Magicity,or shell closure,plays an important role in our understanding of complex nuclear phenomena.In this work,we employ one of the state-of-the-art density functional theories,the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogo...Magicity,or shell closure,plays an important role in our understanding of complex nuclear phenomena.In this work,we employ one of the state-of-the-art density functional theories,the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum(DRHBc)with the density functional PC-PK1,to investigate the evolution of the N=20,28,50 shell closures in the 20≤Z≤30 region.We show how these three conventional shell closures evolve from the proton drip line to the neutron drip line by studying the charge radii,two-neutron separation energies,two-neutron gaps,quadrupole deformations,and single-particle levels.In particular,we find that in the 21≤Z≤27 region,the N=50 shell closure disappears or becomes quenched,mainly due to the deformation effects.Similarly,both experimental data and theoretical predictions indicate that the N=28 shell closure disappears in the Mn isotopic chain,mainly due to the deformation effects.The DRHBc theory predicts the existence of the N=20 shell closure in the Ca,Sc,and Ti isotopic chains,but the existing data for the Ti isotopes suggest the contrary,and therefore further research is needed.展开更多
基金Supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(11975041,11961141004)Xiang-Xiang Sun is supported in part by NSFC(12205308)the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)and NSFC through the funds provided to the Sino-German Collaborative Research Center TRR110"Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD"(NSFC Grant No.12070131001,DFG Project-ID 196253076)。
文摘Magicity,or shell closure,plays an important role in our understanding of complex nuclear phenomena.In this work,we employ one of the state-of-the-art density functional theories,the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum(DRHBc)with the density functional PC-PK1,to investigate the evolution of the N=20,28,50 shell closures in the 20≤Z≤30 region.We show how these three conventional shell closures evolve from the proton drip line to the neutron drip line by studying the charge radii,two-neutron separation energies,two-neutron gaps,quadrupole deformations,and single-particle levels.In particular,we find that in the 21≤Z≤27 region,the N=50 shell closure disappears or becomes quenched,mainly due to the deformation effects.Similarly,both experimental data and theoretical predictions indicate that the N=28 shell closure disappears in the Mn isotopic chain,mainly due to the deformation effects.The DRHBc theory predicts the existence of the N=20 shell closure in the Ca,Sc,and Ti isotopic chains,but the existing data for the Ti isotopes suggest the contrary,and therefore further research is needed.
