Extended study on the application of the sextic potential in the frame of X(3)-Sextic

The main aim of the present paper is to study extensively the γ-rigid Bohr Hamiltonian with anharmonic sextic oscillator potential for the variable β and γ = 0. For the corresponding spectral problem, a finite number of eigenvalues are found explicitly, by algebraic means, so-called Quasi-Exact Solvability (QES). The evolution of the spectral and electromagnetic properties by considering higher exact solvability orders is investigated, especially the approximate degeneracy of the ground and first two β bands in the critical point of the shape phase transition from a harmonic to an anharmonic prolate β-soft, also the shape evolution within an isotopic chain. Numerical results are given for 39 nuclei, namely, 98-108Ru, 100-102Mo, 116-130Xe, 180-196Pt, 172Os, 146-150Nd, 132-134Ce, 152-154Gd, 154-156Dy, 150-152Sm, 190Hg and 222Ra. Across this study, it seems that the higher quasi-exact solvability order improves our results by decreasing the rms, mostly for deformed nuclei. The nuclei 100,104Ru, 118,120,126,128Xe, 148Nd and 172Os fall exactly in the critical point.

Review of Shape Phase Transition Studies for Bose-Fermi Systems: The Effect of the Odd-Particle on the Bosonic Core

The quantum phase transition studies we have done during the last few years for odd-even systems are reviewed. The focus is on the quantum shape phase transition in Bose-Fermi systems. They are studied within the Interacting Boson-Fermion Model (IBFM). The geometry is included in this model by using the intrinsic frame formalism based on the concept of coherent states. First, the critical point symmetries E(5/4) and E(5/12) are summarized. E(5/4) describes the case of a single j=3/2 particle coupled to a bosonic core that undergoes a transition from spherical to γ-unstable. E(5/12) is an extension of E(5/4) that describes the multi-j case (j=1/2,3/2,5/2) along the same transitional path. Both, E(5/4) and E(5/12), are formulated in a geometrical context using the Bohr Hamiltonian. Similar situations can be studied within the IBFM considering the transitional path from UBF(5) to OBF(6). Such studies are also presented. No critical points have been proposed for other paths in odd-even systems as, for instance, the transition from spherical to axially deformed shapes. However, the study of such shape phase transition can be done easily within the IBFM considering the path from UBF(5) (spherical) to SUBF(3) (axial deformed). Thus, in a second part, this study is presented for the multi-j case. Energy levels and potential energy surfaces obtained within the intrinsic frame formalism of the IBFM Hamiltonian are discussed. Finally, our recent works within the IBFM for a single-j fermion coupled to a bosonic core that performs different shape phase transitional paths are reviewed. All significant paths in the model space are studied: from spherical to γ-unstable shape, from spherical to axially deformed (prolate and oblate) shapes, and from prolate to oblate shape passing through the γ-unstable shape. The aim of these applications is to understand the effect of the coupled fermion on the core when moving along a given transitional path and how the coupled fermion modifies the bosonic core around the critical points.

Analytical description of odd-A nuclei around the critical point of shape phase transition within a conjunction of γ-rigid and γ-stable in the presence of deformation-dependent mass formalism

We have investigated a conjunction of γ-rigid and γ-stable collective motion of odd-A nuclei around the critical point of spherical to axially deformed shape phase transition. Our model is made on even–even nuclei with the [Formula: see text] critical point symmetry that is coupled to a single nucleon in a j orbit. The Davidson potential for the β part is applied to the γ-rigid and γ-stable part of a Bohr–Hamiltonian in the presence of a deformation-dependent mass term and spin-orbit interaction. The solutions provide baselines for odd-mass nuclei with the [Formula: see text] symmetry as Bose–Fermi dynamical symmetry. The level structure and transition patterns for some special j is estimated in detail.

Quasi-exact description of the γ-unstable shape phase transition

The equation of the [Formula: see text]-unstable Bohr Hamiltonian, with particular forms of the sextic potential in the [Formula: see text] shape variable, is exactly solved for a finite number of states. The shape of the quasi-exactly solvable potential is then defined by the number of exactly determined states. The effect of exact solvability order on the spectral characteristics of the model is closely investigated, especially, concerning the critical point of the phase transition from spherical to deformed shapes. The energy spectra and the [Formula: see text] transition probabilities, up to a scaling factor, depend only on a single-free parameter, while for the critical point, parameter-free results are available. Several numerical applications are done for nuclei undergoing a [Formula: see text]-unstable shape phase transition in order to identify critical nuclei based on the most suitable exact solvability order.

Variational procedure leading from Davidson potentials to the E(5)and X(5) critical point symmetries

Davidson potentials of the form β^2 + β0^4/β^2, when used in the original Bohr Hamiltonian for γ-independent potentials bridge the U(5) and 0(6) symmetries. Using a variational procedure, we determine for each value of angular momentum L the value of β0 at which the derivative of the energy ratio RL = E(L)/E(2) with respect to β0 has a sharp maximum, the collection of RL values at these points forming a band which practically coincides with the ground state band of the E(5) model, corresponding to the critical point in the shape phase transition from U(5) to Ο(6). The same potentials, when used in the Bohr Hamiltonian after separating variables as in the X(5) model, bridge the U(5) and SU(3) symmetries, the same variational procedure leading to a band which practically coincides with the ground state band of the X(5) model, corresponding to the critical point of the U(5) to SU(3) shape phase transition. A new derivation of the Holmberg-Lipas formula for nuclear energy spectra is obtained as a by-product.

Z(5): Critical Point Symmetry for the Prolate to Oblate Nuclear Shape Phase Transition

A critical point symmetry for the prolate to oblate shape phase transition is intro­ duced, starting from the Bohr Hamiltonian and approximately separating variables for γ=30°. Parameter-free (up to overall scale factors) predictions for spectra and B(E2) transition rates are found to be in good agreement with experimental data for 194Pt, which is supposed to be located very close to the prolate to oblate critical point, as well as for its neighbours (192Pt, 196Pt).