Radii and Binding Energies in Oxygen Isotopes: A Challenge for Nuclear Forces

V. Lapoux 1 V. Somà 2 C. Barbieri 3 H. Hergert 4 J. d. Holt 5 S. r. Stroberg 4
1 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
2 DPHN - Département de Physique Nucléaire (ex SPhN)
3 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Galileo Galilei"
4 NSCL - National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
5 Imperial College London
Abstract : We present a systematic study of both nuclear radii and binding energies in (even) oxygen isotopes from the valley of stability to the neutron drip line. Both charge and matter radii are compared to state-of-the-art ab initio calculations along with binding energy systematics. Experimental matter radii are obtained through a complete evaluation of the available elastic proton scattering data of oxygen isotopes. We show that, in spite of a good reproduction of binding energies, ab initio calculations with conventional nuclear interactions derived within chiral effective field theory fail to provide a realistic description of charge and matter radii. A novel version of two- and three-nucleon forces leads to considerable improvement of the simultaneous description of the three observables for stable isotopes but shows deficiencies for the most neutron-rich systems. Thus, crucial challenges related to the development of nuclear interactions remain.
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V. Lapoux, V. Somà, C. Barbieri, H. Hergert, J. d. Holt, et al.. Radii and Binding Energies in Oxygen Isotopes: A Challenge for Nuclear Forces. Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, 2016, 117 (5), pp.052501. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.052501⟩. ⟨cea-01504955⟩

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