Project title: “NUCLEI-PACK: A Geometric Framework for Nuclear Structure”
Dates and places of research: Department of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 2025-present.
Sources of funding: Independent / Self-funded
Output of the project:
A. Articles:
H.M. Maridi, “Cluster and Halo Structures of Light Nuclei within the NUCLEI-PACK Framework”, Arxiv: 2510.10741 (2025)
H.M. Maridi, “Global Trends of Nuclear Radii and Binding Energies from the NUCLEI-PACK Framework”, Arxiv: 2509.13750 (2025).
B. Presentations:
Soon
Development of a semi-classical, geometry-based model to describe nuclear structure using optimized sphere packing of nucleons and clusters.
Assigns explicit spatial coordinates to each proton and neutron, reflecting the short-range repulsive core of the nuclear force.
Reproduces the global trends of nuclear radii and binding energies across the chart of nuclides.
Provides a unified geometric interpretation of cluster and halo formations in light and exotic nuclei.
Establishes a computationally efficient framework linking nuclear geometry, binding, and experimental observables.
Current work extends the model to include multi-cluster configurations and effective spatial offset parameters to simulate halo dynamics.