E. Vigezzi

Folding and aggregation of designed proteins

Protein aggregation is studied by following the simultaneous folding of two designed identical 20-letter amino acid chains within the framework of a lattice model and using Monte Carlo simulations. It is found that protein aggregation is determined by elementary structures (partially folded intermediates) controlled by local contacts among some of the most strongly interacting amino acids and formed at an early stage in the folding process.

Giant dipole resonance as a quantitative constraint on the symmetry energy

The possible constraints on the poorly determined symmetry part of the effective nuclear Hamiltonians or effective energy functionals, i.e., the so-called symmetry energy

The halo of the exotic nucleus 11Li: a single Cooper pair

S(\ensuremath{\rho})

Evidence for Phonon Mediated Pairing Interaction in the Halo of the Nucleus 11Li

, are very much under debate. In the present work, we show that the value of the symmetry energy associated with Skyrme functionals, at densities \ensuremath{\rho} around 0.1 fm

Cooper pair transfer in nuclei

{}^{\ensuremath{-}3}

Role of finite nuclei on the pairing gap of the inner crust of neutron stars.

, is strongly correlated with the value of the centroid of the Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR) in spherical nuclei. Consequently, the experimental value of the GDR in, e.g.,

Nuclear effects in the break-up of 11Li

^{208}\mathrm{Pb}

Fluctuation analysis of rotational spectra

can be used as a constraint on the symmetry energy, leading to

Calculation of the transition from pairing vibrational to pairing rotational regimes between magic nuclei ¹⁰⁰Sn and ¹³²Sn via two-nucleon transfer reactions.

23.3 \mathrm{MeV}lS(\ensuremath{\rho}=0.1 {\mathrm{fm}}^{\ensuremath{-}3})l24.9

Quantum calculation of vortices in the inner crust of neutron stars

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