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Skyrmions and Clustering in Light Nuclei

Naya, Carlos; Sutcliffe, Paul

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Carlos Naya



Abstract

One of the outstanding problems in modern nuclear physics is to determine the properties of nuclei from the fundamental theory of the strong force, quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Skyrmions offer a novel approach to this problem by considering nuclei as solitons of a low energy effective field theory obtained from QCD. Unfortunately, the standard theory of Skyrmions has been plagued by two significant problems: (1) It yields nuclear binding energies that are an order of magnitude larger than experimental nuclear data, and (2) it predicts intrinsic shapes for nuclei that fail to match the clustering structure of light nuclei. Here we show that extending the standard theory of Skyrmions, by including the next lightest subatomic meson particles traditionally neglected, dramatically improves both of these aspects. We find Skyrmion clustering that now agrees with the expected structure of light nuclei, with binding energies that are much closer to nuclear data.

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Naya, C., & Sutcliffe, P. (2018). Skyrmions and Clustering in Light Nuclei. Physical Review Letters, 121(23), Article 232002. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.232002

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 5, 2018
Online Publication Date Dec 6, 2018
Publication Date Dec 6, 2018
Deposit Date Dec 7, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Physical Review Letters
Print ISSN 0031-9007
Electronic ISSN 1079-7114
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 121
Issue 23
Article Number 232002
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.121.232002

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