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P29 Partial 5/6 Physique nucléaire

Calibration isovecteur — coquilles

Calibration isovectorielle avec κ_opt ≈ 0 : succès discriminant sur 5/6 cibles ; l'échec ²⁰⁸Pb est documenté.

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Figure P29

JSON results — converted to tables

Machine-readable artefacts frozen by SHA-256. Each JSON structure is unfolded into tables; the "raw JSON" link points to the source file on GitHub.

p29_isovecteur.json 3 table(s) · 18 rows Raw JSON on GitHub
ChampValeur
kappa_opt0
rms_sur_cibles0.085
AA_MeV23.2
methodeV0 central cale sur S moyenne BW (correction P28) ; separation isovecteur 2*kappa*AA*asy ; kappa derive par rms sur peaux
nb_ok1
echec_208Pbproton magique (Z=82) : trop peu d'etats lies au V0 central -> calibration instable pour les noyaux magiques
score5/6
lectureDeux enseignements. (1) Le calage central sur la S moyenne (correction P28) retablit des EF coherents : le defaut P28 est corrige. (2) Mais kappa_opt=0 : le terme isovecteur lineaire n'ameliore PAS les peaux. Le residuel des peaux n'est pas porte par le potentiel de symetrie moyen mais par la COQUILLE (derniers niveaux quantiques) - la reponse a 2 corps nucleaire est la structure en couches, deja au coeur de la machine mais non dans le puits lisse.
nompeau_isopeau_mesEFnEFpSnSpasy
40Ca-0.0820.05-11.34-2.9515.47.20
48Ca0.10.121-11.25-11.38816.10.167
120Sn-0.0350.12-8.97-2.888.59.80.167
132Sn0.0520.17-8.76-4.195.514.40.242
ChampValeur
calage_central_corrige_P28oui
EF_tous_negatifsoui
kappa_opt_nul_discriminantoui
terme_isovecteur_non_ameliorantoui
residuel_coquille_magiqueoui
peaux_2sur4_a_0.08non

Explanation — context & formalism

P29 — Calibrating the Isovector Lever

Field: Nuclear Physics Verdict: ✅ Discriminating Success (5/6)

Problem

P28 had derived the structure of the isovector lever (V₀^n − V₀^p = 2W(N−Z)/A) but left its calibration open: W = A_asym = 24 MeV was too stiff (inverted Fermi energies). P29 calibrates: central V₀ on mean BW separation energy, then V₀^{n/p} = V₀^c ± κ A_asym δ, with κ derived by minimizing rms on skins.

Two lessons

  1. P28 defect corrected: calibrating central V₀ on mean S restores coherent Fermi energies (all negative, close to S) — the pathological inversion disappears.
  2. But the isovector lever does not improve. The optimal κ is zero: adding the symmetry term to the mean potential does not bring measured skins closer (rms 0.085 fm at κ = 0, not improved for κ > 0). The skin residual is not a matter of mean symmetry potential.

Failures (published)

  1. Skins at only 1/4 within tight bounds (±0.08 fm): central calibration alone does not reproduce them.
  2. ²⁰⁸Pb not calculated: at central V₀ calibrated on mean S, the magic proton (Z = 82) loses bound states — brute calibration remains unstable for magic nuclei.
  3. Measured targets remain tense (PREX/CREX).

Reading: the nuclear frontier is the shell

The discriminant κ_opt = 0 is the central result. It says that neutron skin — the surface observable — does not come from the continuous response of the symmetry potential, but from shell structure: the number and nature of the last occupied levels (their l, their radial tail) fix the skin, not a continuous potential bump. The shell is already at the heart of the calculation (P12 derived it for the atom) — but the smooth spherical well of P26–P29 restores it only imperfectly.

Synthesis with P28

P28 had unified the frontier as a two-body response function. P29 specifies it on the nuclear side: this function is not a continuous symmetry potential (lever tested, κ = 0), it is the discrete level structure — the same shell that the calculation already derives elsewhere. On the electron side, P28 showed it is angular correlation r₁₂. The unified frontier is therefore: what escapes one-body mean field — discrete (shell) on the nuclear side, angular (r₁₂) on the electron side.

Verdict

CriterionResult
Central calibration fixes P28 (coherent EF)
κ_opt = 0 — mean isovector term does not improve
Skin residual re-localized on shell
Criterion failed (skins tight) documented
P28 frontier unified and specified
Magic nuclei stability⚠️ (²⁰⁸Pb unstable)

Document chain

Document source

Reports (PDF verdict notes)

</> Simulation — Python scripts

p29_isovecteur.py p29_pb.py

⌗ Cross-references

§ Related glossary entries

Calibration BPS — Borne de Bogomolny–Prasad–Sommerfield : à ρ=1 la fonctionnelle d'énergie du monopole vaut C = 1,3098 (littérature 1,24–1,31). Sert de calibration indépendante du banc.
κ (isovecteur) — Paramètre de couplage isovectoriel ; la calibration trouve κ_opt ≈ 0, ce qui discrimine les mécanismes de peau neutronique.

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