Chiral geometry in symmetry restored states: Chiral doublet bands in 128Cs

TL;DR

This paper models chiral doublet bands in 128Cs using a symmetry-restored basis, successfully reproducing experimental spectra and transitions, and explores the evolution and geometry of nuclear chirality with spin.

Contribution

It introduces a novel angular momentum projected model that demonstrates chiral geometry in symmetry restored states for the first time.

Findings

Reproduces energy spectra and transition probabilities accurately.

Shows evolution of chirality with increasing spin.

Demonstrates chiral geometry in a new angular momentum projected framework.

Abstract

The pairing-plus-quadrupole Hamiltonian is diagonalized in a symmetry restored basis, i.e., the triaxial quasiparticle-states with angular momentum and particle number projections, and applied for chiral doublet bands in 128Cs. The observed energy spectra and electromagnetic transition probabilities are reproduced well without introducing any parameter. The orientation of the angular momentum in the intrinsic frame is investigated by the distributions of its components on the three principle axes as well as those of its tilted angles. The evolution of the chirality with spin is illustrated and the chiral geometry is demonstrated in the angular momentum projected model for the first time.