Microscopic origin of shape coexistence in the N=90, Z=64 region

A microscopic explanation of the nature of shape coexistence in the N=90, Z=64 region is suggested, based on calculations of single particle energies through standard covariant density functional theory. It is suggested that shape coexistence in the N=90 region is caused by the protons, which create...

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Main Authors: Bonatsos, D. (Author), Karakatsanis, K.E (Author), Martinou, A. (Author), Mertzimekis, T.J (Author), Minkov, N. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2022
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520 3 |a A microscopic explanation of the nature of shape coexistence in the N=90, Z=64 region is suggested, based on calculations of single particle energies through standard covariant density functional theory. It is suggested that shape coexistence in the N=90 region is caused by the protons, which create neutron particle-hole (p-h) excitations across the N=112 3-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator (3D-HO) magic number, signaling the start of the occupation of the 1i13/2 intruder orbital, which triggers stronger proton-neutron interaction, causing the onset of the deformation and resulting in the shape/phase transition from spherical to deformed nuclei described by the X(5) critical point symmetry. A similar effect is seen in the N=60, Z=40 region, in which p-h excitations across the N=70 3D-HO magic number occur, signaling the start of the occupation of the 1h11/2 intruder orbital. © 2022 The Author(s) 
650 0 4 |a Covariant density functional theory 
650 0 4 |a Shape coexistence 
700 1 |a Bonatsos, D.  |e author 
700 1 |a Karakatsanis, K.E.  |e author 
700 1 |a Martinou, A.  |e author 
700 1 |a Mertzimekis, T.J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Minkov, N.  |e author 
773 |t Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics