Electric dipole polarizability in neutron-rich Sn isotopes as a probe of nuclear isovector properties

Abstract

The determination of nuclear symmetry energy, and in particular, its density dependence, is a long-standing problem for nuclear physics community. Previous studies have found that the product of electric dipole polarizability ${\alpha }_D$ and symmetry energy at saturation density $J$ has a strong linear correlation with $L$, the slope parameter of symmetry energy. However, current uncertainty of $J$ hinders the precise constraint on $L$. We investigate the correlations between electric dipole polarizability ${\alpha }_D$ (or times symmetry energy at saturation density $J$) in Sn isotopes and the slope parameter of symmetry energy $L$ using the quasiparticle random-phase approximation based on Skyrme Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov. A strong and model-independent linear correlation between ${\alpha }_D$ and $L$ is found in neutron-rich Sn isotopes where pygmy dipole resonance (PDR) gives a considerable contribution to ${\alpha }_D$, attributed to the pairing correlations playing important roles through PDR. This newly discovered linear correlation would help one to constrain $L$ and neutron-skin thickness $\Delta R_{\text{np}}$ stiffly if ${\alpha }_D$ is measured with high resolution in neutron-rich nuclei. Besides, a linear correlation between ${\alpha }_{D}J$ in a nucleus around $\beta$-stability line and ${\alpha }_D$ in a neutron-rich nucleus can be used to assess ${\alpha }_D$ in neutron-rich nuclei.

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