Title Microscopic description of nuclear deformations
Title (croatian) Mikroskopski opis deformacija atomske jezgre
Author Luka Lotina
Mentor Kosuke Nomura (mentor)
Committee member Tamara Nikšić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee member Nils Paar (član povjerenstva)
Committee member Tea Mijatović (član povjerenstva)
Granter University of Zagreb Faculty of Science (Department of Physics) Zagreb
Defense date and country 2024-07-02, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline NATURAL SCIENCES Physics
Universal decimal classification (UDC ) 53 - Physics
Abstract In this thesis, a microscopic model, based on the nuclear energy density functional, which can be used to analyse hexadecapole correlations in nuclei, is constructed and presented. Using the model, axial hexadecapole deformations were explored in the rare-earth region, as well as the effects those deformations have on the low-lying energy spectra and transition strengths of even-even rare-earth nuclei. A self-consistent mean-field calculation with a relativistic energy density functional DD-PC1 was performed on even-even isotopes of Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy and Er (Z = 60 − 68) in the N ≈ 90 region, with constraints on axial quadrupole and hexadecapole deformation parameters β20 and β40. The low-lying excitation energies and transition strengths were calculated by constructing the mapped sdg interacting boson model, whose parameters were derived by fitting them to the potential energy surface from the mean-field calculation. The results show that the mapped sdg interacting boson model can be successfully constructed and applied to even-even rare-earth nuclei, and that including the hexadecapole deformations in the model is necessary in order to successfully reproduce the energies of the (Jπ ≥ 6+) yrast states for nuclei with the neutron number near the magic number N = 82. The description of B(E2) transitions between the higher-lying yrast states, is improved by this model, compared to the simpler model which does not include g bosons. It is also shown that the inclusion of the g boson in the interacting boson model is necessary if one wants to reproduce large B(E4) tran- sition strengths from higher-lying 4+ states to the 0+ ground state, however, the experimental data on such transitions in rare-earth nuclei is limited.
Abstract (croatian) U ovom radu predstavljen je mikroskopski model, temeljen na nuklearnom energijskom funkcionalu gustoće, koji se može koristiti za analizu heksadekapolnih korelacija u atomskim jezgrama. Koristeći ovaj model, analizirane su aksijalne heksadekapolne deformacije u području rijetkih zemnih metala, kao i učinci navedenih deformacija na niskoležeći spektar pobuđenih stanja i na snage prijelaza među pobuđenim stanjima u parno-parnim jezgrama iz skupine rijetkih zemnih metala. Izračuni u okviru samokonzistentnog modela srednjeg polja, s relativističkim energijskim funkcionalom gustoće DD-PC1, provedeni su na parno-parnim izotopima Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy i Er (Z = 60 − 68) u području oko N = 90, s ograničenjima postavljenima na aksijalne kvadrupolne i heksadekapolne deformacijske parametere β20 i β40. Energije niskoležećih pobuđenih stanja i snage prijelaza izračunate su pomoću sdg modela interagirajućih bozona, pri čemu su vrijednosti parametara Hamiltonijana danog modela određene mapiranjem površine potencijalne energije, izračunate pomoću modela srednjeg polja, na Hamiltonijan modela interagirajućih bozona. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da se mapirani sdg model interagirajućih bozona može uspješno konstruirati i primijeniti na parno-parne jezgre rijetkih zemnih metala, te da je uključivanje heksadekapolnih korelacija u model interagirajućih bozona nužno da bi se uspješno reproducirale izmjerene vrijednosti energija viših stanja Jπ ≥ 6+ iz vrpce osnovnog stanja, u jezgrama s neutronskim brojem blizu N = 82 magičnog broja. Također, sdg model može uspješnije predvidjeti B(E2) snage prijelaza između viših stanja u vrpci osnovnog stanja, u usporedbi s jednostavnijim sd modelom. Pokazano je i da je uključivanje g bozona u model interagirajućih bozona nužno za izračun velikih vrijednosti B(E4) snaga prijelaza između viših 4+ stanja i osnovnog stanja, međutim, veoma je malo eksperimentalnih podataka vezanih uz te prijelaze u jezgrama rijetkih zemnih metala.
Keywords
xial hexadecapole deformations
rare-earth nuclei
relativistic energy density functional
sdg interacting boson model
low-lying spectra
yrast states
transition strengths
Keywords (croatian)
ksijalne heksadekapolne deformacije
jezgre rijetkih zemnih metala
relativistički energijski funkcional gustoće
sdg model interagirajućih bozona
niskoležeći spektar pobuđenih stanja
vrpca osnovnog stanja
snage prijelaza
Language english
URN:NBN urn:nbn:hr:217:069400
Promotion 2024
Project Number: TTP-2018-07-3554 Title: Exotic Nuclear Structure and Dynamics Title: Exotic Nuclear Structure and Dynamics Acronym: ExoNSD Leader: Kosuke Nomura Jurisdiction: Croatia Funder: Hrvatska zaklada za znanost Funding stream: Tenure Track Pilot Programme
Study programme Title: Doctoral study Study programme type: university Study level: postgraduate Academic / professional title: doktor/doktorica znanosti u području prirodnih znanosti (doktor/doktorica znanosti u području prirodnih znanosti)
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