2008/07/28 by Dennis Bonatsos, Bonatsos, Dennis, E. A. McCutchan +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Nuclear physics research studies #Rare-earth and actinide compounds
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0807.4506
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Shape/phase transitions in atomic nuclei have first been discovered in the framework of the Interacting Boson Approximation (IBA) model. Critical point symmetries appropriate for nuclei at the transition points have been introduced as special solutions of the Bohr Hamiltonian, stirring the introduction of additional new solutions describing wide ranges of nuclei. The complementarity of the IBA and geometrical approaches will be demonstrated by three examples. First, it will be shown that specific special solutions of the Bohr Hamiltonian correspond to the borders of the critical region of the IBA. Second, it will be demonstrated that the distinct patterns exhibited in different transitional regions by the experimental energy staggering in gamma-bands can be reproduced both by the IBA and by special solutions of the Bohr Hamiltonian. Third, a first attempt to obtain a IBA SU(3) level scheme from a special solution of the Bohr Hamiltonian will be presented.