Macroscopic and microscopic description of phase transition in cerium isotopes

The spherical-to-deformed phase transition in cerium isotopes recently suggested to occur between Ce146 and Ce148 has been examined in the framework of the macroscopic algebraic collective model and two microscopic approaches, namely Skyrme-Hartree-Fock + Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) calculations...

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Autores: Alexa, P., Abolghasem, M., Thiamova, G., Bonatsos, D., Rodríguez Frutos, Tomás Raúl, Reinhard, P.-G.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/706142
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/706142
https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.106.054304
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Quantum Phase Transition
Isotopes
Even-Even Nuclei
Física
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Resumo:The spherical-to-deformed phase transition in cerium isotopes recently suggested to occur between Ce146 and Ce148 has been examined in the framework of the macroscopic algebraic collective model and two microscopic approaches, namely Skyrme-Hartree-Fock + Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) calculations and the symmetry conserving configuration mixing method with Gogny energy density functionals applied also to the neighboring nuclei along the cerium isotopic chain. Possible spectral signatures of the phase transition are discussed in more details. The microscopic calculations predict octupole softness manifested by rather flat potential energy curves as a function of the octupole deformation parameter β3 for Ce146 and Ce148 and shape coexistence characterized by axially symmetric 0+ states, triaxial 2+ bands, and octupole deformation for the lowest 1- states