Structural properties of hot rotating {sup 40}Ca
- Department of Physics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli-627002 (India)
- Department of Physics, Sarah Tucker College, Tirunelveli-627007 (India)
- Department of Physics, National Engineering College, Kovilpatti-628503 (India)
The yrast and yrare lines are obtained for {sup 40}Ca using a statistical method by assuming the nucleons to move in a triaxially deformed Nilsson harmonic oscillator potential. The backbending and yrast traps are observed in the case of {sup 40}Ca at certain spins. A shift in the first yrast minima towards higher angular momentum states with an increase in entropy is observed. A second backbending is found to occur at spin M=17{h_bar} for all entropies. The excitation energy, the nuclear level density, the single-particle level density parameter, and the spin cutoff parameter are determined as functions of temperature and angular momentum by minimizing the free energy. The Strutinsky method is used to study the variation of the shell correction with angular momentum for equilibrium shapes. The Fermi energies obtained as a function of angular momentum are used for calculating this shell correction. The nucleus is found to be spherical up to M=6{h_bar} and becomes oblate with a further increase in angular momentum. The shell correction is found to increase with the deformation having a minimum value for the spherical shape. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 541986
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 55; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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