Self-consistent approach to beta decay and delayed neutron emission
- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute,” (Russian Federation)
A brief overview of the recent self-consistent studies of nuclear beta decay is given including the relativistic quasi-particle random-phase approximation or QRPA and Finite Amplitude Method. The results of our self-consistent continuum QRPA model based on the density functional description of the ground states are presented. They are in a good agreement with the recent experimental beta-decay half-lives and delayed neutron emission branchings for the nuclei approaching (and beyond) the neutron closed shells N = 50 near {sup 78}Ni and N = 82 near {sup 132}Sn. A comparison with the recent calculations from relativistic QRPA model, Finite Amplitude Method and semi-microscopic finite-range droplet model is performed. An importance of the quasi-particle phonon coupling is stressed for the description of the beta decay and delayed multi-neutron emission rates. A strategy of extending our approach to the deformed nuclei and the open problems are discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 22612589
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 79, Issue 6; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2016 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7788
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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