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Title: Nuclear scissors modes and hidden angular momenta

Journal Article · · Physics of Atomic Nuclei
 [1];  [2]
  1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Russian Federation)
  2. Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Physique Nucléaire, IN2P3–CNRS (France)

The coupled dynamics of low-lying modes and various giant resonances are studied with the help of the Wigner Function Moments method generalized to take into account spin degrees of freedom and pair correlations simultaneously. The method is based on Time-Dependent Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov equations. The model of the harmonic oscillator including spin–orbit potential plus quadrupole–quadrupole and spin–spin interactions is considered. New low-lying spin-dependent modes are analyzed. Special attention is paid to the scissors modes. A new source of nuclear magnetism, connected with counter-rotation of spins up and down around the symmetry axis (hidden angular momenta), is discovered. Its inclusion into the theory allows one to improve substantially the agreement with experimental data in the description of energies and transition probabilities of scissors modes.

OSTI ID:
22613998
Journal Information:
Physics of Atomic Nuclei, Vol. 80, Issue 1; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2017 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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