Exploration of direct neutron capture with covariant density functional theory inputs

Shi-Sheng Zhang,1,2,3,* Jin-Peng Peng,1 M. S. Smith,2,† G. Arbanas,4 and R. L. Kozub5 1School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China 2Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6354 USA 3Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA 4Reactor and Nuclear Systems Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6171 USA 5Department of Physics, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505 USA (Received 4 November 2014; revised manuscript received 23 January 2015; published 10 April 2015)