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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.54.646
Title Femtometer toroidal structures in nuclei
Creator/Author Forest, J.L. ; Pandharipande, V.R. [Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (United States)] ; Pieper, S.C. ; Wiringa, R.B. [Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)] ; Schiavilla, R. [CEBAF Theory Group, Newport News, Virginia 23606 (United States)]|[Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529 (United States)] ; Arriaga, A. [Centro de Fisica Nuclear da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Gama Pinto 2, 1699 Lisboa (Portugal)]
Publication Date1996 Aug 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 286807
Other Number(s)PRVCAN; ISSN 0556-2813
Resource TypeJournal Article
Resource RelationPhysical Review, C ; VOL. 54 ; ISSUE: 2 ; PBD: Aug 1996
Subject66 PHYSICS ; DEUTERIUM; NUCLEONS; HELIUM 3; HELIUM 4; LITHIUM 6; LITHIUM 7; OXYGEN 16; DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DISTRIBUTION; ISOSPIN; SHAPE; TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORM FACTORS; D WAVES; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; ANISOTROPY; TENSORS; CORRELATIONS; BINDING ENERGY
Description/Abstract The two-nucleon density distributions in states with isospin{ital T}=0, spin{ital S}=1, and projection{ital M}{sub{ital S}}=0 and{plus_minus}1 are studied in{sup 2}H,{sup 3,4}He,{sup 6,7}Li, and{sup 16}O. The equidensity surfaces for{ital M}{sub{ital S}}=0 distributions are found to be toroidal in shape, while those of{ital M}{sub{ital S}}={plus_minus}1 have dumbbell shapes at large density. The dumbbell shapes are generated by rotating tori. The toroidal shapes indicate that the tensor correlations have near maximal strength at{ital r}{lt}2 fm in all these nuclei. They provide new insights and simple explanations of the structure and electromagnetic form factors of the deuteron, the quasideuteron model, and the{ital dp},{ital dd}, and{alpha}{ital d}{ital L}=2 ({ital D}-wave) components in{sup 3}He,{sup 4}He, and{sup 6}Li. The toroidal distribution has a maximum-density diameter of{approximately}1 fm and a half-maximum density thickness of{approximately}0.9 fm. Many realistic models of nuclear forces predict these values, which are supported by the observed electromagnetic form factors of the deuteron, and also predicted by classical Skyrme effective Lagrangians, related to QCD in the limit of infinite colors. Due to the rather small size of this structure, it could have a revealing relation to certain aspects of QCD. Experiments to probe this structure and its effects in nuclei are suggested. Pair distribution functions in other{ital T},{ital S} channels are also discussed; those in{ital T},{ital S}=1,1 have anisotropies expected from one-pion-exchange interactions. The tensor correlations in{ital T},{ital S}=0,1 states are found to deplete the number of{ital T},{ital S}=1,0 pairs in nuclei and cause a reduction in nuclear binding energies via many-body effects.{copyright}{ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Formatpp. 646-667 ; PL:
System Entry Date2001 May 04

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