Investigation of triaxiality in 54122–128Xe isotopes in the framework of sdg-IBM

In this paper, a transitional interacting boson model (IBM) Hamiltonian in both sd-(IBM) and sdg-IBM versions based on affine [Formula: see text] Lie algebra is employed to describe deviations from the gamma-unstable nature of Hamiltonian along the chain of Xe isotopes. sdg-IBM Hamiltonian proposed a better interpretation of this deviation which cannot be explained in the [Formula: see text]-boson models. The nuclei studied have well-known [Formula: see text] bands close to the [Formula: see text]-unstable limit. The energy levels, [Formula: see text] transition rates and signature splitting of the [Formula: see text] -vibrational band are calculated via the affine SU(1,1) Lie algebra. An acceptable degree of agreement was achieved based on this procedure. It is shown that in these isotopes the signature splitting is better reproduced by the inclusion of sdg-IBM. In none of them, any evidence for a stable, triaxial ground state shape is found.