Mean-field calculations of charge radii in ground and isomeric states of Cd isotopes

TL;DR

This paper uses microscopic mean-field calculations to study charge radii and quadrupole moments in cadmium isotopes, successfully reproducing experimental trends in isomer and isotope shifts.

Contribution

It applies self-consistent deformed Hartree-Fock+BCS calculations with Skyrme forces to accurately model charge radii and quadrupole moments in Cd isotopes, including isomeric states.

Findings

Reproduces linear increase of quadrupole moments with neutron number.

Captures parabolic behavior of charge radii differences.

Aligns well with high-resolution laser spectroscopy data.

Abstract

Quadrupole moments and charge radii in cadmium isotopes are studied from a microscopic perspective. The results obtained from self-consistent deformed Hartree-Fock+BCS calculations with Skyrme forces are compared with isomer and isotope shifts measured from high resolution laser spectroscopy experiments. The microscopic calculations reproduce fairly well the main features observed in those isotopes that include the linear increase with the neutron number of the quadrupole moments of the 11/2- isomers, as well as the parabolic behavior of the mean-square charge radii difference between isomers and ground states.