Theoretical study of triaxial shapes of neutron-rich Mo and Ru nuclei
Abstract
Here, whether atomic nuclei can possess triaxial shapes at their ground states is still a subject of ongoing debate. According to theory, good prospects for low-spin triaxiality are in the neutron-rich Mo-Ru region. Recently, transition quadrupole moments in rotational bands of even-mass neutron-rich isotopes of molybdenum and ruthenium nuclei have been measured. The new data have provided a challenge for theoretical descriptions invoking stable triaxial deformations. The purpose of this study is to understand experimental data on rotational bands in the neutron-rich Mo-Ru region, we carried out theoretical analysis of moments of inertia, shapes, and transition quadrupole moments of neutron-rich even-even nuclei around 110Ru using self-consistent mean-field and shell model techniques. Methods: To describe yrast structures in Mo and Ru isotopes, we use nuclear density functional theory (DFT) with the optimized energy density functional UNEDF0. We also apply triaxial projected shell model (TPSM) to describe yrast and positive-parity, near-yrast band structures. As a result, our self-consistent DFT calculations predict triaxial ground-state deformations in 106,108Mo and 108,110,112Ru and reproduce the observed low-frequency behavior of moments of inertia. As the rotational frequency increases, a negative-gamma structure, associated with the aligned ν(h11/2)2 pair, becomes energetically favored. The computed transition quadrupole moments vary withmore »
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- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
- Univ. of Kashmir, Srinagar (India)
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)
- Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1337836
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1224607
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; DOE-DE-SC0013365; DOE-DE-SC0008511
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
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Zhang, C. L., Bhat, G. H., Nazarewicz, W., Sheikh, J. A., and Shi, Yue. Theoretical study of triaxial shapes of neutron-rich Mo and Ru nuclei. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.92.034307.
Zhang, C. L., Bhat, G. H., Nazarewicz, W., Sheikh, J. A., & Shi, Yue. Theoretical study of triaxial shapes of neutron-rich Mo and Ru nuclei. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.034307
Zhang, C. L., Bhat, G. H., Nazarewicz, W., Sheikh, J. A., and Shi, Yue. Thu .
"Theoretical study of triaxial shapes of neutron-rich Mo and Ru nuclei". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.034307. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1337836.
@article{osti_1337836,
title = {Theoretical study of triaxial shapes of neutron-rich Mo and Ru nuclei},
author = {Zhang, C. L. and Bhat, G. H. and Nazarewicz, W. and Sheikh, J. A. and Shi, Yue},
abstractNote = {Here, whether atomic nuclei can possess triaxial shapes at their ground states is still a subject of ongoing debate. According to theory, good prospects for low-spin triaxiality are in the neutron-rich Mo-Ru region. Recently, transition quadrupole moments in rotational bands of even-mass neutron-rich isotopes of molybdenum and ruthenium nuclei have been measured. The new data have provided a challenge for theoretical descriptions invoking stable triaxial deformations. The purpose of this study is to understand experimental data on rotational bands in the neutron-rich Mo-Ru region, we carried out theoretical analysis of moments of inertia, shapes, and transition quadrupole moments of neutron-rich even-even nuclei around 110Ru using self-consistent mean-field and shell model techniques. Methods: To describe yrast structures in Mo and Ru isotopes, we use nuclear density functional theory (DFT) with the optimized energy density functional UNEDF0. We also apply triaxial projected shell model (TPSM) to describe yrast and positive-parity, near-yrast band structures. As a result, our self-consistent DFT calculations predict triaxial ground-state deformations in 106,108Mo and 108,110,112Ru and reproduce the observed low-frequency behavior of moments of inertia. As the rotational frequency increases, a negative-gamma structure, associated with the aligned ν(h11/2)2 pair, becomes energetically favored. The computed transition quadrupole moments vary with angular momentum, which reflects deformation changes with rotation; those variations are consistent with experiment. The TPSM calculations explain the observed band structures assuming stable triaxial shapes. Lastly, the structure of neutron-rich even-even nuclei around Ru-110 is consistent with triaxial shape deformations. Our DFT and TPSM frameworks provide a consistent and complementary description of experimental data.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.92.034307},
journal = {Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics},
number = 3,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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