Charge radii of exotic nuclei: nuclear results versus isotopic shift calculations

Abstract

We study the charge radii of exotic nuclei through nuclear calculations and isotopic-shift evaluations. The computations are performed in the framework of the dynamic-correlation model DCM for nuclei with an odd number of valence particles and in the boson dynamic-correlation model (BCDM) for those with an even number of valence particles. These nuclear models take fully into consideration the correlation between valence particles as well as between valence and core particles. Consequently, these computations may reveal feature physics which is associated to the strong correlation between the valence and the core polarized states. Moreover,we propose to analyze the obtained charge radii within the isotopic shift theory in which the electronic transitions for lithium and lithium-like ions are calculated by considering the three correlated electrons described by a method similar to the nuclear DCM model.