Effects of ground-state correlations on collective excitations of $^{16}$O

TL;DR

This paper investigates how ground-state correlations influence collective excitations in $^{16}$O, revealing significant effects on octupole and dipole states through advanced theoretical modeling.

Contribution

It introduces an extended random phase approximation based on density-matrix theory to analyze ground-state correlations' impact on nuclear excitations.

Findings

Ground-state correlations significantly affect octupole excitations.

The first 3^- state shifts upward with self-energy corrections.

Dipole strength is fragmented; giant dipole resonance position remains stable.

Abstract

The effects of the correlations in the ground state of $^{16}$O on the octupole and dipole excitations are studied using the extended random phase approximation (ERPA) derived from the time-dependent density-matrix theory. It is found that the ground-state correlation effects are significant especially in the octupole excitation. It is shown that the first $3^-$ state calculated in the random phase approximation (RPA) is shifted upward when the self-energy contributions are included in particle - hole pairs. The coupling to the two particle - two hole states plays a role in shifting the first $3^-$ state down to the right position. It is also found that the dipole strength is fragmented due to the partial occupation of the single-particle states and that the peak position of the giant dipole resonance calculated in ERPA is little changed from that in RPA due to the above-mentioned competing effects: the increase in particle - hole energy and the coupling to two particle - two hole configurations.