Neutron-deficient Z ≈ N nuclei84,86Mo have been investigated using pairing-deformation self-consistent cranked shell modelcalculations up to spin I > 20 . Our calculations are in good agreement with the experimental data, indicating γ-soft triaxial shapesat low rotational frequency and well-deformed triaxial-oblate shapes at high rotational frequency for both nuclei. The shape changeis due to the alignments of the g9/2protons and g9/2neutrons.
Using a cluster model based on the Woods-Saxon potential, alpha-particle decays from excited states in 24Mg have been system atically investigated. Calculations can in general reproduce experimental data, noticing the fact that the preformation factor P of alpha particle in alpha-decaying nuclei is of order from 100 to 10?2. This can be the evidence for the α+20Ne structure in 24Mg. Meanwhile, the results also show the existence of other configurations, such as 16O+2α. Since the calculated decay widths are very sensitive to the angular momentum carried by the outgoing cluster (α particle), our results could serve as a guide to experimental spin assignments.
In this paper we study the system with three nucleons within a single-j shell, which can be described as the angular momentum coupling of a nucleon pair and the odd nucleon. The overlaps between these non-orthonormal states form a special matrix coincidental with the one obtained by Rowe and Rosensteel. They proposed a proposition related to the eigenvalue problems of that matrix and dimensions of the associated subspaces. We prove their proposition with the help of the symmetric properties of the six-j symbols. We also derive algebraic expressions for eigen energies as well as conditions for conservation of seniority through the decomposition of the angular momentum.
An angular momentum projected potential-energy-surface (PES) calculation, which takes both rotational symmetry restoration and multi-quasiparticle excitation into account, is developed by using the macroscopic-microscopic model and the projected shell model (PSM). Within this method, it may become possible to modify the excitation spectra which are influenced by shape-softness of nuclei, including high-K states. As our first example, this method is adopted to study the collective and multi-quasiparticle excitations of 178Hf~ and the results are in good agreement with the existing experimental data. In addition, as for the dominant structure of non- collective 6+ bands, the conflict between experimental result and the previous PSM calculation is clarified.