Backbendings of superdeformed bands in ^(36,40)Ar

Experimentally observed superdeformed(SD) rotational bands in36Ar and40Ar are studied by the cranked shell model(CSM) with the pairing correlations treated by a particle-number-conserving(PNC) method.This is the first time that PNC-CSM calculations have been performed on the light nuclear mass region around A=40.The experimental kinematic moments of inertia J~((1))versus rotational frequency are reproduced well. The backbending of the SD band at frequency around ω =1.5 Me V in36Ar is attributed to the sharp rise of the simultaneous alignments of the neutron and proton 1 d5/2[202]5/2 pairs and 1 f7/2[321]3/2 pairs, which is a consequence of the band crossing between the 1 d5/2[202]5/2 and 1 f7/2[321]3/2 configuration states. The gentle upbending at low frequency of the SD band in40Ar is mainly affected by the alignments of the neutron 1 f7/2[321]3/2 pairs and proton 1 d5/2[202]5/2 pairs.The PNC-CSM calculations show that besides the diagonal parts, the off-diagonal parts of the alignments play an important role in the rotational behavior of the SD bands.

Comparative Phenomenological Description of Even-Even Isotopes at Mass Region A ≈ 70

In the present work the nuclear structure properties and the backbending phenomena of even-even isotopes at A ≈ 70 mass region are analyzed using two simultaneous theoretical models based on a simple modified version of the collective model predictions besides an improved version of exponential model with the inclusion of pairing correlation. In general, both models successfully describe the backbending phenomena in that region. From the comparison between the predictions of the two proposed models a firm conclusion is obtained concerning the superiority of the simple improved version of the exponential model in describing the forward and down-bending region of the φ-ω2 plots.

Robustness of pair structures for nuclear yrast states

In this study,we investigate the robustness of pair structures for nuclear yrast states,that is,whether the structures of relevant collective pairs as building blocks of different yrast states are the same.We focus on deformed and transitional nuclei and study the yrast states of^(28)Si,^(50)Cr,and^(132)Xe,whose experimental R_(4/2)values are 2.60,2.40,and 2.16,respectively,using the nucleon-pair approximation(NPA)and shell-model effective interactions.For each yrast state,we consider optimized pair structures to be those providing the energy minimum for this state.To find the minimum,many full NPA calculations are performed with varying pair structures,and the numerical optimization procedure of the conjugate gradient method is implemented.Our results suggest that optimized pair structures remain the same for all states within a rotational band of a deformed nucleus.Our results also suggest that after backbending,that is,changing of the intrinsic state,the structure of the S pair,which is essential to build the monopole pairing correlation,remains approximately unchanged,whereas the structures of the non-S pairs,which are essential to build the quadrupole correlation,change significantly.