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The energies and $B(E2)$ transitions involving the states of the ground- and $\gamma$-bands in thirty transitional and deformed nuclei are calculated using the triaxial projected shell model (TPSM) approach. Systematic good agreement with…

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Atoms under pressure undergo a series of processes and modification of its electronic structure. Examples are the spontaneous ionization, stabilization of excited-state configurations that result in a level-crossing with the ground state of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2019-07-25 Andres Robles-Navarro , Patricio Fuentealba , Francisco Muños , Carlos Cardenas

We propose a method to incorporate the coupling between shape and pairing collective degrees of freedom in the framework of the interacting boson model (IBM), based on the nuclear density functional theory. To account for pairing…

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We show that the collectivity of the particle-hole wave function of low-lying octupole 3^- states in doubly magic nuclei is mainly due to the neutron-proton interaction. Both the enhanced reduced transition probability to the ground state,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-28 P. Van Isacker , M. Rejmund

An interacting lattice model describing the subspace spanned by a set of strongly-correlated bands is rigorously coupled to density functional theory to enable ab initio calculations of geometric and topological material properties. The…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-03-26 Ryan Requist , E. K. U. Gross

The five-dimensional collective Hamiltonian based on the covariant density functional theory is applied to investigate the observed tidal wave mode in the yrast band of $^{102}$Pd. The energy spectra, the relations between the spin and the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-05-04 Y. Y. Wang , Z. Shi , Q. B. Chen , S. Q. Zhang , C. Y. Song

Recent experimental advances have made it possible to study excited structure in superheavy nuclei. The observed states have often been interpreted as quasi-particle excitations. We show that in superheavy nuclei collective vibrations…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Yang Sun , Gui-Lu Long , Falih Al-Khudair , Javid A. Sheikh

Properties of the response functions for a two-dimensional quartic oscillator are studied based on the diagonalization of the Hamiltonian in a large model space. In particular, response functions corresponding to a given momentum transfer…

chao-dyn · Physics 2008-12-18 Hirokazu Aiba , Toru Suzuki

A theoretical investigation has been carried out to examine the effects of dynamical triaxility and configuration mixing on the $B(E2)$ anomaly, characterized by $B_{4/2}=B(E2;4_1^+\rightarrow2_1^+)/B(E2;2_1^+\rightarrow0_1^+)<1.0$ and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-11 Wei Teng , Sheng Nan Wang , Xian Zhi Zhao , Yu Zhang

The nearest neighbour level spacing distribution and the $\Delta_3$ statistics of level fluctuations associated with very high spin states ($I \gesim 30$) in rare-earth deformed nuclei are analysed by means of a cranked shell model. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Matsuo , T. Døssing , E. Vigezzi , S. Åberg

We investigate the low-lying spectra of many-body systems with random two-body interactions, specifying that the ensemble be invariant under particle-hole conjugation.Surprisingly we find patterns reminiscent of more orderly interactions,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 C. W. Johnson , G. F. Bertsch , D. J. Dean

Calculations to reconstruct rotational level patterns in the $^{220}$Rn and $^{226}$Ra nuclei have been performed using a collective quadrupole+octupole approach with microscopic mass tensor and moments of inertia dependent on deformation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-07-02 Artur Dobrowolski , Katarzyna Mazurek , Krzysztof Pomorski

Shape deformations and charge radii, basic properties of atomic nuclei, are influenced by both the global features of the nuclear force and the nucleonic shell structure. As functions of proton and neutron number, both quantities show…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-07-20 Paul-Gerhard Reinhard , Witek Nazarewicz

In this paper, we investigate the distinctions between realistic quantum chaotic systems and random models from the perspective of observable properties, particularly focusing on the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis (ETH). Through…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-04-11 Xiao Wang , Jiaozi Wang , Wen-ge Wang

Having spectral correlations that, over small enough energy scales, are described by random matrix theory is regarded as the most general defining feature of quantum chaotic systems as it applies in the many-body setting and away from any…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-02 Jonathon Riddell , Curt von Keyserlingk , Tomaž Prosen , Bruno Bertini

The input to the configuration-interaction shell model includes many dozens or hundreds of independent two-body matrix elements. Previous studies have shown that when fitting to experimental low-lying spectra, the greatest sensitivity is to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2010-05-25 Calvin W. Johnson , Plamen G. Krastev

There is growing evidence that high-energy scattering processes involving nuclei can offer unique insights into the many-body correlations present in nuclear ground states, in particular those of deformed nuclei. These processes involve,…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-23 Jean-Paul Blaizot , Giuliano Giacalone

The low-lying spectra including the first few excited positive and negative parity bands of some heavy even-even nuclei from the rare earth and actinide mass regions are investigated within the framework of the symplectic Interacting Vector…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 H. G. Ganev

A highly-deformed rotational band has been identified in the N=Z nucleus 36Ar. At high spin the band is observed to its presumed termination at I=16+, while at low spin it has been firmly linked to previously known states in 36Ar. Spins,…

It has been debated whether the experimentally-identified superdeformed rotational band in $^{40}$Ar [E. Ideguchi, et al., Phys. Lett. B 686 (2010) 18] has an axially or triaxially deformed shape. Projected shell model calculations with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-08-18 Ying-Chun Yang , Yan-Xin Liu , Yang Sun , Mike Guidry