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Landscape of atomic nuclear shapes

Nuclear Theory 2016-06-22 v1

Abstract

We exhibit a wide variety of the nuclear shape phases over the nuclear chart along with a shell model scheme. Various nuclear shapes are demonstrated within the framework of proton-neutron spin-orbital interactions; ferro-deformed, sub-ferro-deformed, and spherical shapes. The spherical shape is classified into the three magic-number categories in view of a large shell gap mechanism; double-magic nuclei I, double magic nuclei II, and double magic nuclei III. We discuss nuclear shape coexistence in the space Z = 76 to 84 as providing a new way to understanding the dynamical shape phases.

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@article{arxiv.1606.06302,
  title  = {Landscape of atomic nuclear shapes},
  author = {Chang-Bum Moon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.06302},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

8 pages, 5 figures, Keywords: double-magic nuclei I, double-magic nuclei II, double-magic nuclei III, ferro-deformation, sub-ferro-deformation, reinforced double-shell closures, sub-reinforced double-shell closures, pseudo-(sub)shell, shape phase transitions, shape coexistence

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