Tsoneva, A. Zilges, K. Eberhardt, C. Geppert, C. Gorges, H. Lenske, and D. Renisch

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051301 (2023) - Published 1 November, 2023

LETTER

Extension of the generator coordinate method with basis optimization

Moemi Matsumoto, Yusuke Tanimura, and Kouichi Hagino

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051302 (2023) - Published 8 November, 2023

LETTER

Examining the justification for the introduction of a fermion localization function

Aurel Bulgac

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051303 (2023) - Published 9 November, 2023

LETTER

$0 ν β β$ -decay nuclear matrix elements in self-consistent Skyrme quasiparticle random-phase approximation: Uncertainty from pairing interaction

W.-L. Lv (吕万里), Y.-F. Niu (牛一斐), D.-L. Fang (房栋梁), J.-M. Yao (尧江明), C.-L. Bai (白春林), and J. Meng (孟杰)

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051304 (2023) - Published 22 November, 2023

LETTER

Identifying the spin-trapped character of the ${}^{32}{Si}$ isomeric state

J. Williams et al.

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051305 (2023) - Published 27 November, 2023

LETTER

Effect of cluster transfer on the production of neutron-rich nuclides near $N = 126$ in multinucleon-transfer reactions

Zhao-Qing Feng

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051601 (2023) - Published 13 November, 2023

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

LETTER

Role of isospin composition in low-energy nuclear fusion

Richard Gumbel, Christian Ross, and A. S. Umar

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051602 (2023) - Published 14 November, 2023

LETTER

Side ridge in Ar $+$ KCl collisions at 1.8 GeV/nucleon with reaction-plane deblurring

Pawel Danielewicz, Herbert Ströbele, and Pierre Nzabahimana

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051603 (2023) - Published 15 November, 2023

LETTER

Structures in the heavy-ion fusion excitation function at and above the Coulomb barrier

C. L. Jiang, W. F. Henning, B. P. Kay, and N. Watwood

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051604 (2023) - Published 16 November, 2023

LETTER

Unexpected character of the heavy-ion fusion excitation function and the compound channel effect

C. L. Jiang, W. F. Henning, C. R. Hoffman, B. P. Kay, and N. Watwood

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051605 (2023) - Published 16 November, 2023

LETTER

Spectroscopy of ${}^{13}{Be}$ through isobaric analog states in ${}^{13}B$

C. Hunt, S. Ahn, J. Bishop, E. Koshchiy, E. Aboud, M. Alcorta, A. Bosh, K. Hahn, S. Han, C. E. Parker, E. C. Pollacco, B. T. Roeder, M. Roosa, S. Upadhyayula, A. S. Volya, and G. V. Rogachev

Phys. Rev. C 108, L051606 (2023) - Published 20 November, 2023

LETTER

First measurement of the low-energy direct capture in ${}^{20}{Ne} (p, γ) {}^{21}{Na}$ and improved energy and strength of the $E_{c.m.} = 368 keV$ resonance

E. Masha et al. (LUNA collaboration)

Phys. Rev. C 108, L052801 (2023) - Published 22 November, 2023

LETTER

Exploring ${}^{3}P_{0}$ superfluid in dilute spin-polarized neutron matter

Hiroyuki Tajima, Hiroshi Funaki, Yuta Sekino, Nobutoshi Yasutake, and Mamoru Matsuo

Phys. Rev. C 108, L052802 (2023) - Published 29 November, 2023

ARTICLES

Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction, Few-Body Systems

Center-of-mass momentum dependence of short-range correlations with the coarse-grained Granada potential

P. R. Casale, J. E. Amaro, E. Ruiz Arriola, and I. Ruiz Simo

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054001 (2023) - Published 6 November, 2023

Bayesian analysis of chiral effective field theory at leading order in a modified Weinberg power counting approach

Oliver Thim, Eleanor May, Andreas Ekström, and Christian Forssén

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054002 (2023) - Published 14 November, 2023

Antiproton-deuteron hydrogenic states from a coupled-channel approach

Pierre-Yves Duerinck, Rimantas Lazauskas, and Jérémy Dohet-Eraly

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054003 (2023) - Published 17 November, 2023

Search for particle-stable tetraneutrons in thermal fission of ${}^{235}U$

Hiroyuki Fujioka, Ryutaro Tomomatsu, and Koichi Takamiya

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054004 (2023) - Published 22 November, 2023

Magnetic dipole operator from chiral effective field theory for many-body expansion methods

R. Seutin, O. J. Hernandez, T. Miyagi, S. Bacca, K. Hebeler, S. König, and A. Schwenk

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054005 (2023) - Published 27 November, 2023

Nuclear Structure

High-precision measurements of low-lying isomeric states in ${}^{120 - 124}{In}$ with the JYFLTRAP double Penning trap

D. A. Nesterenko et al.

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054301 (2023) - Published 1 November, 2023

Lifetime measurements in ${}^{206}{Po}$ with a shell-model interpretation

V. Karayonchev, J. Jolie, D. Bittner, M. Beckers, A. Esmaylzadeh, J. Fischer, C. Fransen, J. Garbe, L. Knafla, C.-D. Lakenbrink, and M. Ley

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054302 (2023) - Published 2 November, 2023

Ab initio single-neutron spectroscopic overlaps in lithium isotopes

G. H. Sargsyan, K. D. Launey, R. M. Shaffer, S. T. Marley, N. Dudeck, A. Mercenne, T. Dytrych, and J. P. Draayer

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054303 (2023) - Published 7 November, 2023

Impact of isovector pairing fluctuations on neutrinoless double- $β$ decay in multireference covariant density functional theory

C. R. Ding, X. Zhang, J. M. Yao, P. Ring, and J. Meng

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054304 (2023) - Published 9 November, 2023

Influence of the symmetry energy on the nuclear binding energies and the neutron drip line position

Ante Ravlić, Esra Yüksel, Tamara Nikšić, and Nils Paar

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054305 (2023) - Published 13 November, 2023

First exploration of wobbling modes in an isotone chain: The $N = 59$ case

H. M. Dai, Q. B. Chen, and Xian-Rong Zhou

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054306 (2023) - Published 14 November, 2023

Symmetry breaking and restoration on a fermionic quantum ring

Joshua Cesca and Cédric Simenel

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054307 (2023) - Published 15 November, 2023

Low-energy quadrupole collectivity of Sn nuclei in self-consistent calculations with a semi-realistic interaction

Y. Omura, H. Nakada, K. Abe, and M. Takahashi

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054308 (2023) - Published 15 November, 2023

Entanglement entropy of nuclear systems

Chenyi Gu, Z. H. Sun, G. Hagen, and T. Papenbrock

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054309 (2023) - Published 15 November, 2023

Uncertainty quantification of transition operators in the empirical shell model

Jordan M. R. Fox, Calvin W. Johnson, and Rodrigo Navarro Perez

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054310 (2023) - Published 17 November, 2023

Multilinear analysis of the systematics of proton radioactivity

Mário B. Amaro, Daniel Karlsson, and Chong Qi

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054311 (2023) - Published 20 November, 2023

First direct mass measurement for neutron-rich ${}^{112}{Mo}$ with the new ZD-MRTOF mass spectrograph system

D. S. Hou et al.

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054312 (2023) - Published 27 November, 2023

Nuclear $β$ spectrum from the projected shell model: Allowed one-to-one transition

Fan Gao, Zi-Rui Chen, and Long-Jun Wang

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054313 (2023) - Published 27 November, 2023

Accuracy of the mean-field theory in describing ground-state properties of light nuclei

Yu-Ting Rong

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054314 (2023) - Published 30 November, 2023

Nuclear Reactions

Fusion reactions in ${}^{6}{Li} + {}^{90}{Zr}$ scattering

M. R. Cortes, V. A. B. Zagatto, J. L. Ferreira, J. Rangel, L. F. Canto, and J. Lubian

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054601 (2023) - Published 7 November, 2023

How to extract the electromagnetic response of ${}^{6}{He}$ in relativistic collisions

C. A. Bertulani

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054602 (2023) - Published 13 November, 2023

Proton 0.01 MeV resonance width and low-energy $S$ factor of $p + {}^{10}B$ fusion

A. M. Mukhamedzhanov

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054603 (2023) - Published 14 November, 2023

Modifying the electron capture decay rate of ${}^{7}{Be}$ by using small fullerenes

Zhaoyang Li and Tao Yang

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054604 (2023) - Published 17 November, 2023

Multinucleon transfer mechanism in ${}^{160}{Gd} + {}^{186}W$ collisions in stochastic mean-field theory

S. Ayik, M. Arik, E. Erbayri, O. Yilmaz, and A. S. Umar

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054605 (2023) - Published 20 November, 2023

Direct photoeffect in heavy deformed nuclei at $E_{γ} ≲ 40$ MeV

V. N. Orlin and K. A. Stopani

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054606 (2023) - Published 20 November, 2023

Postfission properties of uranium isotopes: A hybrid method with Langevin dynamics and the Hauser-Feshbach statistical model

S. Tanaka (田中翔也), N. Nishimura (西村信哉), F. Minato (湊太志), and Y. Aritomo (有友嘉浩)

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054607 (2023) - Published 21 November, 2023

Fission of ${}^{215}{Fr}$ studied with $γ$ spectroscopic methods

K. Miernik et al.

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054608 (2023) - Published 22 November, 2023

Quest for understanding neutron emission in nuclear fission: The case of ${}^{210}{Po}$

Sangeeta Dhuri, K. Mahata, K. Ramachandran, P. C. Rout, A. Shrivastava, S. K. Pandit, V. V. Parkar, Shilpi Gupta, V. V. Desai, A. Kumar, E. T. Mirgule, B. K. Nayak, and A. Saxena

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054609 (2023) - Published 27 November, 2023

Matter density distributions and radii from small-angle differential cross sections of proton-nucleus elastic scattering at 0.8 GeV

Y. Huang, X. Y. Wu, X. L. Tu, Z. P. Li, Y. Kuang, J. T. Zhang, and Z. H. Li

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054610 (2023) - Published 27 November, 2023

Quasiprojectile breakup and isospin equilibration at Fermi energies: Potential indication of longer projectile-target contact times

C. Ciampi et al. (INDRA-FAZIA Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054611 (2023) - Published 28 November, 2023

Excitation functions of evaporation residues in heavy-ion reactions leading to compound nuclei with $Z = 80 - 90$

Sh. A. Kalandarov, G. G. Adamian, and N. V. Antonenko

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054612 (2023) - Published 29 November, 2023

Isomeric yield ratios in proton-induced fission of ${}^{238}U$

Z. Gao, A. Solders, A. Al-Adili, S. Cannarozzo, M. Lantz, S. Pomp, O. Beliuskina, T. Eronen, S. Geldhof, A. Kankainen, I. D. Moore, D. Nesterenko, and H. Penttilä (IGISOL Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054613 (2023) - Published 30 November, 2023

Relativistic Nuclear Collisions

Open charm phenomenology with a multistage approach to relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Mayank Singh, Manu Kurian, Sangyong Jeon, and Charles Gale

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054901 (2023) - Published 7 November, 2023

Momentum dependence of the spin alignment of the $ϕ$ meson

Xin-Li Sheng, Shi Pu, and Qun Wang

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054902 (2023) - Published 13 November, 2023

Glasma properties in small proper-time expansion

Margaret E. Carrington, Wade N. Cowie, Bryce T. Friesen, Stanisław Mrówczyński, and Doug Pickering

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054903 (2023) - Published 13 November, 2023

Nucleosynthesis of light nuclei and hypernuclei in central $Au + Au$ collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 3$ GeV

N. Buyukcizmeci, T. Reichert, A. S. Botvina, and M. Bleicher

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054904 (2023) - Published 16 November, 2023

Bayesian calibration of viscous anisotropic hydrodynamic simulations of heavy-ion collisions

Dananjaya Liyanage, Özge Sürer, Matthew Plumlee, Stefan M. Wild, and Ulrich Heinz

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054905 (2023) - Published 20 November, 2023

Effect of initial nuclear deformation on dielectron photoproduction in hadronic heavy-ion collisions

Jiaxuan Luo, Xinbai Li, Zebo Tang, Xin Wu, and Wangmei Zha

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054906 (2023) - Published 27 November, 2023

Semirelativistic antisymmetrized molecular dynamics for the production of energetic neutrons in intermediate-energy heavy-ion reactions

Q. Hu, G. Y. Tian, R. Wada, X. Q. Liu, W. P. Lin, H. Zheng, Y. P. Zhang, Z. Q. Chen, R. Han, and M. R. Huang

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054907 (2023) - Published 28 November, 2023

Bottomonium production in $p p$ and heavy-ion collisions

Taesoo Song, Joerg Aichelin, Jiaxing Zhao, Pol Bernard Gossiaux, and Elena Bratkovskaya

Phys. Rev. C 108, 054908 (2023) - Published 29 November, 2023

Hadronic Physics and QCD

First simultaneous $K^{-} p \to Σ^{0} π^{0}, Λ π^{0}$ cross section measurements at 98 $MeV / c$

Kristian Piscicchia et al.

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055201 (2023) - Published 6 November, 2023

Normal single-spin asymmetries in electron-proton scattering: Two-photon exchange with intermediate-state resonances

Jaseer Ahmed, P. G. Blunden, and W. Melnitchouk

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055202 (2023) - Published 14 November, 2023

Higher-order correlations between different moments of two flow amplitudes in Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{N N}} = 5.02$ TeV

S. Acharya et al. (ALICE Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055203 (2023) - Published 14 November, 2023

Measurement of spin-density matrix elements in $ρ (770)$ production with a linearly polarized photon beam at $E_{γ} = 8.2 - 8.8 GeV$

S. Adhikari et al. (GlueX Collaboration)

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055204 (2023) - Published 15 November, 2023

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Modeling backward-angle $(u − channel)$ virtual Compton scattering at the future Electron-Ion Collider

Zachary Sweger, Saeahram Yoo, Ziyuan Zeng, Daniel Cebra, Spencer R. Klein, Yuanjing Ji, Xin Dong, and Minjung Kim

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055205 (2023) - Published 21 November, 2023

Neutron star matter based on a parity doublet model including the $a_{0} (980)$ meson

Yuk Kei Kong, Takuya Minamikawa, and Masayasu Harada

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055206 (2023) - Published 22 November, 2023

Electroweak Interaction, Symmetries

EDITORS' SUGGESTION

Comprehensive revision of the summation method for the prediction of reactor ${\bar{ν}}_{e}$ fluxes and spectra

Lorenzo Périssé, Anthony Onillon, Xavier Mougeot, Matthieu Vivier, Thierry Lasserre, Alain Letourneau, David Lhuillier, and Guillaume Mention

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055501 (2023) - Published 27 November, 2023

Nuclear Astrophysics

Statistical analysis of the effect of the symmetry energy on the crust-core transition density and pressure in neutron stars

Ilona Bednarek, Jan Sładkowski, Jacek Syska, and Wiesław Olchawa

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055801 (2023) - Published 1 November, 2023

Implications of isoscalar and isovector scalar meson mixed interaction on nuclear and neutron star properties

Sunil Kumar, Mukul Kumar, Raj Kumar, and Shashi K. Dhiman

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055802 (2023) - Published 15 November, 2023

Empirical radius formulas for canonical neutron stars from bidirectionally selecting features of equations of state in extended Bayesian analyses of observational data

Jake Richter and Bao-An Li

Phys. Rev. C 108, 055803 (2023) - Published 20 November, 2023

ERRATA

Erratum: Single-particle structures, high-spin isomers, and a strongly coupled band in odd-odd ${}^{120}{Sb}$ [Phys. Rev. C 90, 014313 (2014)]

L. Liu (刘雷), S. Y. Wang (王守宇), Z. Q. Chen (陈志强), C. Liu (刘晨), B. Qi (亓斌), D. P. Sun (孙大鹏), S. Wang (王硕), Q. An (安强), C. J. Xu (徐长江), P. Zhang (张盼), Z. Q. Li (李志泉), C. Y. Niu (牛晨阳), X. G. Wu (吴晓光), G. S. Li (李广生), C. Y. He (贺创业), Y. Zheng (郑云), C. B. Li (李聪博), S. H. Yao (姚顺和), S. P. Hu (胡世鹏), H. W. Li (李红伟), J. J. Liu (刘嘉健), and J. L. Wang (汪金龙)

Phys. Rev. C 108, 059901 (2023) - Published 6 November, 2023