Angular momentum projection of cranked Hartree-Fock states: Application to terminating bands in A∼44 nuclei

We present the first systematic calculations based on the angular momentum projection of cranked Slater determinants. We propose the Iy→I scheme, by which one projects the angular momentum I from the one-dimensional cranked state constrained to the average spin projection of =I. Calculations performed for the rotational band in 46Ti show that the AMP Iy→I scheme offers a natural mechanism for correcting the cranking moment of inertia at low spins and shifting the terminating state up by ∼2 MeV, in accordance with data. We also apply this scheme to high-spin states near the band termination in A∼44 nuclei and compare results thereof with experimental data, shell-model calculations, and results of the approximate analytical symmetry-restoration method proposed previously