Analytic description of critical-point actinides in a transition from octupole deformation to octupole vibrations
Journal Article
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· Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
- Institute of Nuclear Physics, N.C.S.R. 'Demokritos', GR-15310 Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki (Greece)
- Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigrad Road, BG-1784 Sofia (Bulgaria)
An analytic collective model in which the relative presence of the quadrupole and octupole deformations is determined by a parameter ({phi}{sub 0}), while axial symmetry is obeyed, is developed. The model [to be called the analytic quadrupole octupole axially symmetric model (AQOA)] involves an infinite well potential, provides predictions for energy and B(EL) ratios, which depend only on {phi}{sub 0}, draws the border between the regions of octupole deformation and octupole vibrations in an essentially parameter-independent way, and describes well {sup 226}Th and {sup 226}Ra, for which experimental energy data are shown to suggest that they lie close to this border. The similarity of the AQOA results with {phi}{sub 0}=45 deg. for ground-state band spectra and B(E2) transition rates to the predictions of the X(5) model is pointed out. Analytic solutions are also obtained for Davidson potentials of the form {beta}{sup 2}+{beta}{sub 0}{sup 4}/{beta}{sup 2}, leading to the AQOA spectrum through a variational procedure.
- OSTI ID:
- 20698737
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 71; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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