Nucleon momentum distribution of 56Fe from the axially deformed relativistic mean-field model with nucleon-nucleon correlations

Nucleon momentum distribution(NMD), particularly its high-momentum components, is essential for understanding the nucleonnucleon(NN) correlations in nuclei. Herein, we develop the studies of NMD of 56Fe from the axially deformed relativistic mean-field(RMF) model. Moreover, we introduce the effects of NN correlation into the RMF model from phenomenological models basing on deuteron and nuclear matter. For the region k < kF, the effects of deformation on the NMD of the RMF model are investigated using the total and single-particle NMDs. For the region k > kF, the high-momentum components of the RMF model are modified by the effects of NN correlation, which agree with the experimental data. Comparing the NMD of relativistic and non-relativistic mean-field models, the relativistic effects on nuclear structures in momentum space are analyzed. Finally, by analogizing the tensor correlations in deuteron and Jastrow-type correlations in nuclear matter, the behaviors and contributions of NN correlations in 56Fe are further analyzed, which helps clarify the effects of the tensor force on the NMD of heavy nuclei.

New extended method for ψ' scaling function of inclusive electron scattering

Scaling analyses have been successfully applied to study the inclusive electron scattering(e, e') over the past few decades. In this study, we utilize the ψ' scaling function in momentum space to analyze the(e, e') cross sections, where the nucleon momentum distributions are derived from self-consistent mean-field calculations. By further introducing the energy and momentum conservation in the scaling analysis, an improved ψ'scaling function is proposed to investigate the high-momentum part of the momentum distributions. Using the proposed scaling function, we systematically explore the effects of the nucleon-nucleon short-range correlation(NN-SRC) on the(e, e') cross sections. From the experimental(e, e') data, the NN-SRC strength is further extracted within the framework of the improved ψ'scaling function. The studies in this paper offer a new method to investigate the nucleon momentum distributions and the NN-SRC effects in nuclei.

Short range correlations in nuclei

Studying nucleon-nucleon （NN） correlated pairs will teach us a great deal about the high momentum part of the nuclear wave function,the short range part of the NN interaction,and the nature of cold dense nuclear matter.These correlations are similar in all nuclei,differing only in magnitude.High momentum nucleons,p 〉p fermi,all have a correlated partner with approximately equal and opposite momentum.At pair relative momenta of 300 〈prel 〈500 MeV/c,these correlated pairs are dominated by tensor correlations.This is shown by the dominance of pn over pp pairs at pair total momentum and by the parity of pn to pp pairs at large pair total momentum.