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Constraining Nuclear Matter from Finite Nuclei: the Ab Initio Perspective

Year: 2026

Type: preprint

Abstract: This review surveys recent developments in ab initio calculations of finite nuclei aimed at constraining the nuclear matter equation of state. Particular emphasis is placed on observables that connect finite-nucleus structure to bulk properties of nuclear matter, including neutron-skin thicknesses, electric dipole polarizabilities, and monopole sum rules. We discuss how neutron skins and dipole polarizabilities provide information on the density dependence of the symmetry energy, while monopole observables constrain the incompressibility of nuclear matter.

Source: arXiv (Cornell University)

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2610.34423

Authors: Bonaiti, Francesca, Bacca, Sonia, Tews, Ingo

Institutions: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Language: English

Topic: Nuclear physics research studies

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Office of Science, Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Nuclear Physics

Awards: G138487567, G2762820993, EXC 2118: Precision Physics, Fundamental Interactions and Structure of Matter (PRISMA+), G4713271130, G4795914640, G6160761920, G6237201456, G6555485371, G6992476341, SFB 1245: Atomkerne: Von fundamentalen Wechselwirkungen zu Struktur und Sternen

OpenAlex ID: W7223944442

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