Neutron skin thickness of heavy nuclei with $\alpha$-particle correlations and the slope of the nuclear symmetry energy

Abstract

The formation of $\alpha$-particle clusters on the surface of heavy nuclei is described in a generalized relativistic mean-field model with explicit cluster degrees of freedom. The effects on the size of the neutron skin of Sn nuclei and ${}^{208}$Pb are investigated as a function of the mass number and the isospin-dependent part of the effective interaction, respectively. The correlation of the neutron skin thickness with the difference of the neutron and proton numbers and with the slope of the nuclear symmetry energy is modified as compared to the mean-field calculation without alpha-cluster correlations.

5 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, version accepted for publication in Physical Review C

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