Point-proton density distributions of stable nuclei

2025/05/08 by Tianyu Wu, Wu, Tianyu, B. Sun +6 · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical and nuclear sciences #Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Nuclear physics research studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2505.04876

openalex publication_date 2025/05/08 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Point-proton density distributions are deduced for 130 stable nuclei from ⁷Li to ²³²Th from nuclear charge densities determined in elastic electron scattering. There are 171 cases are presented in model-dependent forms, including the modified Harmonic-oscillator function, two-parameter Femi function (2pF), three-parameter Femi function, three-parameter Gaussian function, and 97 in Fourier-Bessel series model-independent forms. Independent of density functions, the point-proton root-mean-square (rms) radii of the derived point-proton density show excellent agreement with each other. We identify cases where the tabulated data of charge densities and charge radii are inconsistent, and the deduced point-proton density distributions are inaccurate due to insufficient experimental momentum transfer coverage or inconsistent scattering experiments. For the widely used 2pF distribution, it is found that the surface diffuseness parameters can be empirically calculated from those of charge density, while the half-density radius parameters follow the A^1/3 rule. The derived point-proton density distributions can be used as input in nuclear reaction studies and compared with nuclear model predictions.

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