Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: We present variational Monte Carlo calculations of charge and magnetic radii in $A\ensuremath{\le}10$ nuclei. The calculations are based on the Norfolk two- and three-nucleon interactions, and associated one- and two-nucleon electromagnetic charge and current operators derived up to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order in the chiral expansion. The charge and magnetic radii are extracted from the respective form factors. We find that the charge radii are within 5% of the experimental values for the nuclei considered. For the magnetic radii, a comparison is available only with $^{3}\mathrm{H}$ and ${}^{3}\mathrm{He}$ electron scattering data that are affected by large error bars. We hope that our predictions foster an interest in precisely measuring magnetic radii of heavier systems.
Source: Physical Review C
DOI: 10.1103/w8kj-p8bv
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G102163711, G2263355576, G2886131259, G3177085294, FROM ATOMIC NUCLEI TO INFINITE NUCLEONIC MATTER WITHIN CHIRAL DYNAMICS
(EARLY CAREER RESEARCH PROGRAM), FRIB THEORY CENTER - A PATH FOR THE SCIENCE AT FRIB, G42916606, G4991813419, SSAA MANAGEMENT OF STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP AND LABORATORY RESIDENCY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS, QUANTUM MONTE CARLO CALCULATIONS OF LEPTON-NUCLEUS INTERACTIONS, G8862134568
OpenAlex ID: W4415683316