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Title: How do nuclei really vibrate or rotate

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6243673

By means of the adiabatic cranking model the properties of the current and velocity fields of nuclear quadrupole vibrations for even-even nuclei in the rare-earth region are investigated. BCS correlated wave functions based on the Nilsson single particle Hamiltonian have been used. The current fields are analyzed in terms of vector spherical harmonics. The realistic microscopic currents show a vortex structure not present in the classical irrotational flow. The microscopic origin of the vortex structure is investigated.

Research Organization:
New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque (USA). Dept. of Geology; Mainz Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Kernphysik; Giessen Univ. (Germany, F.R.). Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6243673
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-83-1493; CONF-830117-5; ON: DE83012779
Resource Relation:
Conference: 21. international winter meeting on nuclear physics, Bormio, Italy, 24 Jan 1983
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English