Neutron–proton interaction, bubble structure and neutron skin properties of Co in a Supernova

Abstract

In the present paper, we investigated the neutron skin properties, central depletion effects, residual and average neutron–proton interactions for Co in a Type II Supernova 1987A. The neutron skin thicknesses performed by Skyrme–Hartree–Fock model for the isotopic chain of Co $$(17\le N\le 82)$$ are obtained with different methods to investigate the bulk and surface contributions to neutron skin thicknesses as a function of neutron number N and relative neutron excess I = (N-Z)/A. For this purpose, two-parameter Fermi (2pF) distributions for each nucleus are obtained by the proton and neutron density distributions. Since the neutron skin thickness demonstrates the dependency on the symmetry pressure of neutron matter and sensitive to the symmetry energy at the sub-saturation density, the neutron skin properties lead to the investigation on the formation and composition of the crusts in Supernova and neutron stars. For a proper understanding of surface effects of nuclei, the central depletion (or bubble structure) effects on neutron skin of nuclei in the Supernova are explained by calculating the bubble parameters b and b′. Furthermore, in order to illustrate accuracy of theoretical model used in the current work, the mass model approach is also analyzed by the calculating residual and average neutron–proton interactions, where the fluctuations in the mass model approaches have also been compared with the experimental and theoretical results in the literature. In order to evaluate more nuclear properties, we also analyzed the charge form factors and the single- particle energy levels for Co isotopes in the Supernova for providing nuclear data for electron-nucleus scattering experimental processes.