Ab initio study of Z(N) = 6 magicity* *This work is partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12175280, 12250610193, 12375143, 11975282, 11705240, 11435014), the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province, China (Grant Nos. 20JR10RA067, 23JRRA675), the Chinese Academy of Sciences "Light of West China" Program, the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of

Abstract

The existence of magic numbers of protons and neutrons in nuclei is essential for understanding the nuclear structure and fundamental nuclear forces. Over decades, researchers have conducted theoretical and experimental studies on a new magic number, Z(N)=6, focusing on observables such as radii, binding energy, electromagnetic transition, and nucleon separation energies. We performed ab initio no-core shell model calculations for the occupation numbers of the lowest single particle states in the ground states of Z(N)=6 and Z(N)=8 isotopes (isotones). The results of our calculations do not support Z(N)=6 as a magic number over a range of atomic numbers. However, 14C and 14O exhibit the characteristics of double-magic nuclei.