dorsal/arxiv
View SchemaPygmy dipole resonance as a constraint on the neutron skin of heavy nuclei
| Authors | J. Piekarewicz |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/0602036 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0602036 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevC.73.044325 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev. C73 (2006) 044325 |
Abstract
The isotopic dependence of the isovector Pygmy dipole response in tin is studied within the framework of the relativistic random phase approximation. Regarded as an oscillation of the neutron skin against the isospin-symmetric core, the pygmy dipole resonance may place important constraints on the neutron skin of heavy nuclei and, as a result, on the equation of state of neutron-rich matter. The present study centers around two questions. First, is there a strong correlation between the development of a neutron skin and the emergence of low-energy isovector dipole strength? Second, could one use the recently measured Pygmy dipole resonance in 130Sn and 132Sn to discriminate among theoretical models? For the first question we found that while a strong correlation between the neutron skin and the Pygmy dipole resonance exists, a mild anti-correlation develops beyond 120Sn. The answer to the second question suggests that models with overly large neutron skins--and thus stiff symmetry energies--are in conflict with experiment.
{
"annotation_id": "c3e4d752-a367-4e6f-be36-7f2dc9739c40",
"date_created": "2026-03-02T18:00:08.361000Z",
"date_modified": "2026-03-02T18:00:08.361000Z",
"file_hash": "de9f617be47efbbddf9e49ae5eb87450d0772094be94038dcc2483d7a53e4834",
"private": false,
"record": {
"abstract": "The isotopic dependence of the isovector Pygmy dipole response in tin is\nstudied within the framework of the relativistic random phase approximation.\nRegarded as an oscillation of the neutron skin against the isospin-symmetric\ncore, the pygmy dipole resonance may place important constraints on the neutron\nskin of heavy nuclei and, as a result, on the equation of state of neutron-rich\nmatter. The present study centers around two questions. First, is there a\nstrong correlation between the development of a neutron skin and the emergence\nof low-energy isovector dipole strength? Second, could one use the recently\nmeasured Pygmy dipole resonance in 130Sn and 132Sn to discriminate among\ntheoretical models? For the first question we found that while a strong\ncorrelation between the neutron skin and the Pygmy dipole resonance exists, a\nmild anti-correlation develops beyond 120Sn. The answer to the second question\nsuggests that models with overly large neutron skins--and thus stiff symmetry\nenergies--are in conflict with experiment.",
"arxiv_id": "nucl-th/0602036",
"authors": [
"J. Piekarewicz"
],
"categories": [
"nucl-th",
"nucl-ex"
],
"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevC.73.044325",
"journal_ref": "Phys.Rev. C73 (2006) 044325",
"title": "Pygmy dipole resonance as a constraint on the neutron skin of heavy nuclei",
"url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0602036"
},
"schema_id": "dorsal/arxiv",
"source": {
"execution_id": "31e845f5-f0a0-484d-b578-f641992a76d7",
"id": "arXiv Dataset IDs",
"type": "Model",
"variant": "snapshot-2026-03-01",
"version": "0.1.0"
},
"user_id": 1000002
}