QUADRUPOLE DEFORMATION IN NUCLEI AT FINITE TEMPERATURE
1998 ◽
Vol 13
(33)
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pp. 2705-2713
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Keyword(s):
The Mean
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The intrinsic quadrupole deformation has been calculated at finite temperature in 20 Ne both in the mean-field approximation and using an exact shell model diagonalization. The results support the view that the phase transition seen at finite temperature in mean-field calculations is not due to the change in nuclear shape from deformed to spherical, but rather is a collective-to-non-collective transition. Both calculations indicate that the average deformation of 20 Ne changes from β rms ≈0.31 at zero temperature to just over β rms =0.2 at T=3.0 MeV. The calculations also suggest that, in the mean-field approximation, the square of the quadrupole operator, Q[2]·Q[2], is a better indicator of shape changes than Q[2] itself.
Keyword(s):
2008 ◽
Vol 23
(27n30)
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pp. 2469-2472
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Keyword(s):
2011 ◽
Vol 20
(supp02)
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pp. 140-145