Nuclear tetrahedral configurations at spin zero
Nuclear Theory
2009-04-28 v2
Abstract
The possibility of the existence of stable tetrahedral deformations at spin zero is investigated using the Skyrme-HFBCS approach and the generator coordinate method (GCM). The study is limited to nuclei in which the tetrahedral mode has been predicted to be favored on the basis of non self-consistent models. Our results indicate that a clear identification of tetrahedral deformations is unlikely as they are strongly mixed with the axial octupole mode. However, the excitation energies related to the tetrahedral mode are systematically lower than those of the axial octupole mode in all the nuclei included in this study.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.0959,
title = {Nuclear tetrahedral configurations at spin zero},
author = {Krzysztof Zberecki and Paul-Henri Heenen and Piotr Magierski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.0959},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 4 figures