Single-particle states in ${}^{199}\mathrm{Hg}$ have been studied with the ${}^{200}\mathrm{Hg}(d,t){}^{199}\mathrm{Hg}$ reaction using 22-MeV deuterons. The reaction products were momentum analyzed using a Q3D magnetic spectrograph, and a position-sensitive cathode-strip detector located at the focal plane recorded the particle spectra. Cross …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044308] Published Fri Apr 10, 2026

While hybrid approaches of relativistic $\mathrm{hydrodynamics}+\mathrm{transport}$ have been well established for the dynamical description of heavy-ion collisions at high beam energies, moving to lower beam energies is challenging. In this work, we propose dynamic initial conditions for the viscous hydrodynamic evolu…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044906] Published Fri Apr 10, 2026

We have used the auxiliary-field quantum Monte Carlo (AFQMC) many-body approach on the lattice to study the equation of state for a fermionic impurity interacting with a background sea of spin-polarized fermions. The impurity, or polaron, is an interesting system in both cold atomic and nuclear phys…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044002] Published Thu Apr 09, 2026

The lifetimes of the $2_1^{+}$ and $4_1^{+}$ states of ${}^{200}\mathrm{Pt}$ were measured by applying the recoil-distance Doppler-shift method. Excited states were populated in the ${}^{198}\mathrm{Pt}({}^{18}\mathrm{O}$, ${}^{16}\mathrm{O}){}^{200}\mathrm{Pt}$ two-neutron transfer reaction at the 9-MV tandem accelerator at the IFIN-HH in Măgurele, Romania. The resulting $B\left(E2\right)$ values …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044307] Published Thu Apr 09, 2026

We propose a Quantization-Constrained Parameter Method (QCPM) for determining the Woods-Saxon (WS) potential depth $V_0$ and diffuseness $a$ in studies of $\alpha$ and cluster decay half-lives. In this approach, the parameters are derived analytically by imposing the Bohr-Sommerfeld (BS) quantization condition,…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044608] Published Thu Apr 09, 2026

A direct measurement of the ${}^7\mathrm{Li}(p,\alpha ){}^4\mathrm{He}$ reaction at astrophysical energies was performed at the Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH) using a scaled-down version of the ELISSA detector array and the 3 MV Tandem accelerator. This reaction plays a crucia…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 045804] Published Thu Apr 09, 2026

The quantum chromodynamics (QCD) phase diagram at large densities and low temperatures can be probed using both neutron stars and low-energy heavy-ion collisions. Heavy-ion collisions are nearly isospin-symmetric systems, whereas neutron stars are highly isospin asymmetric since they are neutron ric…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 045805] Published Thu Apr 09, 2026

The low-excitation states of atomic nuclei in the region around the $N=Z=28$ shell closure are generally well described by the shell model. Most experimental observables in the iron isotopes ${}^{56}\mathrm{Fe}$, ${}^{58}\mathrm{Fe}$, and ${}^{60}\mathrm{Fe}$ $(Z=26;$ $N=30, 32, 34)$ support a shell-model description. However, the lifetimes of the $4_1^{+}$ …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044306] Published Tue Apr 07, 2026

The first order chiral phase transition for quark matter with flavor imbalance is studied using the Linear $\sigma$ model with quarks, also known as quark-meson model. Special attention is paid to the role of the scalar isovector meson. The general consensus presently is that the chiral transition changes …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 045204] Published Tue Apr 07, 2026

Background: The São Paulo optical model protocol (SP-OMP) has been developed [Alvarez et al., Phys. Rev. C 100, 064602 (2019); Garrido-Gómez, Vegas-Díaz, Fernández-García, and Alvarez, ibid. 109, 054608 (2024); Garrido-Gómez et al., ibid. 112, 064602 (2025)] with the aim of establishing a common b…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044607] Published Mon Apr 06, 2026

The lattice QCD results for the temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility of the medium below the crossover temperature cannot be reconciled with the widely used Hadron Resonance Gas model, also amended with the physical magnetic moments of hadrons or the pion–vector-meson loops. As noticed earl…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 045201] Published Mon Apr 06, 2026

Based on chiral soliton models, the quantum fluctuation energies of quarks over a spatially inhomogeneous meson field background are thoroughly studied. We use a systematic calculation scheme initiated by Schwinger, in which the loop quantum fluctuation energies are evaluated by a nontrivial level s…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 045202] Published Mon Apr 06, 2026

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 040001] Published Fri Apr 03, 2026

This comprehensive review of nuclear cold QCD effects in hadron-nucleus collisions, produced by an international collaboration of leading experts, integrates results from decades of experimental data on hard probes such as Drell-Yan, quarkonium, and heavy-flavor production and synthesizes the results to provide a means of better understanding these probes of cold nuclear matter.

Open questions such as the dynamics of parton energy loss; the role of saturation physics relative to nuclear parton distribution functions; and the interplay between initial- and final-state effects are identified and addressed. Targeted measurements are proposed to answer these questions. Opportunities at the future Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) and its complementarity with other facilities is emphasized. The kinematic reach and high-precision capabilities of the EIC will provide data that can disentangle competing mechanisms and build a unified, coherent picture of cold nuclear matter effects.

This Perspective is intended as a timely reference for researchers entering the field as well as a proposed strategy to shape the next decade of cold QCD experimental programs.

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 040501] Published Fri Apr 03, 2026

Lifetimes of several excited states in the mirror nuclei ${}^{47}\mathrm{Cr}\text{−}{}^{47}\mathrm{V}$ and ${}^{49}\mathrm{Mn}\text{−}{}^{49}\mathrm{Cr}$, located at the center of the $f_{7/2}$ shell, were measured using the advanced $\gamma$-ray tracking array AGATA. The Doppler shift attenuation method was employed to determine such lifetimes in the subpicosecond range. The reduced…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044304] Published Fri Apr 03, 2026

Employing the five-dimensional collective Hamiltonian based on relativistic density functional theory, we investigate how the entanglement between collective shape and rotational degrees of freedom evolves along the even-even hafnium chain ${}^{154–198}\mathrm{Hf}$. Potential-energy surfaces, deformation parameters…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044305] Published Fri Apr 03, 2026

Background: Complexity of deuteron-nucleus interactions—due to reactions induced by nucleons following weak binding-energy deuteron breakup (BU) and stripping and pickup direct reactions (DRs) in addition to statistical preequilibrium emission (PE) and evaporation from the compound nucleus (CN)—stil…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044604] Published Fri Apr 03, 2026

The development of nuclear reaction models for the production of evaluated nuclear data has traditionally been performed by comparing measured cross sections with predictions from reaction model codes whose physical input parameters are adjusted to obtain the best agreement between measured and mode…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044606] Published Fri Apr 03, 2026

The density functional renormalization group is proposed to investigate the density fluctuations within the functional renormalization group approach, which allows us to quantify the medium effect and study physics of high densities. This method is applied to the nucleon-meson effective field theory…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 045801] Published Fri Apr 03, 2026

The neutron-proton-electron matter under a strong magnetic field is studied in the context of the covariant Vlasov approach. A covariant relativistic approach based on the Vlasov equation is applied to the study of infinite asymmetric magnetized nuclear matter. We use several relativistic mean-field…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 045803] Published Fri Apr 03, 2026

Background: The quantum-number projected generator coordinate method (PGCM) has gained increasing attention, in part due to its combination with the in-medium similarity renormalization group (IMSRG) to describe collective excitations in medium-mass deformed nuclei, as well as nuclear matrix element…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044302] Published Thu Apr 02, 2026

We report the measurement of the ${}^{214}\mathrm{Bi}\beta$-decay spectrum to the ground state of ${}^{214}\mathrm{Po}$ using the XENONnT detector. This decay is classified as first-forbidden nonunique, for which theoretical predictions require detailed nuclear structure modeling. A dedicated identification algorithm isolates a high-p…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044303] Published Thu Apr 02, 2026

This study explores the role of nucleon exchange for the generation of the fission fragment angular momenta. For a number of typical fission cases, samples of ${10}^4$ shape evolutions are generated by Langevin simulation and, subsequently, for each such evolution, the nucleon exchange transport theory p…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044605] Published Thu Apr 02, 2026

Elliptic flow of deuterons is measured on simulated collision events of $\mathrm{Pb}+\mathrm{Pb}$ at CMS energy of 2.76 TeV per colliding nucleon pair. We use a hybrid model that includes hydrodynamics for the deconfined phase and hadron transport as an afterburner. For deuterons, two production mechanisms are examined…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044904] Published Thu Apr 02, 2026

We present an approach for including relativistic corrections in lepton-nucleus scattering calculations within the short-time approximation (STA). Previous ab initio studies employed electromagnetic currents expanded in powers of $q/m$, where $q$ is the momentum transfer and $m$ is the nucleon mass, restr…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 045501] Published Thu Apr 02, 2026

Nuclear $\beta$ decay is a key element of the astrophysical rapid neutron capture process ($r$ process). In this work, we present state-of-the-art global $\beta$-decay calculations based on the quantified relativistic nuclear energy density functional theory and the deformed proton-neutron quasiparticle random-ph…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 045802] Published Thu Apr 02, 2026

We extend the active learning emulators for two-body scattering in coordinate space with error estimation, recently developed by Maldonado et al. [Phys. Rev. C 112, 024002 (2025)], to coupled-channel scattering in momentum space. Our full-order model (FOM) solver is based on the Lippmann-Schwinger i…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044001] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

Coupled-cluster theory is a powerful tool for first-principles calculations of atomic nuclei, enabling accurate predictions of nuclear observables across the Segrè chart. While coupled-cluster computations are especially efficient at shell closures, extensions have been developed to tackle open-shel…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044301] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

Actinide nuclei provide a suitable platform for studying laser-assisted nuclear $\alpha$ decay, with potential applications in nuclear transmutation, nuclear radiotherapy, and nuclear battery regulation. In the present work, we develop a deformed one-parameter model to quantitatively evaluate the impact of…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044601] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

Two back-to-back experiments, ${}^{28}\mathrm{Si} + {}^{178}\mathrm{Hf}$ and ${}^{28}\mathrm{Si} + {}^{186}\mathrm{W}$, were intentionally conducted to validate the role of shell closure in pre-actinides by studying neutron multiplicity in compound nucleus (CN) ${}^{206}\mathrm{Rn}$ and ${}^{214}\mathrm{Ra}$. In the first experiment [Dubey et al., Phys. Rev. C 112, L011602 (2025)], we esta…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044602] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

We report a new measurement of the photoneutron cross section for ${}^{89}\mathrm{Y}(\gamma ,n){}^{88}\mathrm{Y}$ in the energy range of 11.85–18.70 MeV at the Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source (SLEGS) using a neutron Flat-Efficiency Detector (FED) array. An iterative unfolding algorithm was combined to extract monoenergetic cross …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044603] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

Isobaric collisions provide a unique opportunity to investigate how variations in the charge to mass ratio affect the final state observables produced in relativistic heavy ion collisions. Most importantly, isobaric systems that differ in their nuclear structure offer valuable insights into the unde…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044901] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

We employ the Zubarev approach of the statistical operator to investigate the enhancement of the low-$p_T$ region of pion spectra, introducing an effective pion chemical potential, to describe the overpopulation of low-energy pion states. We test a corresponding freeze-out approach by analyzing the tra…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044902] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

Motivated by recent observations of spin polarization and alignment in heavy-ion collisions, we study the impact of rotation on the transport properties of strongly interacting matter within kinetic theory in the relaxation time approximation. Our analysis focuses on the anisotropic shear viscosity—…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 044903] Published Wed Apr 01, 2026

The abnormal behavior of nuclear charge radii can be generally associated with the observed structure phenomena along the specific isotopic family. In this work, the relativistic mean-field theory with the effective Lagrangian NL3 force is employed to feature the systematic trend of changes of charg…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034325] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026

The experimental differential cross-section (CS) and analyzing power (AP) data of the ${}^6\mathrm{Li}+{}^{12}\mathrm{C}$ elastic scattering over a wide laboratory energy scale ($4.5\mathrm{MeV}\le E_{\text{lab}}\le 600\mathrm{MeV}$) are analyzed within the framework of the optical model (OPM) using nonmonotonic (NM) nucleus–nucleus potentials. The real part of …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034623] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026

We present a phase-space excluded-volume approach applicable to both nuclear matter and nonequilibrium processes, such as heavy-ion collisions, to account for in-medium effects on light clusters. In this approach, light clusters can exist only if the nucleon one-body phase-space occupation of the su…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034624] Published Tue Mar 31, 2026

We investigate low-energy astrophysical $S$ factors for reactions proceeding through the ${}^8\mathrm{Be}$ compound system with entrance channels $p+{}^7\mathrm{Li}, n+{}^7\mathrm{Be}$, and $d+{}^6\mathrm{Li}$. Using the same microscopic many-channel three-cluster framework as in our previous study of the high-lying ${}^8\mathrm{Be}$ spectrum, we calculate $S\left(E\right)$ for ${}^{\mathrm{\dots }}\mathrm{Li}$

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034324] Published Mon Mar 30, 2026

Background: The ${}^3\mathrm{He}(\alpha ,\gamma ){}^7\mathrm{Be}$ reaction plays a crucial role in the proton-proton chain and Big Bang nucleosynthesis, affecting solar neutrino fluxes and primordial element abundances. Experimental data at astrophysical energies remain uncertain due to the extremely low cross sections.

Purpose: This wo…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034622] Published Mon Mar 30, 2026

This paper reports on high-precision measurements of terbium half-lives and cross-section data using $\alpha$ beams on natural europium targets. Energy uncertainties have been minimized through accurate measurement of the $\alpha$-beam energy and high-precision cross sections obtained by a combination of foil thi…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034620] Published Fri Mar 27, 2026

The efficient production of neutron-rich nuclei has been a challenge and is a central theme at current and future rare-isotope facilities. Nuclides with high neutron excess can be reached by transferring multiple neutrons from the target to the projectile and/or by stripping protons from the projectile in multinucleon transfer reactions. Beam energies range from the Coulomb barrier to Fermi energies, about 15–35 MeV/nucleon. The authors analyze two reactions, ${}^{86}$Kr+${}^{86}$Ni and ${}^{86}$Kr+${}^{124}$Sn, each previously measured at 15 MeV/nucleon at the MARS recoil separator at the Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute. Systematic comparisons with calculations from two well-known models followed by a deexcitation description provide significant insight into the reaction mechanisms and indicate that multiple charge-exchange channels, along a diagonal `southeast’ path in the nuclear chart, offer an efficient route to neutron-rich nuclides.

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034621] Published Fri Mar 27, 2026

Recent experimental studies on proton-rich nuclei in the $sd$ shell have revealed intriguing near-threshold phenomena, including exotic structures associated with mirror symmetry breaking. In particular, a halolike structure has been suggested for the $1^{+}$ state of ${}^{22}\mathrm{Al}$ based on the large isospin asymme…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, L031301] Published Fri Mar 27, 2026

Background: The low-lying level structure of ${}^{13}\mathrm{Be}$ is still not fully understood; specifically, it has not been ruled out that the first $1/2^{-}$ state could be located above the isomeric $0_2^{+}$ state of ${}^{12}\mathrm{Be}$ and decay via that state.

Purpose: Search for a possible decay path of ${}^{13}\mathrm{Be}$ excited states through …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034323] Published Thu Mar 26, 2026

A new model based on the relativistic Boltzmann equation in the isotropization time approximation is developed to investigate the collective behavior of the quark-gluon plasma produced in high-energy heavy-ion collisions. The equation is solved in $(2+2)\mathrm{D}$ (two spatial and two momentum-space dimension…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034921] Published Thu Mar 26, 2026

We give an analytical expression for the in-plane polarization $P^x$ in heavy-ion collisions that has, to our knowledge, not been measured in heavy-ion collision experiments. We also carry out a numerical study of $P^x$ using a hydrodynamic-model simulation as a cross check for the analytical formula. It …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034920] Published Wed Mar 25, 2026

Lattice QCD calculations have shown that the transition from hadrons to quarks and gluons is a rapid crossover at $T=155–160$ MeV at vanishing chemical potential. Many model calculations show that the transition is first order at a sufficiently high baryon chemical potential. It is then natural to exp…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 035207] Published Wed Mar 25, 2026

In stellar hydrogen burning, the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) cycle dominates, with the ${}^{14}\mathrm{N}(p,\gamma ){}^{15}\mathrm{O}$ reaction being the slowest process. Consequently, this reaction critically influences the solar composition, CNO neutrino fluxes, and the evolution of star clusters and galaxies. Recent direct measure…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, L032801] Published Wed Mar 25, 2026

Recently the nucleon-nucleon interaction derived using time-ordered perturbation theory in manifestly Lorentz-invariant chiral effective field theory was shown to yield promising results for peripheral neutron-proton scattering. In this work we study low partial waves at next-to-leading order by tre…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034002] Published Tue Mar 24, 2026

We investigate the shell structure of the ${}^{22}\mathrm{Al}$ (hyper)nucleus within the deformed Skyrme-Hartree-Fock approach, precisely reproducing the core binding energies by modifications to the nuclear force parameters. We analyze proton single-particle levels and density distributions and in particular the e…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034319] Published Tue Mar 24, 2026

Background: Cluster radioactivity is a rare decay mode that bridges $\alpha$ decay and spontaneous fission. Despite extensive study, the quantitative role of nuclear structure effects in this process remains unclear.

Purpose: This work aims to investigate the influence of nuclear deformation parameters and…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034320] Published Tue Mar 24, 2026

Quantum computers offer new ways to solve the nuclear many-body problem, but realistic applications remain out of reach. Computations on a position-space lattice are promising as they exploit the short-range nature of nuclear forces. Using a local effective field theory Hamiltonian with two- and three-nucleon forces, this paper analyzes the resources required to compute ground states using adaptive variational algorithms. Demonstrations for the deuteron and helium-3 illustrate how such approaches may scale toward future quantum computations of nuclei.

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034321] Published Tue Mar 24, 2026

A measurement of the thermal neutron capture cross section of ${}^{73}\mathrm{As}$ (${\mathrm{t}}_{1/2}=80.3$ d) was performed utilizing the University of Missouri Research Reactor. Two sealed quartz tubes containing ${}^{73}\mathrm{As}$ were prepared and characterized before being irradiated for $\approx 1$ week. The resulting production of ${}^{74}\mathrm{As}$ was quan…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034322] Published Tue Mar 24, 2026

Cluster radioactivity has been successfully described as a superasymmetric fission mode within the microscopic self-consistent Gogny Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approximation [M. Warda and L. M. Robledo, Phys. Rev. C 84, 044608 (2011)]. For nuclei preserving the neutron-to-proton $N/Z$ ratio of the doubly…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034619] Published Tue Mar 24, 2026

The study of heavy-flavored baryon and meson production in proton-proton (pp) collisions provides crucial insight into the hadronization mechanisms of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). In this work an attempt has been made to describe the existing ALICE and LHCb results on the $p_{\mathrm{T}}$-differential production…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034918] Published Tue Mar 24, 2026

We study the evolution of matter composition from nuclear to quark densities in the confining regime by extending an ideal model of quarkyonic matter, the IdylliQ model, to multiflavor systems including strangeness. The model provides a dual description of quark and baryon occupation probabilities w…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 035206] Published Tue Mar 24, 2026

We investigate the contribution of radial excitations to Fermi $\beta$-decay matrix element. To this end, exact no-core shell-model calculations are performed for the mirror $\beta$ decay of tritium, where full convergence can be achieved on an ordinary computer. The differences between the isospin-mixing corre…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034317] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

We report a high-precision mass measurement of ${}^{61}\mathrm{Zn}$, performed with the ISOLTRAP mass spectrometer at ISOLDE, CERN. Our result agrees with a recent measurement from the LEBIT Penning trap at FRIB and reduces the mass uncertainty by a factor of four. Combined with recent measurements of the mirror nu…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034318] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

This work presents a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the ${}^9\mathrm{Be}({}^6\mathrm{Li}, {}^4\mathrm{He}){}^{11}\mathrm{B}$ transfer reaction at an incident energy of 68 MeV. Angular distributions of the emitted ${}^4\mathrm{He}$ particles were measured for several low-lying states of ${}^{11}\mathrm{B}$. The experimental data were analyzed within the cou…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034616] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

The formation probability of the compound nucleus $P_{\mathrm{CN}}$, predominated by quasifission, is pivotal for synthesizing heavy and superheavy elements via fusion-evaporation reactions. However, $P_{\mathrm{CN}}$ has thus far been formulated only phenomenologically, with substantial discrepancies observed in certain syste…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034617] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

In this work, we investigate the sequential $\alpha$-decay chains of ${}^{219}\mathrm{Np}, {}^{220}\mathrm{Np}, {}^{223}\mathrm{Np}$, and ${}^{224}\mathrm{Np}$ nuclei produced in fusion-evaporation reactions, within the framework of the Dynamical Cluster-decay Model (DCM) using compact configurations. For comparison, the ground-state $\alpha$ decay of the ${}^{227}\mathrm{Np}$ nucleus is…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034618] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

This study investigates the impact of nucleon-nucleon correlations on heavy-ion collisions using the hadronic transport model smash in $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=3$ GeV ${}^{197}\mathrm{Au}+{}^{197}\mathrm{Au}$ collisions. We developed an innovative Monte Carlo sampling method that incorporates both single-nucleon distributions and nucleon-nucleon corr…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034916] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

The Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon (BBGKY) hierarchy provides a time-reversal-symmetric framework for describing the nonequilibrium evolution of many-body systems. Despite the success of Boltzmann-based numerical approaches, systematically extending beyond this lowest-order truncation to the fu…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034917] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

It is shown that longitudinally polarized protons can be used to induce chirality in the final states of the $(\vec{p},pN)$ reaction at intermediate energies, when there exist three final-state particles with non-coplanar momentum vectors. The analyzing power $A_z$ is proposed as a measure of this effect. The…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, L031601] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

Experimental data on hyperon-nucleon interactions are scarce even though measurements of hyperon-nucleon scattering have been performed since the 1960s. This work takes advantage of ${10}^{10}$ $J/\psi$ particles produced at an $e^{+}{e}^{-}$ collider to extract unique hyperon-nucleon cross sections. Following the decay $J/\psi \to {\mathrm{\Sigma }}^{+}{\overline{\mathrm{\Sigma }}}^{-}$, the experiment tracked the nearly monoenergetic hyperons through the collider beam pipe and their interactions with bound neutrons in the pipe. Cross sections for two final states are extracted with $>3\sigma$ sensitivity. These results should aid theory progress on hyperon-nucleon interactions and may be useful in constraining hyperons in the equation of state of neutron star cores.

[Phys. Rev. C 113, L032201] Published Mon Mar 23, 2026

In the present work, experimental study of incomplete fusion in the ${}^{19}\mathrm{F}+{}^{93}\mathrm{Nb}$ system has been carried out in the energy range of $\approx$ 3–6 MeV/nucleon. The off-line $\gamma$-ray spectrometry was used to measure the cross sections of evaporation residues populated in this system. The analyses of experimentally m…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034615] Published Fri Mar 20, 2026

Rather than using the geometric method employed in the original extended quantum molecular-dynamics (EQMD) model, this article employs a stochastic approach to analyze the collision term and examine the width of the isovector giant-dipole resonance (GDR) in ${}^{208}\mathrm{Pb}$. Based on the “soft” EQMD model, whi…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034614] Published Thu Mar 19, 2026

Measurements of semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering multiplicities for ${\pi }^{+}$ and ${\pi }^{-}$ from proton and deuteron targets are reported on a grid of hadron kinematic variables $z, P_T$, and ${\varphi }^{*}$ for leptonic kinematic variables in the range $0.3<x<0.6$ and $3<Q^2<5{\mathrm{GeV}}^2$. Data were acquired in 2018 and…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 035205] Published Thu Mar 19, 2026

During core helium and carbon burning in massive stars, neutrons are produced mainly by the ${}^{22}\mathrm{Ne}(\alpha ,n){}^{25}\mathrm{Mg}$ reaction. Some of these released neutrons are captured by heavy seed nuclei from previous nucleosynthesis events, resulting in the slow production of many of the elements between masses 60 $\le A\le$ 9…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 035802] Published Thu Mar 19, 2026

Machine learning techniques have emerged as powerful tools for tackling nonperturbative challenges in quantum chromodynamics. In this study, we introduce a data-driven framework employing deep neural networks to systematically predict the temperature-dependent behavior of the screening mass $m_D\left(T\right)$ an…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034915] Published Wed Mar 18, 2026

In this work, we present new phenomenological extractions of the nucleon charge and magnetic radii based on its Dirac and Pauli flavor-separated $F_{(1,2)}^{(u,d)}\left(Q^2\right)$ form factors, over the extended range 0.0155 $<Q^2<$ 1.00 ${\mathrm{GeV}}^2$. Building upon the framework introduced by M. A. Albloushi et al. [Phys.…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 035204] Published Wed Mar 18, 2026

We investigate the radiative decay of fragments populated in neutronless spontaneous fission of ${}^{252}\mathrm{Cf}$, accurately identified using the double-energy method. The present study focuses on the ${}^{118}\mathrm{Pd}/{}^{134}\mathrm{Te}$ channel for which we measure the total excitation-energy distribution. The properties of the gamma…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034610] Published Tue Mar 17, 2026

Experimental and theoretical studies of photonuclear reactions on a natural mixture of erbium isotopes were performed. The cross sections per equivalent photon and the yields of photonuclear reactions were measured using bremsstrahlung γ radiation with an end-point energy of 55 MeV. The cross sectio…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034611] Published Tue Mar 17, 2026

Anisotropic flows in heavy-ion collisions provide a basic experimental observable to understand nuclear collision dynamics and to constrain the dense nuclear matter equation of state (EOS). Within the framework of the lattice Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck transport model, we present a systematic study…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034612] Published Tue Mar 17, 2026

I present a fully microscopic description of the ${}^{12}\mathrm{C}+{}^{12}\mathrm{C}$ fusion reaction at stellar energies. Utilizing the multichannel resonating group method (RGM), my model explicitly includes ${}^{12}\mathrm{C}+{}^{12}\mathrm{C}$ and $\alpha {+}^{20}\mathrm{Ne}$ reaction channels (with excited states). This approach provides a consistent, simultaneous descripti…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034613] Published Tue Mar 17, 2026

The present work investigates the causal parameter space of the Mueller-Israel-Stewart second-order theory for heat-conducting fluids in the Eckart frame for one-dimensional fluid flow in systems with finite baryon density. It is shown that this parameter space is highly constrained and particularly…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034913] Published Tue Mar 17, 2026

We study how the inclusion of energy dependence as dictated by quantum chromodynamic (QCD) small-$x$ evolution equations affects key observables in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions. Specifically, we incorporate JIMWLK evolution into the IP-Glasma framework, which serves as the initial condition …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034914] Published Tue Mar 17, 2026

We introduce a dilated coordinate method to address computational challenges in nuclear lattice effective field theory for weakly bound few-body systems. The approach employs adaptive mesh refinement via analytic coordinate transformations, dynamically adjusting spatial resolution to resolve short-r…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034001] Published Mon Mar 16, 2026

Discretizing the Dirac equation on a uniform grid with the central difference formula often generates spurious states. We propose a staggered-grid scheme in the framework of the finite-difference method that suppresses these spurious states without introducing Wilson terms or $\mathit{ad}$ hoc filtering. In th…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034315] Published Mon Mar 16, 2026

In this work, the particle number projection at finite temperature is incorporated into self-consistent Skyrme density functional calculations. In particular, the energies of compound nuclei as a function of deformations are calculated rigorously based on projected densities. Results show that the e…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034316] Published Mon Mar 16, 2026

We analyze the elastic $\alpha -{}^{12}\mathrm{C}$ scattering including the contribution of resonance states below the $p-{}^{15}\mathrm{N}$ breakup threshold energy. We use the cluster effective field theory in which scattering amplitude is expanded in terms of the effective range expansion parameters for the angular momentum states fr…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034609] Published Mon Mar 16, 2026

In this work, I present a phenomenological search for light neutral spin-1 vector mediators in elastic electron-proton ($ep$) scattering using a two-photon-exchange (TPE)-consistent framework. A vector boson that couples to electrons and protons modifies the $\varepsilon$-independent part of the unpolarized reduc…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 035203] Published Mon Mar 16, 2026

Rapidity asymmetry of jet-hadron correlation has been proposed as a robust signal of dijet‐induced diffusion wake in quark-gluon plasma in high‐energy heavy-ion collisions. We generalize this observable to other jet configurations such as $\gamma /Z^0$ jets and propose a new method to compute the rapidity as…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, L031901] Published Mon Mar 16, 2026

We formulate a microscopic theory to calculate cross section of the radiative neutron capture on neutron-rich nuclei using the continuum quasiparticle random-phase approximation. This formulation is designed to be applied to neutron-rich nuclei around the $r$-process path, for which the compound nucle…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034607] Published Fri Mar 13, 2026

Single-nucleon transfer reactions offer a valuable way to probe nuclear structure. We explore the effect of directly introducing overlap functions computed using the Gamow shell model (GSM) into reaction calculations, taking the ${\langle }^7\mathrm{Li}\mid {}^6\mathrm{He}+p\rangle$ single-proton overlap as a case study. By incorporating bot…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034608] Published Fri Mar 13, 2026

The production of light hypernuclei in relativistic heavy-ion collisions provides a unique opportunity to probe hyperon-nucleon interactions and possible three-body forces, which are central to the resolution of the hyperon puzzle in neutron star matter. In this work, we develop a data-guided coales…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034912] Published Fri Mar 13, 2026

Based on an extended nuclear statistical equilibrium model, we investigate the properties of nonaccreted crusts of young and warm neo-neutron stars, i.e., of finite-temperature inhomogeneous dense matter in beta equilibrium. An interesting feature is the appearance, in the deep inner crust, of an ex…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 035801] Published Fri Mar 13, 2026

Fission product yields (FPY) constitute critical infrastructure data for a wide range of nuclear applications. Accurately predicting FPY remains a significant challenge both experimentally and theoretically. Drawing inspiration from recent advancements in Bayesian neural networks within nuclear phys…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034605] Published Thu Mar 12, 2026

Background: Quasifission substantially hinders the formation of the compound nucleus in heavy ion fusion reactions. It poses a major obstacle to superheavy element formation. This process has a strong entrance channel dependence.

Purpose: To study the interplay between fission and quasifission in ${}^{\mathrm{\dots }}\mathrm{Si}$

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034606] Published Thu Mar 12, 2026

This study investigates the influence of $\alpha$-cluster structures in relativistic light nuclear collisions. Using a cluster framework, I extract the characteristics of the nucleonic configurations of ${}^{16}\mathrm{O}$ and ${}^{20}\mathrm{Ne}$ as predicted by various ab initio models, including Nuclear Lattice Effective Field Theory …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034909] Published Thu Mar 12, 2026

We investigate medium-induced modifications to jet substructure observables that characterize hard components in central Pb-Pb collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=5.02$ TeV. Using a multistage Monte Carlo simulation of in-medium jet shower evolution, we explore flavor-dependent medium effects through simulations of in…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034910] Published Thu Mar 12, 2026

Using the expansion of Zubarev's density operator, we develop a linear response approach to study various spin physics in a locally equilibrated medium, particularly focusing on various polarization phenomena in heavy-ion collisions. Specifically, we connect familiar correlation functions and diagra…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034911] Published Thu Mar 12, 2026

We examine the effects of symmetry restoration on nuclear $\beta$ decay within the axially deformed proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA). We employ the proton-neutron finite-amplitude method (pnFAM) to compute transition amplitudes, and perform angular-momentum projection both af…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034311] Published Wed Mar 11, 2026

The time evolution of the Wigner distribution function for a single-particle excitation in a Fermi system was studied within the framework of the diffusion approximation of kinetic theory by numerically solving a nonlinear diffusion equation with constant kinetic coefficients. A method was proposed …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034312] Published Wed Mar 11, 2026

We have systematically investigated the spectroscopic properties in even-even ${}^{222-228}\mathrm{Ra}$ by introducing the cluster degrees of freedom within the coupled-channels method, which allows the core ${}^{208}\mathrm{Pb}$ to occupy the octupole $3^{-}$ state (Calc. I), as well as both the octupole $3^{-}$ and quadrupole $2^{+}$ states (C…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034313] Published Wed Mar 11, 2026

Recent measurements of $B\left(E2\right)$ values in even-even Te isotopes have revealed a smooth evolution of quadrupole collectivity, with only a slight asymmetry across the middle of the shell. These findings confirm that the only nucleus exhibiting an “anomalous” $B_{4/2}$ ratio ($B_{4/2}⩽1$) in even-even Te isotopes i…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034314] Published Wed Mar 11, 2026

In this study, the cumulative yields of 106 fission fragments produced from the thermal-neutron-induced fission of ${}^{235}\mathrm{U}$ were experimentally determined. The measurements were carried out through short and long neutron irradiations of natural ${\mathrm{UO}}_2$ samples at the Egypt Second Research Reactor (ETRR-2), …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034604] Published Wed Mar 11, 2026

Studying experimental observables is a key benchmark for validating theoretical models in high energy physics. In this work, we employ the PACIAE 4.0 model to simulate nonsingle diffractive proton-proton ($pp$) collisions at center-of-mass energies of 0.9, 2.36, and 7 TeV, comparing the results with c…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034907] Published Wed Mar 11, 2026

In the multifluid description of heavy-ion collisions, the primary scatterings and particle production are described in terms of interaction between fluids, so called friction. These friction terms can be derived from kinetic theory, but they are not unique. We compare different approaches to derive…

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034908] Published Wed Mar 11, 2026

Event-by-event fluctuations in the amplitudes of flow harmonics offer a novel approach to probing the initial-state characteristics in heavy-ion collisions. In this study, we conduct a systematic investigation of correlations among various flow harmonics utilizing multiparticle cumulants in ${}^{96}\mathrm{Ru}+{}^{\mathrm{9\dots }}\mathrm{Ru}$

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034905] Published Tue Mar 10, 2026

Mirror-symmetry breaking in $\beta$ decays provides a sensitive probe of weak binding and halo structure in proton-rich nuclei. Motivated by the ongoing debate over a halo in ${}^{22}\mathrm{Al}$, we perform ab initio valence-space in-medium similarity renormalization group (VS-IMSRG) calculations, consistently evolving …

[Phys. Rev. C 113, 034306] Published Mon Mar 09, 2026