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Microscopic study of low-lying states in odd-mass nuclei for atomic electric dipole moment searches
E. F. Zhou, J. M. Yao
We present a microscopic study of the low-lying states of five odd-mass nuclei of particular interest for experimental searches of atomic electric dipole moments (EDMs): Xe…
Impact of shape fluctuations on nuclear Schiff moments in heavy octupole-deformed nuclei
E. F. Zhou, J. M. Yao, J. Engel +1
Permanent electric dipole moments (EDMs) are among the most sensitive probes of CP violation beyond the Standard Model. In diamagnetic atoms, the EDM is determined primarily by the…
Ab initio nuclear shape coexistence and emergence of island of inversion around
E. F. Zhou, C. R. Ding, J. M. Yao +4
We extend a nuclear ab initio framework based on chiral two- and three-nucleon interactions to investigate shape coexistence and the degradation of the magic number in both…
Quantum-number projected generator coordinate method for Ne with a chiral two-nucleon-plus-three-nucleon interaction
W. Lin, E. F. Zhou, J. M. Yao +1
We report a study of the low-lying states of deformed Ne within the framework of quantum-number projected generator coordinate method (PGCM), starting from a chiral two-nucl…
Benchmarking rotational correction energies in odd-mass nuclei
Y. Li, E. F. Zhou, J. M. Yao
Nuclear energy density functional theory (DFT) provides a microscopic approach to describing nuclear masses. By incorporating pairing correlations and deformation within DFT, nucle…