Shape evolution in Yttrium and Niobium neutron-rich isotopes
Abstract
The isotopic evolution of the ground-state nuclear shapes and the systematics of one-quasiproton configurations are studied in neutron-rich odd-A Yttrium and Niobium isotopes. We use a selfconsistent Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov formalism based on the Gogny energy density functional with two parametrizations, D1S and D1M. The equal filling approximation is used to describe odd-A nuclei preserving both axial and time reversal symmetries. Shape-transition signatures are identified in the N=60 isotopes in both charge radii and spin-parities of the ground states. These signatures are a common characteristic for nuclei in the whole mass region. The nuclear deformation and shape coexistence inherent to this mass region are shown to play a relevant role in the understanding of the spectroscopic features of the ground and low-lying one-quasiproton states. Finally, a global picture of the neutron-rich A=100 mass region from Krypton up to Molybdenum isotopes is illustrated with the systematics of the nuclear charge radii isotopic shifts.
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@article{arxiv.1103.4285,
title = {Shape evolution in Yttrium and Niobium neutron-rich isotopes},
author = {R. Rodriguez-Guzman and P. Sarriguren and L. M. Robledo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.4285},
year = {2011}
}
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21 pages, 14 figures. To be published in Phys. Rev. C