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The $\gamma$-ray strength function, or average reduced $\gamma$-ray transition probability, is a fundamental input in the calculation of $(n,\gamma)$ cross sections used to simulate the nucleosynthesis of elements heavier than Fe. Since…
We derive the equations of quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) based on the finite amplitude method (FAM) with the Hartree-Fock+BCS (HF+BCS) single-particle states, and calculate the magnetic dipole (M1) transition for deformed…
Deformed and spherical even-even nuclei are studied using a finite range simple effective interaction within the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov mean field approach. Different parameter sets of the interaction, corresponding to different…
Background: To access selected excited states of nuclei, within the framework of nuclear density functional theory, the quasiparticle random phase approximation (QRPA) is commonly used. Purpose: We present a computationally efficient, fully…
We investigate the Gamow-Teller (GT) transition strength distributions in the light carbon isotopes $^{12,14,16}$C within the framework of the deformed quasiparticle random-phase approximation (DQRPA). Nuclear deformation is explicitly…
The E1 strength functions and radiative capture cross sections for several compound Sn isotopes, including unstable 132S n and 150S n, have been calculated using the self-consistent microscopic theory. In addition to the standard RPA or…
We calculate the magnetic dipole $\gamma$-ray strength functions in a chain of even-mass neodymium isotopes $^{144-152}$Nd in the framework of the configuration-interaction (CI) shell model. We infer the strength function by applying the…
We present recent shell-model calculations of the gamma-decay in sd-pf and pf-shell nuclei. We focus on the M1 part of the dipole strength which was shown to exhibit interesting low-energy effects, in particular a low-energy enhancement…
We derive the equations for approximate particle number projection based on mean field wave functions with finite range density dependent forces. As an application ground bands of even-A superdeformed nuclei in the A=150 and A=190 regions…
Very recent inelastic $\alpha$-scattering data on the isoscalar monopole and dipole strength distributions in $^{56}$Fe, $^{58}$Ni, and $^{60}$Ni are analyzed in the relativistic quasiparticle random-phase approximation (RQRPA) with the…
The pygmy-dipole resonances and photon strength functions in stable and unstable Ni and Sn isotopes are calculated within the microscopic self-consistent version of the extended theory of finite fermi systems which includes the QRPA and…
A strong enhancement at low $\gamma$-ray energies has recently been discovered in the $\gamma$-ray strength function of $^{56,57}$Fe. In this work, we have for the first time obtained theoretical $\gamma$ decay spectra for states up to…
The giant dipole resonance (GDR) in deformed nuclei is analyzed using the self-consistent separable random-phase-approximation (SRPA) with Skyrme forces SkT6, SkM$^*$, SLy6 and SkI3. The deformed nuclei $^{150}$Nd and $^{238}$U are used as…
Photoneutron cross sections were measured for $^{137}$Ba and $^{138}$Ba at energies below two-neutron threshold using quasi-monochromatic $\gamma$-ray beams produced in laser Compton-scattering at the NewSUBARU synchrotron radiation…
We develop a new framework of the self-consistent deformed proton-neutron quasiparticle-random-phase approximation (pnQRPA), formulated in the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) single-quasiparticle basis. The same Skyrme force is used in both…
We have calculated the strength distributions of the dipole response in spherical nuclei, ranging all over the periodic table. The calculations were performed within two microscopic models: the discretized quasiparticle random phase…
A fully-antisymmetrized random phase approximation calculation employing the continued fraction technique is performed to study nuclear matter response functions with the finite range Gogny force. The most commonly used parameter sets of…
The E1 strength function for 15 stable and unstable Sn even-even isotopes from A=100 till A=176 are calculated using the self-consistent microscopic theory which, in addition to the standard (Q)RPA approach, takes into account the…
We developed the deformed proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation (QRPA) and applied to the evaluation of the Gamow-Teller (GT) transition strength distributions including high-lying excited states, which data becomes…
The five-dimensional quadrupole collective model based on energy density functionals (EDF) has often been employed to treat long-range correlations associated with shape fluctuations in nuclei. Our goal is to derive the collective inertial…