Giant Dipole Resonance Width in near-Sn Nuclei at Low Temperature and High Angular Momentum

TL;DR

This study investigates how the width of the Giant Dipole Resonance in near-Sn nuclei varies with temperature and angular momentum at low excitation energies, providing experimental data that supports some theoretical models but challenges others at high spins.

Contribution

The paper presents experimental measurements of GDR width dependence on temperature and angular momentum in near-Sn nuclei at low excitation energies, testing existing theoretical models.

Findings

GDR width increases systematically with temperature, consistent with Kusnezov and Thermal Shape Fluctuation models.

GDR widths at high spins do not fully agree with theoretical predictions, indicating limitations of current models.

Experimental data supports adiabatic coupling assumptions in the Thermal Shape Fluctuation Model.

Abstract

High energy gamma-rays in coincidence with low energy yrast gamma-rays have been measured from 113Sb, at excitation energies of 109 and 122 MeV, formed by bombarding 20Ne on 93Nb at projectile energies of 145 and 160 MeV respectively to study the role of angular momentum (J) and temperature (T) over Giant Dipole Resonance (GDR) width. The maximum populated angular momenta for fusion were 67hbar and 73hbar respectively for the above-mentioned beam energies. The high energy photons were detected using a Large Area Modular BaF2 Detector Array (LAMBDA) along with a 24-element multiplicity filter. After pre-equilibrium corrections, the excitation energy E* was averaged over the decay steps of the compound nucleus (CN). The average values of temperature, angular momentum, CN mass etc. have been calculated by the statistical model code CASCADE. Using those average values, results show the systematic increase of GDR width with T which is consistent with Kusnezov parametrization and the Thermal Shape Fluctuation Model. The rise of GDR width with temperature also supports the assumptions of adiabatic coupling in the Thermal Shape Fluctuation Model. But the GDR widths and corresponding reduced plots with J are not consistent with the theoretical model at high spins.