Accepted Papers for Phys. Rev. C

Many-body effects on dense matter with hyperons at finite temperature

Rafael Bán Jacobsen, Ricardo Luciano Sonego Farias, and Veronica Dexheimer — 2026-09-16T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Rafael Bán Jacobsen, Ricardo Luciano Sonego Farias, and Veronica Dexheimer
In this work, we present the first extension of the Many-Body Forces (MBF) Model to finite temperature. The MBF Model describes nuclear matter in a relativistic quantum hadrodynamics formalism that takes many-body forces into account through a field dependence of the nuclear interaction coupling con…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 16, 2026

Dimer effective field theory

Cullen Gantenberg and David B. Kaplan — 2026-09-16T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Cullen Gantenberg and David B. Kaplan

While chiral perturbation theory for mesons is characterized by a momentum expansion in

Q / Λ_{χ}

with $\Lambda_\chi \sim 1\GeV$, existing formulations of effective theory for nucleon-nucleon scattering deviate from data at $Q\sim 300 \MeV$ or lower. We offer heuristic evidence that unsuspected nonanalyt…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 16, 2026

Resonance-dominated heavy-ion fusion and structures with negative components in the representation ${d}^{2}(Eσ)/d{E}^{2}$ of the fusion cross section

Basudeb Sahu — 2026-09-16T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Basudeb Sahu

The true ion-ion interaction governed by the repulsive electrostatic potential and the attractive nuclear potential at small separation is approximated as a Coulomb barrier decorated by an attractive

δ

-shell potential placed under the barrier. This composite potential can generate unbound or resonan…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 16, 2026

Photoproduction of ${K}^{0}{Σ}^{+}$ off protons in the resonance region

D. Skoupil, D. Gazda, and D. Petrellis — 2026-09-16T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): D. Skoupil, D. Gazda, and D. Petrellis

We analyze the

γ p \to K^{0} Σ^{+}

process in the resonance region within the framework of isobar model. The amplitude is constructed as a sum of tree-level Feynman diagrams with the addition of the contact current ensuring gauge invariance of the total amplitude. The resonance content of our models is inspired…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 16, 2026

${}^{17}$O spectroscopy using ${}^{13}$C($α$,$α$) resonant elastic scattering

2026-09-16T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): V. Z. Goldberg, A. K. Nurmukhanbetova, A. Volya, G. E. Serikbayeva, D. K. Nauruzbayev, Marina Barbui, and G. V. Rogachev
The detailed excitation functions for 13C(α,α) elastic scattering and the additional TTIK measurements were analyzed using the R matrix approach. The analysis covered the excitation region in 17O from 8.6 up to 11.2 MeV. Information on single particle widths of the levels in the 17O nucleus and shel…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 16, 2026

Thermodynamic versus dynamical description of the neutron-star crust-core instability: Implications for crustal observables

Athul Kunjipurayil and J. Piekarewicz — 2026-09-15T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Athul Kunjipurayil and J. Piekarewicz
We investigate the crust-core transition in neutron stars using both thermodynamic and dynamical descriptions of the instability. In the thermodynamic approach, the transition is identified through the vanishing of a generalized incompressibility coefficient signaling the onset of a bulk spinodal in…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 15, 2026

Examination of the ${}^{144,148}$Sm + $α$ potential for $p$-process nucleosynthesis

2026-09-15T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): C. Soto, C. Ducoin, N. Millard-Pinard, B. M. Rebeiro, O. Stézowski, N. de Séréville, F. Hammache, A. Chalil, Y. Demane, C. Bachelet, J. -C. Thomas, M. Assié, M. Benhatchi, V. Girard-Alcindor, S. V. Harissopulos, H. Jacob, A. Lagoyannis, S. Morard, S. Nandi, J. Pépin, L. Perrot, A. M. Sánchez-Benítez, I. Stefan, and T. Zanatta-Martinez
Nucleosynthesis reaction networks leading to p-nuclei involve a combination of different types of photodisintegration and capture reactions, as well as β+ decays or electron captures. Photodisintegration reactions involving α particles present a particular interest as they serve as branching points …
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 15, 2026

Transport simulations with a constrained momentum-dependent chiral mean-field equation of state at various isospin fractions

Jan Steinheimer and Marcus Bleicher — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Jan Steinheimer and Marcus Bleicher
We present a comparison of the UrQMD model using a chiral mean field EoS (CMF) with flow and pion production data in heavy ion collisions at low beam energies Elab = 0.2 − 2.0A GeV and varying iso-spin fraction. The CMF model parameters are constrained by known properties of the high density equatio…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Cooling of isolated neutron stars with hyperon-mixed kaon-condensation matter

Bhavnesh Bhat, Akira Dohi, Takumi Muto, and Tsuneo Noda — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Bhavnesh Bhat, Akira Dohi, Takumi Muto, and Tsuneo Noda
We investigate the thermal evolution of isolated neutron stars containing hyperon–mixed kaon–condensed matter, focusing on the role of proton superconductivity. The equation of state utilized for cooling calculation is based upon the minimal relativistic mean–field framework supplemented by chiral S…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Existence of a second phase transition in $A$-$A$ collisions at energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider: A physical interpretation

C. Pajares, R. P. Scharenberg, and B. K. Srivastava — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): C. Pajares, R. P. Scharenberg, and B. K. Srivastava
The observed fluid behavior of the matter produced in heavy ion and pp collisions hints that the strings stretched between the constituents of the projectile and target should have a hard core giving rise to a repulsion between them. It is shown that in these collisions there are two critical string…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Structure of the neutron-rich $N$=126 isotones: A shell model analysis

Zsolt Podolyák and Callum J. Wilson — 2026-09-11T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Zsolt Podolyák and Callum J. Wilson
Shell model calculations for the neutron-rich N=126 206Hg – 197Lu (Z=80–71) isotones were performed with two different parametrisations. The one refined to explain the isomerism in 204Pt was found to be the only one able to reproduce the more recent data on 203Ir, and in general, to give a better re…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Sep 11, 2026

Conformal prediction for uncertainties in the neutron star equation of state

2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Habib Yousefi Dezdarani, Ryan Curry, Cassandra L. Armstrong, and Alexandros Gezerlis
We study uncertainties in the equation of state of neutron stars using conformal prediction as a distribution-free and model-agnostic method that provides coverage guarantees. In particular, we apply the Conformalized Quantile Regression (CQR) method to posterior samples calculated from Bayesian inf…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Competing roles of Coulomb repulsion and shell closure in pseudospin symmetry breaking of proton resonant states

Jin He, Quan Liu, and Jian-You Guo — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Jin He, Quan Liu, and Jian-You Guo
Pseudospin symmetry (PSS) in proton resonant states remains largely unexplored due to the long-range Coulomb interaction and the inherent difficulties in modeling resonant phenomena. We aim to clarify the interplay between the Coulomb field and nuclear shell effects in governing PSS breaking, by sy…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Radial-flow fluctuations in the geometrical-scaling framework

Takeshi Osada — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Takeshi Osada
We discuss radial-flow fluctuations using the $p_{\rm T}$-differential measure (v_0(p_{})), together with its $p_{\rm T}$-integrated counterpart (v_0), within the framework of geometrical scaling (GS), where the saturation momentum scale provides the characteristic scale for particle production. We …
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Physics-structured cooperative neural network for baseline-free nuclear mass modeling

Peiwen Zai, Wei Cheng, and Feng-Shou Zhang — 2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Peiwen Zai, Wei Cheng, and Feng-Shou Zhang
Machine learning approaches can improve nuclear mass modelling, but the most accurate strategies often depend on a theoretical mass baseline or hand-crafted physics features. We test whether a modular architecture encoding selected nuclear-structure priors improves baseline-free direct prediction an…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

WKB approximation under a Killingbeck potential and its application to double-heavy-meson spectroscopy

2026-09-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Cheng-Qun Pang, Lhamo Chosto, Ya-Rong Wang, Zhi-Bin Gao, Hao Chen, Yu-Long Kang, and Wei Li
It is well known that non-relativistic or semi-relativistic constituent quark models can describe a large number of the meson and baryon properties with surprising accuracy. In this work, we study Killingbeck potential using th WKB approximation in the constituent quark model. The implicit approxima…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 10, 2026

Vortex nucleons as partial-wave filters in nucleon-nucleon scattering

Jinniu Hu, Ying Zhang, and Hong Shen — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Jinniu Hu, Ying Zhang, and Hong Shen
We propose vortex nucleon scattering as an angular-momentum-resolved probe of nucleon–nucleon partial waves. Using the standard LSJ partial-wave S matrix as input, we show that an on-axis vortex incident state with a fixed orbital angular-momentum projection mL = ℓ imposes the direct selection rule …
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Calculation of $α$-decay half-lives for new superheavy nuclei with $Z=113$–118 with the GLDM-BNN hybrid model

Jia-Jia Liu, Yu-Hai Zhang, Dong-Hong Zhang, and Feng-Shou Zhang — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Jia-Jia Liu, Yu-Hai Zhang, Dong-Hong Zhang, and Feng-Shou Zhang

This work combines the generalized liquid drop model (GLDM) with the Bayesian neural network (BNN) to systematically investigate the

a l p h a

-decay half-lives of nuclei in the superheavy region. By training the BNN to learn the nonlinear relation between the residuals of theoretical results and experim…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Analysis of the energy and angular distributions of photoneutrons from $^{\rm nat}$Pb, ${}^{197}$Au, $^{\rm nat}$Sn, $^{\rm nat}$Cu, $^{\rm nat}$Fe, and $^{\rm nat}$Ti using resonance direct theory

Hayato Takeshita, Kazuaki Kosako, Norikazu Kinoshita, and Yukinobu Watanabe — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Hayato Takeshita, Kazuaki Kosako, Norikazu Kinoshita, and Yukinobu Watanabe
Photoneutron double-differential cross sections in the giant dipole resonance (GDR) region were calculated to investigate the underlying nuclear reaction mechanisms, with particular emphasis on the role of the direct process. Contributions from direct, pre-equilibrium, and compound processes were al…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Production correlation of light (hyper-)nuclei in Au-Au collisions from the RHIC Beam Energy Scan

Jiang-He Qiao, Jian-Yu Liu, Yan-Ting Feng, Feng-Lan Shao, and Rui-Qin Wang — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Jiang-He Qiao, Jian-Yu Liu, Yan-Ting Feng, Feng-Lan Shao, and Rui-Qin Wang

Based on nucleons (

p

n

) and hyperons (

Λ

Ω^{-}

) formed at kinetic freeze-out from a quark combination model, we systematically study the production of light nuclei and hyper-nuclei in the hadronic coalescence picture. We present the analytical formula of the nucleus momentum distribution of two-body c…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Growth of quartet correlations in neutron-rich tellurium isotopes within quartet Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory

Yixin Guo, Hiroyuki Sagawa, and Masaaki Kimura — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yixin Guo, Hiroyuki Sagawa, and Masaaki Kimura
Quartet correlations in neutron-rich Te isotopes are investigated within the quartet Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) framework. Taking (^{100})Sn as an inert core, we consider two valence protons and valence neutrons occupying the (2d_{5/2}1g_{7/2}) model space, and solve the quartet BCS variational…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Practical approach to perturbative corrections to few-body observables

2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Sourav Mondal, Martin Schäfer, Mirko Bagnarol, Nir Barnea, Udit Raha, and Johannes Kirscher
We formulate two methods to facilitate the calculation of perturbative corrections to quantum few-body observables. Both techniques are designed for a numerical realization in combination with any tool that obtains either the entire spectrum or solely the eigenvalues of an operator corresponding to …
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

From hyperon-nucleon interactions to deuteron-hyperon femtoscopy

Jiaxing Zhao — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Jiaxing Zhao

We investigate the low-energy scattering and femtoscopic correlation functions of the

d - Λ

d - Σ

, and

d - Ξ

systems within a microscopic folding approach. The effective deuteron–hyperon interactions are constructed by folding the HAL-QCD hyperon–nucleon potentials with the deuteron wave function, while …

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Investigation of antimagnetic rotation in the $N=46$ odd-$A$ isotones ${}^{83}$Rb and ${}^{85}$Y

Yi-Chun Hao, Ke-Yan Ma, and Guo-Mo Zeng — 2026-09-09T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yi-Chun Hao, Ke-Yan Ma, and Guo-Mo Zeng
The possible antimagnetic rotation in the N = 46 odd-A isotones 83Rb and 85Y is investigated using the cranked shell model combined with a particle-number-conserving method. For the positive-parity yrast bands in the two isotones, the angular momentum alignments are reproduced well. The configuratio…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 09, 2026

Astrophysical $S$ factor ${S}_{34}(0)$ using a Bayesian neural network

R. Mitra, D. Gupta, and S. Saha — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): R. Mitra, D. Gupta, and S. Saha

The astrophysical

S

-factor for the radiative capture reaction

^{3}

He(

α, γ

)

^{7}

Be plays a crucial role in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis as well as stellar hydrogen burning. Its precise value is important in the context of primordial elemental abundances and the solar neutrino fluxes. In the present work, we carr…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Configuration-interaction time-dependent density functional theory for nuclear dynamics

Y. P. Wang, B. Li, D. Vretenar, T. Nikšić, P. W. Zhao, and J. Meng — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Y. P. Wang, B. Li, D. Vretenar, T. Nikšić, P. W. Zhao, and J. Meng
A configuration-interaction time-dependent density functional theory (CI-TDDFT) for nuclear dynamics is developed. In this framework, the correlated nuclear many-body wave function is expanded in terms of time-dependent many-particle configurations built from a common set of orthonormal single-parti…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Erratum: Spectroscopic study of the possibly triaxial transitional nucleus ${}^{75}$Ge [Phys. Rev. C 97, 034322 (2018)]

C. Y. Niu et al. — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): C. Y. Niu et al.

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

CREX and PREX-II reconciled within nuclear energy density functional theory

Panagiota Papakonstantinou — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Panagiota Papakonstantinou
The CREX and PREX-II measurements of the neutron-skin thickness of 48Ca and 208Pb challenge standard nuclear energy-density functional (EDF) descriptions of nuclei and nuclear matter. We show that the apparent tension arises from an implicit constraint in EDF theory, which ties the density dependenc…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Production cross sections of neutron-rich nuclides near the $N=126$ neutron-shell closure from 1000 MeV/u ${}^{208}$Pb on ${}^{9}$Be

Suraj Kumar Singh et al. — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Suraj Kumar Singh et al.

The production cross sections of neutron-rich nuclides near the

N = 126

neutron shell closure have been measured for the elements ranging from tungsten (

Z = 74

) to gold (

Z = 79

) in the fragmentation of a 1000 MeV/

u

^{208}

Pb beam on a

^{9}

Be target. Several cross sections, namely those for

^{196 - 199}

^{199 - 201}

Re an…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

First strength measurements of low-energy resonances in the ${}^{45}$Sc($p$,$γ$)${}^{46}$Ti reaction and its astrophysical implications

2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): R. S. Sidhu, R. J. deBoer, J. Görres, M. Wiescher, W. N. Catford, C. Dembski, C. R. Jones, Ó.E. López-López, G. Lotay, K. Manukyan, M. Matney, J. O’Neill, J. Rufino, A. T. Sanchez, M. Williams, and L. Zimmer

The

^{45}

Sc(

p, γ

)

^{46}

Ti reaction plays an important role in both hydrostatic and explosive nucleosynthesis. During hydrostatic oxygen and silicon burning in massive stars, including dynamic processes such as convective carbon-oxygen (C-O) shell mergers, it acts as a bottleneck that regulates the reaction …

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Microscopic theory of the $γ$ decay of giant resonances in superfluid nuclei

W. -L. Lv, Y. -F. Niu, and G. Colò — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): W. -L. Lv, Y. -F. Niu, and G. Colò
Recent advances in experiments have enabled the measurement of γ-decay from giant and pygmy resonances to low-lying states, establishing this technique as a unique probe for nuclear structure. However, a microscopic description of γ-decay to low-lying states in superfluid nuclei is still lacking. We…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Constraining the low-${p}_{T}$ $η/{π}^{0}$ ratio for direct-photon analyses with blast-wave
fits to $π$, $K$, and $p$ spectra

Klaus Reygers, Andreas Kirchner, and Aleksas Mazeliauskas — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Klaus Reygers, Andreas Kirchner, and Aleksas Mazeliauskas

We predict the

η / π^{0}

ratio at low

p_{T}

(

p_{T} ≲ 3 G e V / c

) using the measured charged

K / π

ratio and model input from a blast-wave framework with feeddown contributions. This approach can provide improved, data-constrained background estimates for direct-photon and dilepton measurements in heavy-ion collisions.…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Nonlocality function of microscopic optical potentials from Skyrme-based nuclear structure models at low energies

Do Quang Tam, N. Hoang Tung, N. Hoang Phuc, and T. V. Nhan Hao — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Do Quang Tam, N. Hoang Tung, N. Hoang Phuc, and T. V. Nhan Hao

The non-locality of the imaginary part of the microscopic optical potential is investigated for neutron elastic scattering on

^{16}

^{40}

Ca,

^{48}

Ca, and

^{208}

Pb at incident energies up to 30~MeV. The potential is derived within the particle-vibration coupling framework using fully self-consistent Skyrme-Har…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Investigation of $β$-decay energy based on physically interpretable machine learning

S. J. Guo, S. Y. Wang, B. Qi, E. H. Wang, and Y. L. Huang — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): S. J. Guo, S. Y. Wang, B. Qi, E. H. Wang, and Y. L. Huang

Nuclear

β

-decay energies

Q_{β}

are investigated using the machine learning algorithm LightGBM. By comparing different combinations of physically informed input features, the optimal feature set for predicting

Q_{β}

was obtained. The Mean Absolute Error reached 0.1447 MeV and demonstrated strong interpolat…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Examination of the $c\stackrel{‾}{c}+n{+}^{10}$Be bound-state problem within three-cluster models based on QCD charmonium-nucleon interactions

Faisal Etminan — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Faisal Etminan

The possible existence of a bound state in the charmonium–neutron–

^{10}

Be system is investigated within a three-cluster model in which the system is treated as

c \overline{c} + n +^{10}

Be. The three-body problem is solved using a hyperspherical-harmonics expansion within the coupled Faddeev-equation framework. The neut…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Measurements of longitudinal flow decorrelations in $pp$ and Xe+Xe collisions with the ATLAS detector

G. Aad et al. — 2026-09-08T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): G. Aad et al.

Measurements of longitudinal flow decorrelations in 13~TeV

p p

and 5.44~TeV Xe+Xe collisions with the ATLAS detector are presented. The measurements are performed using the two-particle correlation method, combining charged-particle tracks within

| η | < 2.5

with either calorimeter energy clusters or …

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 08, 2026

Deformation-driven intruders in light island-of-inversion nuclei

Calvin W. Johnson, Mark A. Caprio, and Shwetha L. Vittal — 2026-09-04T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Calvin W. Johnson, Mark A. Caprio, and Shwetha L. Vittal
Islands of inversion occur when the nuclear ground state is dominated by intruder configurations, specifically particle-hole excitations across shell gaps, rather than by the naive spherical shell-model expectation of filled shell configurations. Using the realistic and rigorous no-core shell model,…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Sep 04, 2026

Diffractive two-photon exchange and beam normal-spin asymmetries for elastic electron scattering on nuclei

Volodymyr Tereshchuk and Andrei Afanasev — 2026-09-03T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Volodymyr Tereshchuk and Andrei Afanasev
We developed a theoretical approach to elastic electron scattering on nuclei that includes a two-photon-exchange mechanism responsible for parity-conserving single-spin beam asymmetries. The two-photon-exchange amplitude at small scattering angles is treated in a diffractive framework similar to tha…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 03, 2026

Systematic description of $α$-induced reactions at intermediate energies within an intranuclear cascade framework

2026-09-03T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Toshimasa Furuta, Yusuke Uozumi, Yuji Yamaguchi, Masahiro Nakano, Yusuke Koba, Elena Velicheva, Vladimir Kalinnikov, Zviadi Tsamalaidze, and Petr Evtoukhovitch
This study validates and generalizes the intermediate-energy α-induced reaction model originally developed in Physical Review C 112, 024616 (2025). We measured double-differential cross sections for five emission channels (p, d, t, 3He and α) using C and Co targets at 230 MeV/u. By optimizing the tr…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 03, 2026

Massive Thirring/sine-Gordon model with nonzero current density

Eric Oevermann and Thomas D. Cohen — 2026-09-03T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Eric Oevermann and Thomas D. Cohen
This paper determines the zero-temperature equation of state for the massive Thirring / sine-Gordon model. This demonstrates recently derived model‑independent upper and lower bounds on the zero‑temperature equation of state with fixed number density from systems with a non‑zero current density. Tha…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 03, 2026

Yrast and nonyrast spectroscopy of ${}^{209}$Po

S. Banerjee et al. — 2026-09-03T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): S. Banerjee et al.
The excited states of 209Po have been investigated via the 208Pb(α, 3n)209Po reaction, at a beam energy of 40 MeV delivered by the K-130 Cyclotron at VECC, Kolkata. The de-excited γ-rays were detected with the Compton-suppressed Clover HPGe detectors of the Indian National Gamma Array (INGA) setup. …
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 03, 2026

Systematics of $α$-decay half-lives from neural network modeling and application to superheavy nuclei

Nishu Jain and Raj Kumar — 2026-09-03T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Nishu Jain and Raj Kumar
Background: The study of α-decay half-lives is essential for understanding the stability and structure of heavy and superheavy nuclei. Accurate prediction of these half-lives is important for exploring regions where experimental data are limited, particularly in the superheavy domain. In recent year…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Sep 03, 2026

Spectroscopic factors as a probe of the nuclear shape in ${}^{44}$S via one-neutron knockout reactions

2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Ranojit Barman, Masaaki Kimura, Yoshiki Chazono, Kazuki Yoshida, Kazuyuki Ogata, and Rajdeep Chatterjee

Background: Neutron-rich nucleus

^{44}

S lies in the region where traditional

N = 28

shell closure weakens, leading to the emergence of shape coexistence and large-amplitude collective motion (LACM). Understanding the nature and degree of shape mixing in this nucleus remains an important and fascinating p…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Physics-informed interpretable forms for dipole resonances and quantities relevant for astrophysics

2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Gourab Banerjee, Jhilam Sadhukhan, Debasish Mondal, B. K. Agrawal, Chandrani Sen, and S. Mukhopadhyay
We have employed Bayesian inference to extract the centroid energies and widths from the isovector giant dipole resonance (IVGDR) data for the IVGDR built on the ground states of nuclei. These IVGDR properties were modeled by explicitly incorporating the structural effects like isospin asymmetry, nu…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Skyrme SV density-functional analysis of the $2νββ$ decay in ${}^{76}$Ge

Jan Miśkiewicz, Jakub Wysocki, and Wojciech Satuła — 2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Jan Miśkiewicz, Jakub Wysocki, and Wojciech Satuła

We present a theoretical study of the two-neutrino

0^{+} \to 0^{+}

double beta decay of

^{76}

Ge within the No-Core Configuration-Interaction framework based on the Skyrme SV density functional. We analyze three allowed decay scenarios distinguished by the

[n, m] \equiv [(ν g_{9 / 2})^{n}, (π g_{9 / 2})^{m}]

occupancy of the

0 g_{9 / 2}

intruder…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Nuclear mass excesses calibrated by Bayesian ridge regression for predicting optimal incident energies for the synthesis of superheavy elements

Ming-Hao Zhang, Lu Guo, and Feng-Shou Zhang — 2026-09-02T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Ming-Hao Zhang, Lu Guo, and Feng-Shou Zhang
We develop a machine learning method to calibrate nuclear mass excess predictions by integrating multiple global mass models. A Bayesian ridge regression model is trained with known nuclei from AME2020 using results from five theoretical mass models, achieving a root mean squared error of 0.256 MeV.…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Sep 02, 2026

Near-threshold dynamics of ${χ}_{c1}$(3872) and T${}_{cc}^{+}$(3875) states via effective range expansion and Monte Carlo uncertainty propagation

2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): A. A. Atangana Likéné, A. Franck Rothen, J. M. Ema’a Ema’a, P. Pradyun Hebar, Saraless Nadarajah, Tobias Golling, and G. H. Ben-Bolie

We investigate the internal structure of two exotic tetraquark candidates,

χ_{c 1} (3872)

and

T_{c c}^{+} (3875)

, whose masses lie within $1\MeV$ of the

D^{0} {\overline{D}}^{* 0}

and

D^{0} D^{* +}

thresholds, respectively. Using the effective-range expansion (ERE) supplemented by resonance compositeness relations on the second Riemann she…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Investigation of hadronic effects on resonance productions in small collision systems using the EPOS4 model

Hyunji Lim, Bong-Hwi Lim, Minjung Kim, and Sanghoon Lim — 2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Hyunji Lim, Bong-Hwi Lim, Minjung Kim, and Sanghoon Lim
Recent experimental results in high-multiplicity proton-proton (pp) collisions have suggested the possible emergence of collective behavior and medium-like effects previously considered characteristic of heavy-ion collisions. Resonance production provides a sensitive probe of such effects, as resona…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Secondary hadron-nucleus collisions of short-lived hadrons in ultrarelativistic fixed-target heavy-ion interactions

Sanatan Digal, P. S. Saumia, and Ajit M. Srivastava — 2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Sanatan Digal, P. S. Saumia, and Ajit M. Srivastava

Ultra-relativistic heavy nuclei traversing a solid target undergo successive nuclear encounters separated by atomic lattice spacings. At sufficiently high beam energies, Lorentz contraction reduces the proper time between collisions to

𝒪 (10^{4})

~fm

/ c

in the center-of-mass frame of the first interaction…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Detailed experimental study of excited states in ${}^{50}$Ti via the ($d$,$p$) and ($d$,$pγ$) reactions

2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): B. Kelly, M. Spieker, L. T. Baby, S. Baker, A. L. Conley, D. Houlihan, K. W. Kemper, E. Litvinova, N. Tsoneva, and A. Volya

Excited states of semi-magic

^{50}

Ti were studied up to the neutron-separation energy via the

(d, p)

and

(d, p γ)

reactions. In total, 82 excited states were identified based on the measurement of angular distributions with the Super-Enge Split-Pole Spectrograph (SE-SPS) at Florida State University. From …

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

3D initial-state dynamics across scales: A comparative study of saturation and string-based descriptions

Lucas Constantin, Oscar Garcia-Montero, Niklas Götz, and Hannah Elfner — 2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Lucas Constantin, Oscar Garcia-Montero, Niklas Götz, and Hannah Elfner
We compare the longitudinal deposition of various conserved quantities in the initial condition models of a string based (SMASH) and a saturation based ({}) approach. SMASH has been shown to work reasonably well at lower collision energies as an initial condition for the SMASH-vHLLE hybrid approach,…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Energy-energy correlators inside single inclusive jets in heavy-ion collisions with the CoLBT-hydro model

Zhong Yang, Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, and Xin-Nian Wang — 2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Zhong Yang, Raghav Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, and Xin-Nian Wang
The energy-energy correlator (EEC) inside jets is a sensitive observable for studying jet modification in the quark-gluon plasma (QGP). However, its interpretation in heavy-ion collisions remains challenging, requiring a consistent understanding of jet evolution across multiple dynamical scales toge…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Exploration of mass-asymmetric fission of the sub-lead nucleus ${}^{192}$Hg

2026-09-01T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Pavneet Kaur, Moumita Maiti, Rishabh Kumar, Ankur Singh, Himanshu Sharma, M. V. S. Chandrachud, N. Saneesh, A. Parihari, M. Kumar, K. S. Golda, A. Jhingan, and P. Sugathan

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Sep 01, 2026

Maris polarization in the ($p$,$pd$) reaction

Yoshiki Chazono — 2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yoshiki Chazono
Background: Proton-induced knockout reactions at intermediate energies provide a clean probe for nuclear clusters with relatively small theoretical uncertainties. The Maris polarization, which is the effective polarization of a particle inside a nucleus arising from nuclear absorption and spin-orbit…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

Improved ${}^{94}$Mo neutron resonance parameters from neutron capture and transmission measurements at n_TOF and GELINA

R. Mucciola et al. — 2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): R. Mucciola et al.

We report high-resolution measurements of the

^{94} M o (n, γ)^{95} M o

cross section in the neutron energy range from a few eV up to about 250~keV, performed at the n_TOF facility (CERN), and of the

^{94} M o (n, t o t)

cross section up to 32~keV, measured at GELINA (JRC Geel). A combined R-matrix analysis of capture a…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

Measurement and analysis of incomplete fusion strength function in ${}^{12}$C(${E}_{\mathrm{\text{lab}}}=4A$–$7A$ MeV)+${}^{130}$Te system to probe entrance-channel dependence

2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Subham Kumar, Amanjot, Priyanka, Malika Kaushik, Rupinderjeet Kaur, Rudra N Sahoo, Manoj K Sharma, Yashraj Jangid, and Pushpendra P. Singh
To investigate low-energy incomplete fusion (ICF) dynamics, the excitation functions (EFs) of different evaporation residues (ERs) produced in 12C+130Te system were measured in the 4–7 MeV/nucleon energy range using the recoil-catcher activation technique followed by off-line gamma-ray spectroscopy …
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

Role of nuclear shell effects of different nuclear physics ingredients in shaping $r$-process abundance patterns

Y. W. Hao, Y. F. Niu, and Z. M. Niu — 2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Y. W. Hao, Y. F. Niu, and Z. M. Niu
Nuclear shell effects play a crucial role in shaping the solar r-process abundance pattern, while the individual contributions of shell effects in different nuclear physics ingredients, including nuclear masses, β-decay rates, and neutron-capture rates, remain insufficiently understood. We systemati…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

Computing neutrino cross sections from Euclidean responses

A. Nikolakopoulos and N. Rocco — 2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): A. Nikolakopoulos and N. Rocco

Energy integrated neutrino cross sections are integrals of nuclear responses weighted with kinematic prefactors. We decompose the prefactors into a limited set of functions of energy transfer and show the relevant integrals are the moments of the responses, and integrals weighted with

1 / (a + ω)^{n}

with

\dots

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

Many-body perturbation theory for the nuclear equation of state up to fifth order

C. Drischler, K. S. McElvain, and P. Arthuis — 2026-08-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): C. Drischler, K. S. McElvain, and P. Arthuis
We present an automated, GPU-accelerated framework for many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) calculations of the zero-temperature nuclear equation of state (EOS) based on chiral nucleon-nucleon (NN) and three-nucleon (3N) interactions. Automated diagram generation and evaluation enable the computatio…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Aug 31, 2026

Suppression of heavy-ion fusion by slow quasifission

2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): L. T. Bezzina, E. C. Simpson, D. J. Hinde, M. Dasgupta, J. Buete, K. Banerjee, A. C. Berriman, K. J. Cook, D. Y. Jeung, P. McGlynn, C. Simenel, and B. M. A. Swinton-Bland
Background: The fusion of heavy nuclei can be conceptually divided into two steps - capture of the projectile and target, then evolution towards a compact fully equilibrated compound nucleus. Reseparation through quasifission after capture inhibits compound nucleus formation, leading to fusion suppr…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Aug 28, 2026

Highly correlated exponential variational method applied to the $d$-${Ω}_{ccc}$ system

Yushu Wang — 2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yushu Wang

Recent calculations based on the same HAL QCD

N Ω_{c c c}

lattice-QCD potential have reached conflicting conclusions on whether the

N N Ω_{c c c}

system supports a bound state. The problem is reexamined here with a highly correlated exponential variational method. The near-threshold state is directly evaluated w…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Aug 28, 2026

$Λ$-deuteron scattering below the $Σ$ threshold

A. Deltuva — 2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): A. Deltuva
Λd elastic scattering and breakup below the Σ threshold is described fully including the virtual coupling to Σ channels. Well-converged results are obtained solving the multichannel scattering equations for three-body transition operators in momentum-space. Scattering length, exclusive, semi-inclusi…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Aug 27, 2026

Evaporation residue cross sections for ${}^{16}$O+${}^{170,172}$Yb reactions: Sub-barrier fusion enhancement and the role of hexadecapole deformation

2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): K. V. Jinu, A. M. Vinodkumar, B. R. S. Babu, S. Nath, J. Gehlot, Gonika, Rishabh Kumar, Alankar Singh, E. Prasad, B. Ashna, K. V. Varsha, P. P. Panchami, Shiva Prasad Nayak, P. V. Madhusudhana Rao, Rajesh K. Sahoo, and Monuj Gogoi
Background: The role of hexadecapole deformation (β4 ) in sub-barrier fusion has been studied for the 16 O+174,176 Yb reactions; however, the extracted β4 values are model-dependent and carry systematic uncer- tainties that remain unresolved. Purpose: We extend fusion cross-section measurements to t…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Aug 27, 2026

Mean-field proton-neutron pairing correlations with the Gogny D1S energy density functional

2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Miguel de la Fuente, Tomás R. Rodríguez, Luis M. Robledo, Benjamin Bally, and Nathalie Pillet

We investigate proton-neutron (

p n

) pairing correlations within a generalized HFB framework using the Gogny D1S energy density functional. When

p n

mixing is allowed, large single-particle bases trigger numerical instabilities in Gogny D1S due to its zero-range density-dependent term contribution to t…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Aug 27, 2026

Nonlocal nucleon-nucleus optical potentials from chiral effective field theory

L. M. Stahulak and J. W. Holt — 2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): L. M. Stahulak and J. W. Holt
We investigate the nonlocality in microscopic optical potentials derived from chiral effective field theory. For this purpose we employ the Perey-Buck ansatz, which connects the energy dependence of purely local optical potentials to a Gaussian spatial nonlocality. We find that the dominant source o…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Aug 27, 2026

Delivery of refractory radioactive ion beams via in-trap decay at ISOLDE

2026-08-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): J. R. Reilly, M. Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, M. Au, L. Nies, A. Ajayakumar, M. Benhatchi, J. Berbalk, C. Bernerd, K. Chrysalidis, C. M. Fajardo Zambrano, P. F. Giesel, R. Heinke, D. Lange, G. Peng, S. Rothe, A. Schmidt, C. Schweiger, and J. Wessolek

An approach to deliver intense ion beams of refractory radioactive isotopes utilizing in-trap

β^{-}

decay is demonstrated using the gas-filled ISCOOL ion trap at CERN-ISOLDE. Ion beams of

^{97, 98}

^{+}

and

^{98}

^{+}

were injected into the ion trap, where they underwent

β^{-}

decay and the daughter ions were succes…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Aug 27, 2026

Comparative study of Langevin and random walk models for nuclear fission in the overdamped regime

A. Augustyn, T. Cap, M. Kowal, and K. Pomorski — 2026-08-26T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): A. Augustyn, T. Cap, M. Kowal, and K. Pomorski
We present a comparative study of Langevin dynamics and a Metropolis random walk model applied to thermal neutron-induced fission of 229Th, 235U, 239Pu, 245Cm, 249Cf, and 255Fm. Both methods are implemented within an identical four-dimensional Fourier-over-Spheroid framework, using potential energy …
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 26, 2026

Exclusive cross-section measurements of ${}^{12}$C($n$,${p}_{n}$) and ${}^{12}$C($n$,${d}_{n}$) reactions

2026-08-25T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): A. Wantz, A. N. Kuchera, W. F. Rogers, T. Baumann, C. Boothby, M. Devlin, N. Frank, P. Gueye, K. J. Kelly, S. A. Kuvin, A. LaRochelle, T. Redpath, T. Tran Nguyen, and J. R. Winkelbauer

A single-crystal chemical vapor deposited (sCVD) diamond detector was used at LANSCE to measure neutron-induced reactions on carbon. Neutrons with a broad energy spectrum were produced via spallation. Relative cross sections are reported from above threshold up to 26~MeV incident neutron energy for

^{…}

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Aug 25, 2026

Measurement of the forward angle ${}^{12}$C+${}^{12}$C fragmentation differential cross sections at 62 MeV/nucleon

G. Guo et al. — 2026-08-24T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): G. Guo et al.
The present work reports on high-precision measurements of forward-angle fragmentation differential cross sections for the [12]C +[12] C reaction at 62 MeV/nucleon using the FAZIA array. Angular distributions for fragments from Z = 1 to 6 were extracted in the range 2 <= theta_lab <= 8 degrees…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Aug 24, 2026

Testing microscopic nuclear-density inputs for deformation-sensitive observables in relativistic ${}^{238}$U+${}^{238}$U and ${}^{197}$Au+${}^{197}$Au collisions

Yuan Li, Hao-jie Xu, Dandan Zhang, and Guo-Liang Ma — 2026-08-21T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yuan Li, Hao-jie Xu, Dandan Zhang, and Guo-Liang Ma

Recent STAR measurements of

^{238}

U+

^{238}

^{197}

Au+

^{197}

Au ratios provide a sensitive test of nuclear deformation in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, but the elliptic-flow, triangular-flow, and transverse-momentum-related observables are not simultaneously described within existing calculations. We use thr…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Aug 21, 2026

Search for true muonium in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Zuo-tang Liang, Qian Yang, Hong Zhang, Jiaxing Zhao, and Pengfei Zhuang — 2026-08-21T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Zuo-tang Liang, Qian Yang, Hong Zhang, Jiaxing Zhao, and Pengfei Zhuang
We investigate the production of the as-yet-undetected true muonium within the quark-gluon plasma formed in relativistic heavy-ion collisions, employing a relativistic Boltzmann transport framework coupled to viscous hydrodynamic simulations. The obtained effective cross sections for central collisi…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Aug 21, 2026

Thermodynamic nature of upbend resonance and validity of Brink-Axel hypothesis in the low-energy region

L. Tan Phuc, N. Quang Hung, N. Ngoc Anh, and N. Dinh Dang — 2026-08-20T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): L. Tan Phuc, N. Quang Hung, N. Ngoc Anh, and N. Dinh Dang
The nature of low-energy enhancement in the radiative strength function (RSF), which is known as the upbend resonance (UBR) and has a crucial role in the description of neutron-captured cross section and stellar nucleosynthesis, is still under debate. The present letter extends the exact thermal pai…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Aug 20, 2026

Neutrino absorption in two-flavor color-superconducting quark matter

M. G. Alford, L. Brodie, M. Buballa, H. Gholami, A. Haber, and M. Hofmann — 2026-08-20T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): M. G. Alford, L. Brodie, M. Buballa, H. Gholami, A. Haber, and M. Hofmann
We calculate the absorption mean free paths of electron and muon neutrinos in two-flavor colorsuperconducting (2SC) quark matter in the density and temperature range that is relevant to binary neutron star mergers. We model the strong interaction between quarks using a Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model, perf…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Aug 20, 2026

Structure and decay of $α$-condensate candidates from cluster effective field theory interactions

Dong Bai — 2026-08-19T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Dong Bai

Dilute gas-like configurations of

α

particles, often termed

α

-condensates, have been proposed to exist in certain excited states of

α

-conjugate nuclei. This work investigates the structural and decay properties of

α

-condensate candidates within a few-body framework using leading-order cluster effect…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 19, 2026

Deep-learning emulator for photonuclear reactions and a framework for Bayesian joint evaluations via Hamiltonian Monte Carlo

Noah Walton, Ajeeta Khatiwada, and Toshihiko Kawano — 2026-08-19T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Noah Walton, Ajeeta Khatiwada, and Toshihiko Kawano
Photonuclear data libraries provide a quantitative description of photon interaction physics for nuclear reaction modeling and underpin a broad range of applications. However, existing evaluations remain limited by persistent inconsistencies between experimental measurements and theoretical descript…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 19, 2026

Proton emission half-lives and shape coexistence for $71≤Z≤83$ odd-$Z$ nuclei

Yongbeom Choi, Chang-Hwan Lee, and Youngman Kim — 2026-08-19T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yongbeom Choi, Chang-Hwan Lee, and Youngman Kim

One-proton emission is a direct probe of nuclear structure near the proton drip line and plays a critical role in understanding exotic decay modes and nucleosynthesis processes. In this study, we investigate the half-lives of one-proton emitters for

71 \leq Z \leq 83

odd-

Z

nuclei by employing the WKB approxim…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 19, 2026

Renormalization of the shell-model neutrinoless double-$β$ decay operator starting from effective field theory

L. Coraggio, G. De Gregorio, S. L. Lyu, and N. Itaco — 2026-08-19T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): L. Coraggio, G. De Gregorio, S. L. Lyu, and N. Itaco
In this work, we approach for the first time the task to perform a shell-model calculation of the matrix element for the neutrinoless double-β decay, within a fully-consistent framework where the expressions of the nuclear Hamiltonian and of the decay operators have been derived through chiral pertu…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 19, 2026

Non-Gaussian fluctuations in relativistic hydrodynamics: Confluent equations for three-point correlations

Xin An, Gökçe Başar, and Mikhail Stephanov — 2026-08-19T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Xin An, Gökçe Başar, and Mikhail Stephanov
We derive deterministic equations for the evolution of non-Gaussian fluctuations in relativistic stochastic hydrodynamics. This is achieved by defining the average local Landau frame and corresponding fluctuating hydrodynamic variables. Fully nonlinear stochastic hydrodynamics is expressed in a unif…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 19, 2026

Signals for fluctuating constituent numbers in small systems

Andreas Kirchner and Steffen A. Bass — 2026-08-18T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Andreas Kirchner and Steffen A. Bass

We propose an extension of the initial condition model T

_{R}

ENTo for sampling the number of partons inside the nucleons that participate in a heavy-ion collision. This sampling method is based on parton distribution functions (PDFs) and therefore has a natural dependence on the momentum transferred in …

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Aug 18, 2026

Precise mass measurement of the ${}^{149}$La-${}^{149}$Ce-${}^{149}$Pr isobaric chain

2026-08-12T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): B. Liu, M. Brodeur, J. A. Clark, D. Ray, G. Savard, A. A. Valverde, D. P. Burdette, A. M. Houff, A. Mitra, G. E. Morgan, R. Orford, W. S. Porter, C. Quick, F. Rivero, K. S. Sharma, and L. Varriano

Penning trap mass measurements of

^{149}

La,

^{149}

Ce, and

^{149}

Pr were performed with the Canadian Penning Trap (CPT) at the CARIBU facility of Argonne National Laboratory using the phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance technique. The resulting mass excess of

^{149}

La differs by 221.6(32) keV from a recent JYF…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 12, 2026

Regularized unfolding of $γ$-ray spectra for nuclear physics applications

2026-08-12T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): E. Lima, L. L. Braseth, A. H. Mjøs, M. Hjorth-Jensen, A. Kvellestad, and A. C. Larsen
Reconstructing gamma-ray spectra from detector measurements is an ill-posed inverse problem. Standard methods, such as Folding Iteration with Compton Subtraction (FICS), provide point estimates but lack calibrated uncertainties and may bias the spectrum. We introduce an unfolding framework based on …
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 12, 2026

Ab initio study of ${}^{7}$Li with coupled mass partitions

2026-08-12T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Jakub Herko, Konstantinos Kravvaris, Sofia Quaglioni, Petr Navrátil, Guillaume Hupin, and Mark A. Caprio

Background: Lithium is of broad interest in nuclear astrophysics, fusion energy research, and nuclear technology. From a theoretical perspective, the nucleus

^{7}

Li presents a remarkable challenge, as its bound and resonant states can exhibit contributions from both the

^{4}

He +

^{3}

H cluster configuration a…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 12, 2026

Angular momentum removal by neutrons from fission fragments

D. Gjestvang et al. — 2026-08-12T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): D. Gjestvang et al.

In nuclear fission, the primary fragments de-excite through the emission of neutrons and

γ

rays. This prompt emission conveys information about the initial angular momentum and excitation energy of the fragments at scission and is therefore important for improved understanding and modeling of the fi…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Aug 12, 2026

Isoscalar giant resonances in the even-$A$ Pd isotopes

J. Arroyo et al. — 2026-08-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): J. Arroyo et al.

Studies of the isoscalar giant monopole resonance (ISGMR) across the chart of nuclides provide insight into the incompressibility of nuclear matter near saturation density,

K_{\infty}

. Such studies had revealed a discrepancy between theoretical approaches: quasiparticle random phase approximation (QRPA) der…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Aug 10, 2026

New perspective on cold fusion reactions: A microscopic description

Yinu Zhang, Bo Han, Yueping Fang, and Long Zhu — 2026-08-10T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Yinu Zhang, Bo Han, Yueping Fang, and Long Zhu
A microscopic framework that combines the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) approach with the fusion by diffusion (FBD) model is proposed to investigate the synthesis mechanism of superheavy nuclei (SHN). For the reaction 48Ca+208Pb, the calculated evaporation-residue cross section (ERCS) reproduces the…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Aug 10, 2026

Renormalization group evolution and power counting in nuclear matter

Manuel Pavon Valderrama — 2026-08-07T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Manuel Pavon Valderrama
In nuclear matter, for interparticle separations larger than the healing distance (a characteristic long-distance scale of finite-density fermionic systems), the in-medium two-body wave function is essentially a free wave function. In terms of the renormalization group (RG), this implies that the ru…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Aug 07, 2026

Causally connected regions in relativistic heavy ion collisions

Olivia Chabowski and Joseph I. Kapusta — 2026-08-07T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Olivia Chabowski and Joseph I. Kapusta
Quantifying causal connections within fireballs resulting from high energy nucleus-nucleus collisions is pertinent to assessing the viability of several proposed mechanisms that directly influence particle production and correlations. Fireball causal connections have previously been studied in the c…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Aug 07, 2026

nEXO radioassay program

R. MacLellan et al. — 2026-07-31T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): R. MacLellan et al.
Material radioactivity compilations, such as the one presented here, are important enablers of science. They are useful for the selection of radiopure materials, needed for the design and construction of low-energy rare-event search experiments. Compilations like this allow researchers developing su…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Fri Jul 31, 2026

Shape evolution of krypton isotopes calculated with an axially deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov approach

Zi Xin Liu, Yi Hua Lam, and Peter Ring — 2026-07-30T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Zi Xin Liu, Yi Hua Lam, and Peter Ring

We perform a systematic study of the structure and properties of the krypton isotopic chain including both even-even and odd-

A

nuclei based on the axially deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov approach. Five effective interactions of three families of covariant density functionals, i.e., PC-L3R, …

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Jul 30, 2026

Non-Gaussian hydrodynamic fluctuations in an expanding relativistic fluid

Gökçe Başar and Shuo Song — 2026-07-30T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Gökçe Başar and Shuo Song
We consider non-equilibrium evolution of non-Gaussian fluctuations in a hydrodynamic system undergoing a boost-invariant expansion described by Bjorken flow. We derive the evolution equations for two‑ and three‑point velocity correlators using the effective field‑theory framework and present analyti…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Jul 30, 2026

Neutron fluence and relation of yields for transuranium nuclei during nucleosynthesis under conditions of thermonuclear explosions

V. I. Lyashuk — 2026-07-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): V. I. Lyashuk
Background: Activation of actinide targets in pulsed neutron fluxes of thermonuclear explosions is similar to cosmological nucleosynthesis and allows the synthesis (by multiple (n,γ)-captures) of highly neutron-rich transuranium isotopes, many of which are extremely poorly studied. The key parameter…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Jul 28, 2026

Quarkyonic quark-meson coupling model for nuclear and neutron matter

Koichi Saito, Tsuyoshi Miyatsu, and Myung-Ki Cheoun — 2026-07-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Koichi Saito, Tsuyoshi Miyatsu, and Myung-Ki Cheoun
We unite the dual quarkyonic model with the quark-meson coupling (QMC) model to construct a novel nuclear model based on the quark degrees of freedom, which can cover a wide range of nuclear density from low density to the crossover region. In the model, the relativistic, gaussian quark wavefunction…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Jul 28, 2026

Measurement of the Gerasimov-Drell-Hearn integrand for the proton and deuteron from 200 to 1400 MeV

P. Pedroni et al. — 2026-07-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): P. Pedroni et al.
New data for the total inclusive helicity-dependent cross section for the proton and deuteron were obtained in the photon energy interval 200-1400 MeV. The experiment was performed at the A2 tagged-photon facility of the Mainz Microtron (MAMI) using a circularly polarized photon beam and longitudina…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Jul 27, 2026

Correlated and uncorrelated Monte Carlo neutron-capture rate variations in weak $r$-process simulations

2026-07-20T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Atul Kedia, Jeffrey M. Berryman, Jonathan Cabrera Garcia, Jutta E. Escher, Oliver C. Gorton, Erika M. Holmbeck, Gail C. McLaughlin, Cole D. Pruitt, Andre Sieverding, and Rebecca Surman
Reliable predictions of weak rapid neutron capture (-process) abundances require a systematic treatment of nuclear physics uncertainties, especially neutron capture rates far from stability. We employ new neutron capture rates from cross sections calculated with Yet Another Hauser-Feshbach Code () u…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Jul 20, 2026

Cyclotron radiation signal characterization in resonant cavities for the Project 8 neutrino mass experiment

A. Ashtari Esfahani et al. — 2026-07-16T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): A. Ashtari Esfahani et al.
Many experimental methods in physics require understanding radiation from single particles into non-trivial electromagnetic mode structures. Such characterization is critical for Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES), an advancing new measurement technique that has the potential to greatl…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu Jul 16, 2026

${}^{15}$C inelastic $1/{2}^{+}→5/{2}^{+}$ excitation: A single-particle versus a collective process

C. Beckman, M. Catacora-Rios, C. Hebborn, and F. M. Nunes — 2026-07-15T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): C. Beckman, M. Catacora-Rios, C. Hebborn, and F. M. Nunes
Background: The excitation of one-neutron halo nucleus [15]C from the 1/2[+] ground state to the 5/2[+] first excited state was measured at Argonne National Laboratory by impinging [15]C on a deuterated target at 7.1A MeV. This data was then analyzed in the Distorted Wave Born Approximation using a …
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed Jul 15, 2026

Direct transfer to ${}^{46,48}$K as a survey of the $π({s}_{1/2})$-$ν(sdpf)$ interaction

C. J. Paxman et al. — 2026-07-14T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): C. J. Paxman et al.

The collapse of the canonical

N = 28

magic number in nuclei with

Z < 20

has drawn significant interest as it relates to the emergence of an island of inversion centered on

^{42}

Si and

^{44}

S. In particular, interactions between the

π 2 s_{1 / 2}

orbital – empty in

^{42}

Si and full in

^{44}

S – and the neutron orbitals j…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Tue Jul 14, 2026

$E0$ transition strengths as a tool to constrain model parameters: Application to the interacting boson model and even-even Xe isotopes

Pablo Martín-Higueras and José-Enrique García-Ramos — 2026-06-29T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Pablo Martín-Higueras and José-Enrique García-Ramos
Background: In any theoretical framework for nuclear structure, the quantitative description of E0 transition rates remains a nontrivial and persistent challenge. Moreover, these observables impose stringent constraints on the viable parameter space of such models. Purpose: This work aims to systema…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Mon Jun 29, 2026

Spectral properties and spin alignment of $ϕ$ mesons in QCD matter

Zhong-Yuan Sun, You-Yu Li, and Shuai Y. F. Liu — 2026-05-28T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Zhong-Yuan Sun, You-Yu Li, and Shuai Y. F. Liu

As the spin alignment of a vector meson is predicted to be correlated with its spectral properties, we study the spectral properties of the

ϕ

meson using two microscopic Lagrangians based either on chiral effective field theory or the quark-meson model. We calculate the self-energies and spectral fu…

[Phys. Rev. C] Published Thu May 28, 2026

Information content of the Gamow Teller resonance: Bayesian inference with self-consistent Skyrme models

Zidu Lin, Gianluca Coló, Andrew W. Steiner, and Amber Stinson — 2026-05-27T10:00:00+00:00

Author(s): Zidu Lin, Gianluca Coló, Andrew W. Steiner, and Amber Stinson
Many important charge-exchange weak reactions (e.g. beta decays, double beta decays, neutrino-nucleus reactions and neutrino-nucleon reactions) are closely related to the spin- and isospin-dependent nuclear force. However, few of these reactions can be precisely measured (or even observed) by curren…
[Phys. Rev. C] Published Wed May 27, 2026

Accepted Papers for Phys. Rev. C

Many-body effects on dense matter with hyperons at finite temperature

Dimer effective field theory

Resonance-dominated heavy-ion fusion and structures with negative components in the representation ${d}^{2}(Eσ)/d{E}^{2}$ of the fusion cross section

Photoproduction of ${K}^{0}{Σ}^{+}$ off protons in the resonance region

${}^{17}$O spectroscopy using ${}^{13}$C($α$,$α$) resonant elastic scattering

Thermodynamic versus dynamical description of the neutron-star crust-core instability: Implications for crustal observables

Examination of the ${}^{144,148}$Sm + $α$ potential for $p$-process nucleosynthesis

Transport simulations with a constrained momentum-dependent chiral mean-field equation of state at various isospin fractions

Cooling of isolated neutron stars with hyperon-mixed kaon-condensation matter

Existence of a second phase transition in $A$-$A$ collisions at energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider: A physical interpretation

Structure of the neutron-rich $N$=126 isotones: A shell model analysis

Conformal prediction for uncertainties in the neutron star equation of state

Competing roles of Coulomb repulsion and shell closure in pseudospin symmetry breaking of proton resonant states

Radial-flow fluctuations in the geometrical-scaling framework

Physics-structured cooperative neural network for baseline-free nuclear mass modeling

WKB approximation under a Killingbeck potential and its application to double-heavy-meson spectroscopy

Vortex nucleons as partial-wave filters in nucleon-nucleon scattering

Calculation of $α$-decay half-lives for new superheavy nuclei with $Z=113$–118 with the GLDM-BNN hybrid model

Analysis of the energy and angular distributions of photoneutrons from $^{\rm nat}$Pb, ${}^{197}$Au, $^{\rm nat}$Sn, $^{\rm nat}$Cu, $^{\rm nat}$Fe, and $^{\rm nat}$Ti using resonance direct theory

Production correlation of light (hyper-)nuclei in Au-Au collisions from the RHIC Beam Energy Scan

Growth of quartet correlations in neutron-rich tellurium isotopes within quartet Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory

Practical approach to perturbative corrections to few-body observables

From hyperon-nucleon interactions to deuteron-hyperon femtoscopy

Investigation of antimagnetic rotation in the $N=46$ odd-$A$ isotones ${}^{83}$Rb and ${}^{85}$Y

Astrophysical $S$ factor ${S}_{34}(0)$ using a Bayesian neural network

Configuration-interaction time-dependent density functional theory for nuclear dynamics

Erratum: Spectroscopic study of the possibly triaxial transitional nucleus ${}^{75}$Ge [Phys. Rev. C 97, 034322 (2018)]

CREX and PREX-II reconciled within nuclear energy density functional theory

Production cross sections of neutron-rich nuclides near the $N=126$ neutron-shell closure from 1000 MeV/u ${}^{208}$Pb on ${}^{9}$Be

First strength measurements of low-energy resonances in the ${}^{45}$Sc($p$,$γ$)${}^{46}$Ti reaction and its astrophysical implications

Microscopic theory of the $γ$ decay of giant resonances in superfluid nuclei

Constraining the low-${p}_{T}$ $η/{π}^{0}$ ratio for direct-photon analyses with blast-wave fits to $π$, $K$, and $p$ spectra

Nonlocality function of microscopic optical potentials from Skyrme-based nuclear structure models at low energies

Investigation of $β$-decay energy based on physically interpretable machine learning

Examination of the $c\stackrel{‾}{c}+n{+}^{10}$Be bound-state problem within three-cluster models based on QCD charmonium-nucleon interactions

Measurements of longitudinal flow decorrelations in $pp$ and Xe+Xe collisions with the ATLAS detector

Deformation-driven intruders in light island-of-inversion nuclei

Diffractive two-photon exchange and beam normal-spin asymmetries for elastic electron scattering on nuclei

Systematic description of $α$-induced reactions at intermediate energies within an intranuclear cascade framework

Massive Thirring/sine-Gordon model with nonzero current density

Yrast and nonyrast spectroscopy of ${}^{209}$Po

Systematics of $α$-decay half-lives from neural network modeling and application to superheavy nuclei

Spectroscopic factors as a probe of the nuclear shape in ${}^{44}$S via one-neutron knockout reactions

Physics-informed interpretable forms for dipole resonances and quantities relevant for astrophysics

Skyrme SV density-functional analysis of the $2νββ$ decay in ${}^{76}$Ge

Nuclear mass excesses calibrated by Bayesian ridge regression for predicting optimal incident energies for the synthesis of superheavy elements

Near-threshold dynamics of ${χ}_{c1}$(3872) and T${}_{cc}^{+}$(3875) states via effective range expansion and Monte Carlo uncertainty propagation

Investigation of hadronic effects on resonance productions in small collision systems using the EPOS4 model

Secondary hadron-nucleus collisions of short-lived hadrons in ultrarelativistic fixed-target heavy-ion interactions

Detailed experimental study of excited states in ${}^{50}$Ti via the ($d$,$p$) and ($d$,$pγ$) reactions

3D initial-state dynamics across scales: A comparative study of saturation and string-based descriptions

Energy-energy correlators inside single inclusive jets in heavy-ion collisions with the CoLBT-hydro model

Exploration of mass-asymmetric fission of the sub-lead nucleus ${}^{192}$Hg

Maris polarization in the ($p$,$pd$) reaction

Improved ${}^{94}$Mo neutron resonance parameters from neutron capture and transmission measurements at n_TOF and GELINA

Measurement and analysis of incomplete fusion strength function in ${}^{12}$C(${E}_{\mathrm{\text{lab}}}=4A$–$7A$ MeV)+${}^{130}$Te system to probe entrance-channel dependence

Role of nuclear shell effects of different nuclear physics ingredients in shaping $r$-process abundance patterns

Computing neutrino cross sections from Euclidean responses

Many-body perturbation theory for the nuclear equation of state up to fifth order

Suppression of heavy-ion fusion by slow quasifission

Highly correlated exponential variational method applied to the $d$-${Ω}_{ccc}$ system

$Λ$-deuteron scattering below the $Σ$ threshold

Evaporation residue cross sections for ${}^{16}$O+${}^{170,172}$Yb reactions: Sub-barrier fusion enhancement and the role of hexadecapole deformation

Mean-field proton-neutron pairing correlations with the Gogny D1S energy density functional

Nonlocal nucleon-nucleus optical potentials from chiral effective field theory

Delivery of refractory radioactive ion beams via in-trap decay at ISOLDE

Comparative study of Langevin and random walk models for nuclear fission in the overdamped regime

Exclusive cross-section measurements of ${}^{12}$C($n$,${p}_{n}$) and ${}^{12}$C($n$,${d}_{n}$) reactions

Measurement of the forward angle ${}^{12}$C+${}^{12}$C fragmentation differential cross sections at 62 MeV/nucleon

Testing microscopic nuclear-density inputs for deformation-sensitive observables in relativistic ${}^{238}$U+${}^{238}$U and ${}^{197}$Au+${}^{197}$Au collisions

Search for true muonium in relativistic heavy-ion collisions

Thermodynamic nature of upbend resonance and validity of Brink-Axel hypothesis in the low-energy region

Neutrino absorption in two-flavor color-superconducting quark matter

Structure and decay of $α$-condensate candidates from cluster effective field theory interactions

Deep-learning emulator for photonuclear reactions and a framework for Bayesian joint evaluations via Hamiltonian Monte Carlo

Proton emission half-lives and shape coexistence for $71≤Z≤83$ odd-$Z$ nuclei

Renormalization of the shell-model neutrinoless double-$β$ decay operator starting from effective field theory

Non-Gaussian fluctuations in relativistic hydrodynamics: Confluent equations for three-point correlations

Signals for fluctuating constituent numbers in small systems

Constraining the low-${p}_{T}$ $η/{π}^{0}$ ratio for direct-photon analyses with blast-wave
fits to $π$, $K$, and $p$ spectra