Phys.Lett. B 788, 1 (2019)

G.Saxena, M.Kumawat, M.Kaushik, S.K.Jain, M.Aggarwal

Bubble structure in magic nuclei

NUCLEAR STRUCTURE ^{12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24}O, ^{34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70}Ca, ^{48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98}Ni, ^{80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150}Zr, ^{78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126}Sn, ^{178,179,180,181,182,183,184,185,186,187,188,189,190,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219,220,221,222,223,224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232,233,234,235,236,237,238,239,240,241,242,243,244,245,246,247,248,249,250,251,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,259,260,261,262}Pb, ²⁵¹Fr, ²⁹⁹Mc, ³⁰²Og, ²²Si, ³⁴Si, ⁴⁶Ar, ⁵⁶S, ⁵⁸Ar, ¹⁸⁴Ce, ³⁴⁷119, ²⁹²120, ³⁴¹Nh; calculated charge and matter densities, single particle levels and depletion fraction (DF) across the periodic chart; deduced that the central depletion is correlated to shell structure and occurs due to unoccupancy in s-orbit (2s, 3s, 4s) and inversion of (2s, 1d) and (3s, 1h) states in nuclei upto Z less or equal to 82. Bubble effect in superheavy region is a signature of the interplay between the Coulomb and nn-interaction where the depletion fraction is found to increase with Z (Coulomb repulsion) and decrease with isospin.

doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2018.08.076