M1 resonance in $^{208}$Pb within the self-consistent phonon-coupling model

TL;DR

This paper develops a self-consistent theoretical model using a renormalized time blocking approximation to accurately reproduce the fragmentation of the $M1$ resonance in $^{208}$Pb, which previous models failed to do.

Contribution

It introduces a self-consistent, renormalized phonon-coupling model based on Skyrme energy-density functional to explain $M1$ resonance fragmentation in $^{208}$Pb.

Findings

Successfully reproduces $M1$ resonance fragmentation in $^{208}$Pb

Provides modified Skyrme EDF parameters fitted within the new model

Calculates excited states of natural parity modes in $^{208}$Pb

Abstract

The main goal of the paper is to investigate theoretically the experimentally observed fragmentation of the isovector $M1$ resonance in $^{208}$Pb within a self-consistent model based on an energy-density functional (EDF) of the Skyrme type. This fragmentation (spread of the $M1$ strength) is not reproduced in a conventional one-particle--one-hole ($1p1h$) random-phase approximation (RPA) and thus has to be investigated in the framework of more complicated models. However, previously applied models of this type were not self-consistent. In the present work, we use a recently developed renormalized version of the self-consistent time blocking approximation (RenTBA) in which the $1p1h\otimes$phonon configurations are included on top of the RPA $1p1h$ configurations. We have determined several sets of the parameters of the modified Skyrme EDF fitted within the RenTBA and RPA and have found the necessary condition of producing the fragmentation of the $M1$ resonance in $^{208}$Pb in our model. We present also the results of the RenTBA and RPA calculations for the first excited states of the natural parity modes in $^{208}$Pb obtained with these modified parametrizations.