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Does a proton "bubble" structure exist in the low-lying states of 34Si?

Nuclear Theory 2013-06-07 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The possible existence of a "bubble" structure in the proton density of 34^{34}Si has recently attracted a lot of research interest. To examine the existence of the "bubble" structure in low-lying states, we establish a relativistic version of configuration mixing of both particle number and angular momentum projected quadrupole deformed mean-field states and apply this state-of-the-art beyond relativistic mean-field method to study the density distribution of the low-lying states in 34^{34}Si. An excellent agreement with the data of low-spin spectrum and electric multipole transition strengths is achieved without introducing any parameters. We find that the central depression in the proton density is quenched by dynamic quadrupole shape fluctuation, but not as significantly as what has been found in a beyond non-relativistic mean-field study. Our results suggest that the existence of proton "bubble" structure in the low-lying excited 02+0^+_2 and 21+2^+_1 states is very unlikely.

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@article{arxiv.1305.4690,
  title  = {Does a proton "bubble" structure exist in the low-lying states of 34Si?},
  author = {J. M. Yao and H. Mei and Z. P. Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.4690},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

6 pages, 8 figures and 1 table, accepted for publication in Physics Letters B