Monday, April 29, 2013

1304.7163 (E. Khan et al.)

Incompressibility of finite fermionic systems: stable and exotic atomic
nuclei
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E. Khan, N. Paar, D. Vretenar, Li-Gang Cao, H. Sagawa, G. Colo
The incompressibility of finite fermionic systems is investigated using analytical approaches and microscopic models. The incompressibility of a system is directly linked to the zero-point kinetic energy of constituent fermions, and this is a universal feature of fermionic systems. In the case of atomic nuclei, this implies a constant value of the incompressibility in medium-heavy and heavy nuclei. The evolution of nuclear incompressibility along Sn and Pb isotopic chains is analyzed using global microscopic models, based on both non-relativistic and relativistic energy functionals. The result is an almost constant incompressibility in stable nuclei and systems not far from stability, and a steep decrease in nuclei with pronounced neutron excess, caused by the emergence of a soft monopole mode in neutron-rich nuclei.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.7163

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