Prevailing Triaxial Shapes in Atomic Nuclei and a Quantum Theory of Rotation of Composite Objects

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Autores principales: Otsuka, T., Tsunoda, Y., Shimizu, N., Utsuno, Y., Abe, T., Ueno, H.
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Publicado: 2023
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author Otsuka, T.
Tsunoda, Y.
Shimizu, N.
Utsuno, Y.
Abe, T.
Ueno, H.
author_facet Otsuka, T.
Tsunoda, Y.
Shimizu, N.
Utsuno, Y.
Abe, T.
Ueno, H.
contents In the traditional view, heavy deformed nuclei are like axially-symmetric prolate ellipsoids, rotating about one of the short axes. In the present picture, their shapes may be triaxial. The triaxial shape yields complex rotations, which actually well reproduce experimental data, as confirmed by state-of-the-art Configuration Interaction calculations. Two origins are suggested for the triaxiality: (i) binding-energy gain by the symmetry restoration for triaxial shapes, and (ii) another gain by specific components of the nuclear force, like tensor force and high-multipole (e.g. hexadecupole) central force. While the origin (i) produces basic smaller triaxiality for virtually all deformed nuclei, the origin (ii) produces medium triaxiality for a certain class of nuclei. An example of the former is 154Sm, a typical showcase of axial symmetry but is now suggested to depict a modest yet finite triaxiality. The latter, medium triaxiality, is discussed from various viewpoints for some exemplified nuclei including 166Er, and experimental findings. Many-body structures of the gamma band and the double-gamma band are clarified. Regarding the general features of rotational states of deformed many-body systems including triaxial ones, the well-known J(J+1) rule of rotational excitation energies is discussed, within the quantum mechanical many-body theory, without resorting to the quantization of a rotating classical rigid body. The picture of prevailing triaxial shapes thus emerges, where the empirically known rotational-band pattern appears with good K quantum number, but the internal structure is dfferent from conventional picture a la A. Bohr. The possible relations to Davydov's rigid-triaxial-rotor model are mentioned.
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spellingShingle Prevailing Triaxial Shapes in Atomic Nuclei and a Quantum Theory of Rotation of Composite Objects
Otsuka, T.
Tsunoda, Y.
Shimizu, N.
Utsuno, Y.
Abe, T.
Ueno, H.
Nuclear Theory
Nuclear Experiment
J.2
In the traditional view, heavy deformed nuclei are like axially-symmetric prolate ellipsoids, rotating about one of the short axes. In the present picture, their shapes may be triaxial. The triaxial shape yields complex rotations, which actually well reproduce experimental data, as confirmed by state-of-the-art Configuration Interaction calculations. Two origins are suggested for the triaxiality: (i) binding-energy gain by the symmetry restoration for triaxial shapes, and (ii) another gain by specific components of the nuclear force, like tensor force and high-multipole (e.g. hexadecupole) central force. While the origin (i) produces basic smaller triaxiality for virtually all deformed nuclei, the origin (ii) produces medium triaxiality for a certain class of nuclei. An example of the former is 154Sm, a typical showcase of axial symmetry but is now suggested to depict a modest yet finite triaxiality. The latter, medium triaxiality, is discussed from various viewpoints for some exemplified nuclei including 166Er, and experimental findings. Many-body structures of the gamma band and the double-gamma band are clarified. Regarding the general features of rotational states of deformed many-body systems including triaxial ones, the well-known J(J+1) rule of rotational excitation energies is discussed, within the quantum mechanical many-body theory, without resorting to the quantization of a rotating classical rigid body. The picture of prevailing triaxial shapes thus emerges, where the empirically known rotational-band pattern appears with good K quantum number, but the internal structure is dfferent from conventional picture a la A. Bohr. The possible relations to Davydov's rigid-triaxial-rotor model are mentioned.
title Prevailing Triaxial Shapes in Atomic Nuclei and a Quantum Theory of Rotation of Composite Objects
topic Nuclear Theory
Nuclear Experiment
J.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.11299