Published May 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Octupole shapes and shape changes at high spins in the Z∼58, N∼88 nuclei

  • 1. Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306 (United States)

Description

The shapes of rotating Xe, Ba, Ce, Nd, and Sm nuclei (84≤N≤94) are calculated using the cranking model with the Woods-Saxon average potential and pairing. The lightest isotopes of Xe and Ba have nearly spherical ground states, but develop octupole and quadrupole deformations under rotation which remain up to very high spins. The ground states of the heavier isotopes have octupole and quadrupole deformations which persist up to medium spins (I∼12ℎ). At higher spins, a shape transition is predicted to reflection-symmetric aligned many-quasiparticle configurations

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
45
Journal Issue
5
Series
Phys. Rev., C Nucl. Phys.
Journal Page Range
2226-2237
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCA