| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 66, 2014
INPC 2013 – International Nuclear Physics Conference
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| Article Number | 02042 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Nuclear Structure | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146602042 | |
| Published online | 20 March 2014 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146602042
Cause of the charge radius isotope shift at the N=126 shell gap
Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
a e-mail: p.goddard@surrey.ac.uk
Published online: 20 March 2014
We discuss the mechanism causing the ‘kink’ in the charge radius isotope shift at the N = 126 shell closure. The occupation of the 1i11/2 neutron orbital is the decisive factor for reproducing the experimentally observed kink. We investigate whether this orbital is occupied or not by different Skyrme effective interactions as neutrons are added above the shell closure. Our results demonstrate that several factors can cause an appreciable occupation of the 1i11/2 neutron orbital, including the magnitude of the spin-orbit field, and the isoscalar effective mass of the Skyrme interaction. The symmetry energy of the effective interaction has little influence upon its ability to reproduce the kink.
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