Nuclear shape phase transition within a conjonction of {\gamma}-rigid and {\gamma}-stable collective behaviours in deformation dependent mass formalism

TL;DR

This paper develops a theoretical model combining gamma-rigid and gamma-stable collective motions with deformation-dependent mass to study nuclear shape phase transitions, providing analytical solutions and comparing results with experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach integrating deformation-dependent mass with gamma-rigid and gamma-stable dynamics in the Bohr Hamiltonian for nuclear shape transitions.

Findings

Energy spectra and wave functions are obtained analytically.

Electric quadrupole transition ratios are calculated and compared with experiments.

The model shows good agreement with observed nuclear data.

Abstract

In this paper, we present a theoretical study of a conjonction of $\gamma$-rigid and $\gamma$-stable collective motions in critical point symmetries of the phase transitions from spherical to deformed shapes of nuclei using exactly separable version of the Bohr Hamiltonian with deformation-dependent mass term. The deformation-dependent mass is applied simultaneously to $\gamma$-rigid and $\gamma$-stable parts of this famous collective Hamiltonian. Moreover, the $\beta$ part of the problem is described by means of Davidson potential, while the $\gamma$-angular part corresponding to axially symmetric shapes is treated by a Harmonic Osillator potential. The energy eigenvalues and normalized eigenfunctions of the problem are obtained in compact forms by making use of the asymptotic iteration method. The combined effect of the deformation-dependent mass and rigidity as well as harmonic oscillator stiffness parameters on the energy spectrum and wave functions is duly investigated. Also, the electric quadrupole transition ratios and energy sprectrum of some $\gamma$-stable and prolate nuclei are calculated and compared with the experimental data as well as with other theoretical models.