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The newly developed multi-quasiparticle triaxial projected shell-model approach is employed to study the high-spin band structures in neutron-deficient even-even Ce- and Nd-isotopes. It is observed that gamma-bands are built on each…
Super- and highly-deformed rotational bands in the A ~ 60 mass region are studied within cranked relativistic mean field theory and the configuration-dependent shell-correction approach based on the cranked Nilsson potential. Both…
In an effort to elucidate the rich band structures observed in odd-neutron systems, triaxial projected shell model approach is extended to include three-quasineutron and five-quasiparticle configurations. This extension makes it possible to…
A systematic study of the yrast-band structure for the proton-rich, even-even mass-80 nuclei is carried out using projected shell model approach. We describe the the energy spectra, transition quadrupole moments and gyromagnetic factors.…
In the present work, the basis space in the triaxial projected shell model approach is expanded to include three and five quasiparticle configurations for odd-proton systems. This extension allows to investigate the high-spin band…
The high-spin rotational bands in 168Hf and the triaxial bands in Lu nuclei are analyzed using the configuration-constrained Cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky (CNS) model. Special attention is given to the up-sloping extruder orbitals. The…
We investigate the possible occurrence of the highly-elongated shapes near the yrast line in $^{40}$Ca and $^{41}$Ca at high spins on the basis of the nuclear energy-density functional method. Not only the superdeformed (SD) yrast…
The collective structure of atomic nuclei intermediate between spherical and quadrupole deformed structure presents challenges to theoretical understanding. However, models have recently been proposed in terms of potentials which are soft…
The three dimensional Total Routhian Surface (TRS) calculations are carried out for 64 nuclei between $70\leq A\leq 90$ to find triaxial superdeformed nuclei. Total of 12 nuclei were predicted to have triaxial superdeformation in which the…
Experimentally observed superdeformed (SD) rotational bands in $^{36}$Ar and $^{40}$Ar are studied by the cranked shell model (CSM) with the paring correlations treated by a particle-number-conserving (PNC) method. This is the first time…
Background: Recently, transition quadrupole moments in rotational bands of even-mass neutron-rich isotopes of molybdenum and ruthenium nuclei have been measured. The new data have provided a challenge for theoretical descriptions invoking…
Rotational bands in $^{158}$Er at ultra-high spin have been studied in the framework of relativistic and non-relativistic nuclear density functional theories. Consistent results are obtained across the theoretical models used but some…
Chiral rotation observed in $^{128}$Cs is studied using the newly developed microscopic triaxial projected shell model (TPSM) approach. The observed energy levels and the electromagnetic transition probabilities of the nearly degenerate…
Angular-momentum-projected energy surface calculations for A~110 nuclei indicate three distinct energy minima occurring at different angular-momenta. These correspond to normal, super-, and hyper-deformed shapes coexisting in one nucleus.…
The Interacting Boson plus broken-pairs Model has been used to describe high-spin bands in spherical and transitional nuclei. In the spherical nucleus $^{104}$Cd the model reproduces the structure of high-spin bands built on a vibrational…
The survey of different configurations near Fermi surface of 138Nd results in 12 lowest configurations, at both positive- and negative-deformations. These are calculated to be the energetically lowest configurations. The results show that,…
Transition probabilities of the ground-state bands in $\gamma$-soft nuclei are studied for the first time using the triaxial projected shell model approach. It is observed that the angular-momentum dependence of the transition quadrupole…
A systematic study of 2-quasiparticle bands of the proton-rich odd-odd nuclei in the mass A ~ 70-80 region is performed using the projected shell model approach. The study includes Br-, Rb-, and Y-isotopes with N = Z+2, and Z+4. We describe…
In this thesis work, two topics, triaxiality and reflection asymmetry, have been discussed. Band structures in $^{163}$Tm were studied in a "thin" target experiment as well as in a DSAM lifetime measurement. Two new excited bands were shown…
The triaxial dynamics of the quadrupole-deformed rotor model of both the rigid and the irrotational type have been investigated in detail. The results indicate that level patterns and E2 transitional characters of the two types of the model…