Physics Letters B (Dec 2023)

Isospin-dependence of the charge-changing cross-section shaped by the charged-particle evaporation process

  • J.W. Zhao,
  • B.-H. Sun,
  • I. Tanihata,
  • S. Terashima,
  • A. Prochazka,
  • J.Y. Xu,
  • L.H. Zhu,
  • J. Meng,
  • J. Su,
  • K.Y. Zhang,
  • L.S. Geng,
  • L.C. He,
  • C.Y. Liu,
  • G.S. Li,
  • C.G. Lu,
  • W.J. Lin,
  • W.P. Lin,
  • Z. Liu,
  • P.P. Ren,
  • Z.Y. Sun,
  • F. Wang,
  • J. Wang,
  • M. Wang,
  • S.T. Wang,
  • X.L. Wei,
  • X.D. Xu,
  • J.C. Zhang,
  • M.X. Zhang,
  • X.H. Zhang

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 847
p. 138269

Abstract

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We present the charge-changing cross sections (CCCS) of 11−15C, 13−17N, and 15,17−18O at around 300 MeV/nucleon on a carbon target, which extends to p-shell isotopes with N<Z for the first time. The Glauber model, which considers only the proton distribution of projectile nuclei, underestimates the cross sections by more than 10%. We show that this discrepancy can be resolved by considering the contribution from the charged-particle evaporation process (CPEP) following projectile neutron removal. Using nucleon densities from the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum, we investigate the isospin-dependent CPEP contribution to the CCCS for a wide range of neutron-to-proton separation energy asymmetry. Our calculations, which include the CPEP contribution, agree well with existing systematic data and reveal an “evaporation peak” at the isospin symmetric region where the neutron-to-proton separation energy is close to zero. These results suggest that analysis beyond the Glauber model is crucial for accurately determining nuclear charge radii from CCCSs.

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