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Constant-volume constraint and many-body forces in the Nilsson model

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. C; (United States)
It is shown that the Nilsson prescription for calculating equilibrium deformations of nuclei under the constraint of constant volume may be interpreted in terms of a Hartree mean-field approximation applied to nucleons interacting via many-body forces. Such an interaction is obtained in closed form, having a Taylor expansion beginning with the familiar quadrupole-quadrupole interaction, and then successively adding three-body, four-body, etc., terms. Since the interaction is not uniquely determined, two interesting forms are discussed. One, having both monopole and quadrupole parts, has a Hartree field identical to the Nilsson potential. The other, which is purely quadrupole, permits a generalization to all orders of a result obtained by Moszkowski for small deformations. The scalar many-body interaction naturally explains the nonscalar effective two-body interactions used in random-phase approximation calculations of deformed nuclei.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
OSTI ID:
6583623
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. C; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. C; (United States) Vol. 29:2; ISSN PRVCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English