Published January 28, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum phase transitions in rotating nuclei

  • 1. Departament de Fisica, UIB, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
  • 2. Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR, 141980 Dubna (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Charles University, V. Holesovickach 2, CZ-18000 Praha 8 (Czech Republic)

Description

We extend the classical Landau theory for rotating nuclei and show that the backbending in 162Yb, that comes about as a result of the two-quasiparticle alignment, is identified with the second order phase transition. We found that the backbending in 156Dy, caused by the instability of γ-vibrations in the rotating frame, corresponds to the first order phase transition.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1090
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 347-351
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
13. international symposium on capture gamma-ray spectroscopy and related topics
Dates
25-29 Aug 2008
Place
Cologne (Germany)

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(c) 2009 American Institute of Physics