The nuclear energy density functionals with modified radial dependence of the isoscalar effective mass

preprint2009arXivOpen access

Abstract

Calculations for infinite nuclear matter with realistic nucleon-nucleon interactions suggest that the isoscalar effective mass (IEM) of a nucleon at the saturation density equals m∗/m∼0.8±0.1m^*/m\sim 0.8\pm 0.1, at variance with empirical data on the nuclear level density in finite nuclei which are consistent with m∗/m≈1m^*/m\approx 1. This contradicting results might be reconciled by enriching the radial dependence of IEM. In this work four new terms are introduced into the Skyrme-force inspired local energy-density functional: τ(∇ρ)2τ(\nablaρ)^2, τdρdrτ\frac{dρ}{dr}, τ2τ^2 and τΔρτΔρ. The aim is to investigate how they influence the radial dependence of IEM and, in turn, the single-particle spectra.

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