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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…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2020-01-07 M. A. Caprio

The wobbling motion excited on triaxial superdeformed nuclei is studied in terms of the cranked shell model plus random phase approximation. Firstly, by calculating at a low rotational frequency the \gamma-dependence of the three moments of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Masayuki Matsuzaki , Yoshifumi R. Shimizu , Kenichi Matsuyanagi

Band structures of the neutron-rich Mo- and Ru-isotopes around A $\sim $ 110 are investigated using the triaxial projected shell model (TPSM) approach employing multi-quasiparticle configuration space. The mass region under investigation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-02-17 G. H. Bhat , J. A. Sheikh , Y. Sun , R. Palit

Quantum phase transitions between competing equilibrium shapes of nuclei with an odd number of nucleons are explored using a microscopic framework of nuclear energy density functionals and a particle-boson core coupling model. The boson…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-07-12 K. Nomura , T. Nikšić , D. Vretenar

The proxy-SU(3) symmetry predicts, in a parameter-free way, based only on the Pauli principle and the short-range nature of the nucleon-nucleon interaction, non-vanishing values of the collective variable gamma almost everywhere across the…

The interpretation of nuclear observables in the laboratory frame in terms of the intrinsic deformation parameters beta and gamma is a classical theme in nuclear structure. Here we use the quadrupole invariants (Kumar), calculated within…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-05-20 Alfredo Poves , Frederic Nowacki , Yoram Alhassid

We study the properties of the nuclear rotational excitations with hypothetical tetrahedral symmetry by employing the microscopic mean-field and residual-interaction Hamiltonians with angular-momentum and parity projection method; we focus…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Shingo Tagami , Yoshifumi R. Shimizu , Jerzy Dudek

In the traditional view, heavy deformed nuclei are like axially-symmetric prolate ellipsoids, rotating about one of the short axes. In the present picture, their shapes may be triaxial. The triaxial shape yields complex rotations, which…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-03-21 T. Otsuka , Y. Tsunoda , N. Shimizu , Y. Utsuno , T. Abe , H. Ueno

Spherical harmonics form a complete orthonormal basis which allows any function on the sphere to be expanded. The nuclear shape of a given eigenstate can thus be described within Bohr's quasi-molecular model by a coordinate transformation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-05-19 José Nicolás Orce , Manfred Jason Jaftha

Inspired by the recent experimental data (Phys. Lett. B {\bf 675} (2009) 420), we extend the triaxial projected shell model approach to study the $\gamma$-band structure in odd-mass nuclei. As a first application of the new development, the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 J. A. Sheikh , G. H. Bhat , Y. Sun , R. Palit

A systematic investigation of the wobbling band structures observed in odd-mass nuclei of $^{161,163,165,167}$Lu, $^{167}$Ta $^{131}$Cs, $^{135}$Pr, $^{151}$Eu, $^{183}$Au, $^{133}$Ba, $^{105}$Pd, $^{133}$La, $^{187}$Au and $^{127}$Xe is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-05-15 J. A. Sheikh , S. Jehangir , G. H. Bhat

Current work explores the impact of gamma-softness on partner bands built on the h11/2h11/2 proton-particle-neutron-hole configurations in triaxial odd-odd nuclei. The results of calculations conducted using a core-particle-hole coupling…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 K. Starosta , M. A. Caprio , T. Koike , R. Kruecken , C. Vaman

Recently, it has been argued that a spherical-like spectrum emerges in the SU3-IBM, opening up new approaches to understand the {\gamma}-softness in realistic nuclei. In a previous paper, {\gamma}-softness with degeneracy of the ground and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-04-22 Tao Wang , Bing-cheng He , Chun-xiao Zhou , Dong-kang Li , Lorenzo Fortunato

The triaxiality in nuclear low-lying states has attracted great interests for many years. Recently, the reduced transition probabilities for levels near the ground state in $^{110}$Ru have been measured and provided strong evidences for a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-04-18 Z. Shi , Z. P. Li

A systematic investigation of the nuclear observables related to the triaxial degree of freedom is presented using the multi-quasiparticle triaxial projected shell model (TPSM) approach. These properties correspond to the observation of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-06-22 J. A. Sheikh , G. H. Bhat , W. A. Dar , S. Jehangir , P. A. Ganai

The anomalous low-energy $E2$-related behavior of a triaxially-deformed nucleus bas been identified and analyzed based on the SU(3) algebraic theory within the framework of the interacting boson model. The results show striking features…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-08-01 Yu Zhang , Ying-Wen He , D. Karlsson , Chong Qi , Feng Pan , J. P. Draayer

The triaxial projected shell model (TPSM) approach is generalized to investigate the negative parity band structures in even-even systems. In the earlier version of the TPSM approach, the quasiparticle excitations were restricted to one…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-09-06 Nazira Nazir , S. Jehangir , S. P. Rouoof , G. H. Bhat , J. A. Sheikh , N. Rather , Manzoor A. Malik

Shape quantum phase transition is an important topic in nuclear structure. In this paper, we begin to study the shape quantum phase transition in the SU3-IBM. In this new proposed model, spherical-like spectra was found to resolve the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-15 De-hao Zhao , Xiao-shen Kang , Li Gong , Ze-yu Yin , Tao Wang

The transition quadrupole moments, $Q_{t}$, of rotational bands in the neutron-rich, even-mass $^{102-108}$Mo and $^{108-112}$Ru nuclei were measured in the 8 to 16 $\hbar $ spin range with the Doppler-shift attenuation method. The nuclei…

Evidence of strong coupling of quasiparticle excitations with gamma-vibration is shown to occur in transitional nuclei. High-spin band structures in [166,168,170,172]Er are studied by employing the recently developed multi-quasiparticle…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 J. A. Sheikh , G. H. Bhat , Yan-Xin Liu , Fang-Qi Chen , Yang Sun