The potential energy surfaces and the giant dipole resonances of46,48,50Ti

The low energy and giant dipole resonance properties of^46,48,50Ti have been investigated within the framework of the collective model of Gneuss and Greiner. The starting potential energy surfaces were taken from Rebel and Habs from which the low energy properties were compared with both an asymmetric rotator model and a shell model calculation. The giant dipole absorption cross sections compared favourably with the experimental data. However, the scarcity of data relating to theγ-scattering from the giant dipole resonance states to the low lying levels made any detailed comparison incomplete.