Shape Phase Transitions in Even–Even <sup>176–198</sup>Pt: Higher-Order Interactions in the Interacting Boson Model

Dynamical symmetry plays a dominant role in the interacting boson model in elucidating nuclear structure, for which group theoretical or algebraic techniques are powerful. In this work, the higher-order interactions required in describing triaxial deformation in the interacting boson model are intro...

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Main Authors: Dongkang Li, Tao Wang, Feng Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/12/2610
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Summary:Dynamical symmetry plays a dominant role in the interacting boson model in elucidating nuclear structure, for which group theoretical or algebraic techniques are powerful. In this work, the higher-order interactions required in describing triaxial deformation in the interacting boson model are introduced to improve the fitting results to low-lying level energies, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>E</mi><mn>2</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> values and electric quadrupole moments of even–even nuclei. As an example of the model application, the low-lying excitation spectra and the electromagnetic transitional properties of even–even <sup>176−198</sup>Pt are fitted and compared to the experimental data and the results of the consistent-Q formalism. It is shown that the results obtained from the model are better than those of the original consistent-Q formalism, indicating the importance of the higher-order interactions in describing the structure and the shape phase evolution of these nuclei.
ISSN:2073-8994