
Slope parameters determined from CREX and PREX2
Shingo Tagami
Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Tomotsugu Wakasa
Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Masanobu Yahiro∗
Department of Physics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Background: Very lately, the CREX group presents a skin value ∆R48
skin(CREX) = 0.121±0.026 (exp)±0.024 (model) =
0.071 ∼0.171 fm. Meanwhile, the PREX group reported a skin value ∆R208
skin(PREX2) = 0.283 ±0.071 = 0.212 ∼
0.354 fm. In our previous paper, we determined both the L–∆R48
skin relation and the L–∆R208
skin one, using 206 EoSs, where L
is a slope parameter.
Purpose: We determine Lfrom ∆R48
skin(CREX) and ∆R208
skin(PREX2), using 207 EoSs.
Results: The ∆R48
skin(CREX) yields L(CREX) = 0 ∼51 MeV and the ∆R208
skin(PREX2) does L(PREX2) = 76 ∼
165 MeV.
Conclusion: There is no overlap between L(CREX) and L(PREX2). This is a big problem to be solved.
I. INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION
Background on experiments:
Horowitz, Pollock and Souder proposed a direct measure-
ment for neutron skin thickness ∆Rskin =rn−rp[1], where
rpand rnare proton and neutron radii, respectively. This di-
rect measurement consists of parity-violating and elastic elec-
tron scattering. In fact, the PREX collaboration has reported
a new value,
∆R208
skin(PREX2) = 0.283 ±0.071 = 0.212 ∼0.354 fm,
(1)
combining the original Lead Radius EXperiment (PREX) re-
sult [2, 3] with the updated PREX2 result [4]. For 48Ca, the
CREX group presents [5]
∆R48
skin(CREX) = 0.121 ±0.026 (exp) ±0.024 (model)
= 0.071 ∼0.171 fm.(2)
Note that the direct values are obtained from a single momen-
tum transfer q. As an ab initio method for 48Ca, we should
consider the coupled-cluster (CC) method [6, 7] with chiral in-
teraction. The CC result ∆R48
skin(CC) = 0.12 ∼0.15 fm [7]
is consistent with ∆R48
skin(CREX).
As an indirect measurement on ∆Rskin, the high-resolution
E1polarizability experiment (E1pE) was made for 208Pb [8]
and 48Ca [9] in RCNP. The results are
∆R208
skin(E1pE) = 0.156+0.025
−0.021 = 0.135 ∼0.181 fm,(3)
∆R48
skin(E1pE) = 0.14 ∼0.20 fm.(4)
The ∆R48
skin(CREX) is consistent with ∆R48
skin(E1pE), but
∆R208
skin(PREX2) is not with ∆R208
skin(E1pE).
∗orion093g@gmail.com
Reaction cross section σRis a standard observable to deter-
mine the matter radius rmand the skin value ∆Rskin. High-
accuracy data σR(exp) are available for 42−51Ca + 12C scat-
tering at 280 MeV per nucleon [10]. The chiral (Kyushu) g-
matrix folding model [11] yields ∆R48
skin(exp) = 0.105 ±
0.06 fm from the data [12]. The result is consistent with
∆R48
skin(CREX). High-accuracy data σR(exp) are available
also for p + 208Pb scattering in 21 ≤Elab ≤180 MeV [13–
15]. The chiral (Kyushu) g-matrix folding model yields
∆R208
skin(exp) = 0.278 ±0.035 fm [16]. The value is con-
sistent with ∆R208
skin(PREX2).
Matter:
Among the basic physical quantities that determine the
equation of state (EoS) of nuclear systems, the symmetry en-
ergy (Ssym) and its dependence on the nucleon density (ρ) are
receiving a lot of attention, because of their critical role in
shaping the structure of nuclei and neutron stars (NSs) [17–
23]. Many predictions on the symmetry energySsym(ρ)have
been made so far by taking several experimental and obser-
vational constraints on Ssym(ρ)and their combinations. The
∆R208
skin(E1pE) and the ∆R48
skin(CREX) are the most impor-
tant experimental constraint on the slope parameter L, since a
strong correlation between r208
skin and Lis well known [24, 25].
In this paper, we will show a strong correlation between r48
skin
and Land between r208
skin and Lfrom 207 EoSs.
As an essential constraint on the EoS from astrophysics,
one may take M= 1.97 ±0.04Msun [26], where Mis the
mass of NS. For a pulsar in a binary system, detection of the
general relativistic Shapiro delay allows us to determine M.
Usually, the Ssym is expanded into
Ssym(ρ) = J+L(ρ−ρ0)
3ρ0
+Ksym(ρ−ρ0)2
18ρ2
0
+· · · .(5)
in terms of the nuclear density ρaround the saturation density
ρ0. For the Ssym(ρ), at the present stage, a major aim is to
determine Lat ρ=ρ0. The symmetry energy Ssym(ρ)cannot
be measured by experiment directly. In place of Ssym(ρ), the
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