A quantum model of collective motion in nuclei and its dequantization

Collective coherent states of Perelomov type are denned by acting with unitary operators from a representation of the symplectic group on the ground state of closed-shell nuclei. A dequantization scheme associates with quantum observables classical ones, and with the state space a phase space and a generalized classical dynamics. Applications to the nuclei ⁴He, ¹⁶O and ⁴⁰Ca are derived from microscopic interactions.     

Macroscopic description of collective motion in fast-rotating nuclei

The distorted Fermi-surface model is generalized to study rotating nuclei. The Chandrasekhar-Lebovitz method is used to solve the equations of nuclear hydrodynamics. A complete analysis of possible stationary ellipsoidal configurations is presented showing such phenomena as giant back-bending and shape isomerism. The normal oscillation modes of quadrupole symmetry are analysed: it is shown that besides the modes corresponding to the quadrupole giant resonance (QGR) split due to the centrifugal and Coriolis forces, the model predicts the appearance of two additional low-lying modes. The nonvibrational modes are analysed, and the corresponding inertia parameters are calculated. The electric quadrupole transitions in rotating nuclei are studied; according to the model the E2 transitions follow very closely the yrast-line both in the axial noncollectively-rotating nuclei and in the three-axial nuclei.     

Microscopic nuclear collective motion studied by classical equations of motion

The time-dependent variation principle is used to obtain generally non-canonical equations of motion from any class of quantum states which are parameterized by a set of continuous complex quantities. A class of states is presented whose associated classical dynamics is described by the five collective quadrupole degrees of freedom. Information about the classical dynamics of the system can be obtained from the non-canonical equations by finding physically interesting quantities which are coordinate independent and which characterize the low-energy collective motion. Approximate collective hamiltonians, of either a Bohr-Mottelson or an IBM type, can be found by insisting that the interesting physical quantities which describe the low-energy classical behavior of the many-body system are the same as those describing the classical behavior of the system given by the collective hamiltonian. The method is applied to two simple schematic models, one vibrational and one rotational, and IBM hamiltonians are obtained.     

On the hexadecapole collective motion in spherical nuclei

The hexadecapole-collective motion in spherical nuclei is discussed. Numerical calculations are presented and compared with available experimental data.     

Microscopic description of collective motion in pf shell nuclei

Rotational and vibrational excitations in pf shell nuclei are studied by means of the generator coordinate method. The generator coordinates are the pairing energies and the quadrupole moments of constrained Hartree-Bogoliubov states, projected onto good angular momenta and particle numbers. The Kuo interaction and the one modified by McGrory are used. The vibrational character of the yrast energies appears to be produced by mixing prolate and oblate wave functions. Pairing correlations are essential for this mixing. In contrast to the yrast states the excitation energies of the higher states depend strongly on the interaction used. They show good agreement with experiment, particularly in the case of ⁴⁸Ti with the Kuo force. The calculated B(E2) values exhibit a rotational band structure in general, even if the energies look more vibrational. The force dependence of the excitation energies can qualitatively be understood by inspection of the intrinsic energy surface.     

Dynamical collective model: Even-even nuclei

A unified approach to describing the properties of spherical, transition, and deformed even-even nuclei (without invoking the concept of static nuclear deformation), a “dynamical collective model,” is set out in retrospective. We present the results of calculations for a wide range of nuclei and, on this basis, reveal a number of experiments that are of fundamental importance in developing the theory further.     

Order and chaos in the geometric collective model

We investigate collective vibrations and rotations of atomic nuclei from the classical viewpoint within the geometric collective model. We quantify the proportion of regular and chaotic orbits in the phase space, observing very complex behavior of its dependence on the model control parameters, energy, and angular momentum. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Relativistic mean-field description of collective motion in nuclei: the pion field

The influence of the pion field on isovector dipole and spin-dipole collective oscillations is investigated in a time-dependent model based on relativistic mean field theory. We find that the inclusion of the long range pion-nucleon interaction provides an additional strong damping mechanism for the isovector dipole vibrations. The inclusion of the pion field has also a strong effect on the dynamics of spin-dipole vibrations, and in particular on the splitting of excitation energies of theJ ^π (0^?,1^?,2^?) components of the isovector spin-dipole resonance.     

Surface collective motion in the soliton bag model

Surface monopole vibration of the baryon is investigated on the basis of the soliton bag model. We derive a relativistic lagrangian for the motion, of which the mass parameter is proportional to the square of the bag radius. With the use of the semi-classical quantization, the energy spectra of the P₁₁ and P₃₃ resonances are reproduced fairly well by our model.     

Chaos in intrinsic motion of nuclei and its role in dissipative collective dynamics

We shall discuss the role of chaotic intrinsic motion in dissipative dynamics of the collective coordinates for nuclear systems. Using the formalism of linear response theory, it will be shown that the dissipation in adiabatic collective motion depends on the degree of chaos in the intrinsic dynamics of a system. This gives rise to a shape dependent dissipation rate for collective coordinates when the intrinsic motion is described by the independent particle model in a nucleus. The shape dependent chaos parameter measuring the degree of chaos in the intrinsic dynamics of the nuclear system will be obtained using the interpolating Brody distribution of nearest neighbour spacings in the single particle energy spectrum. A similar shape dependence is also found to be essential for phenomenological dissipation rates used in fission dynamics calculations.     

Large amplitude collective motion in nuclei and metallic clusters — Applicability of adiabatic theory for a pairing model

A model Hamiltonian describing a two-level system with a crossing plus a pairing force is investigated using the technique of large-amplitude collective motion. The collective path, which is determined by the decoupling conditions, is found to be almost identical to the one in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation for the case of a strong pairing force. For the weak pairing case, the obtained path describes a diabatic dynamics of the system. Presented by T. Nakatsukasa at the International Conference on “Atomic Nuclei and Metallic Clusters”, Prague, September 1–5, 1997. This work is supported by EPSRC (UK).     

Generalized cranking model for collective nuclear motion

The Inglis cranking model is generalized to take into account effects of any velocity dependence present in the single-particle potential and the reaction of the pairing field to the collective motion. The generalized model is applied to translations, rotations and some special types of vibrations. Some of our results and our numerical calculations are obtained with a harmonic-oscillator single-particle potential. Unlike the inertia calculated with the Inglis cranking model, the inertia calculated with the generalized cranking model is independent of the effective mass and approaches the irrotational value in the limit of large pairing.     

On the theory of collective motion in nuclei. II. Quantum theory

The collective Hamiltonian is assumed to be invariant under the orthogonal group O(A ? 1, $\text{R}$). It is shown that the quantum collective dynamics can be formulated on a coset space of the symplectic group $\text{sp}$(6, $\text{R}$) of dimension 12, 16 or 18. The first case corresponds to the collective dynamics based on closed shells and leads to a Hilbert space of analytic functions in six complex collective quasiparticle variables. Dequantization of this scheme yields the classical dynamics described in I. In the limit A ? 1 one obtains a system of s- and d-bosons with symmetry group $\text{u}$ (6) in the collective state space.     

On the theory of collective motion in nuclei. I. Classical theory

From the assumption that the collective Hamiltonian be invariant under the orthogonal group O(A ? 1, $\text{R}$) it is concluded that classical collective dynamics can be formulated on a symplectic manifold. This manifold is shown to be a coset space of the symplectic group $\text{L}$h(6, $\text{R}$) of dimension 12, 16 or 18. The first case corresponds to the dequantization of closed-shell collective dynamics and is described in terms of six complex s- and d-quasiparticles. In the limit A ? 1 it is shown that a transformation leads to interacting s- and d-bosons with the symmetry group $\text{u}$ (6) in the collective phase space.     

Generalized interacting boson model and the collective behaviour in nuclei

The effect of including the high spin bosons on the manifestation of collective behaviour in nuclei is examined by plotting theB(E2; 2⁺→0⁺) rates as a function of neutron number for various values ofη, whereη is the highest angular momentum of the bosons included in the calculation.B(E2; 2⁺→0⁺) values of a large number of nuclei in various regions of the nuclear periodic table are calculated with a single value for the effective charge in the generalized scheme. Irreducible representations of SU(3) contained in the symmetric partition [N] of U(15) are worked out for integersN uptoN=15, to enable the explicit inclusion of theg boson into calculations. The experimentally observed odd-K bands in²³⁴U and¹⁸⁴W are described as a direct consequence of theg boson.     

On classical hydrodynamics and collective motion as approximation to the nuclear many-body problem

Using time-dependent unitary transformations, one can cast a one-body equation of the time-dependent Hartree-Fock type into a form which is closely related to equations for a classical irrotational fluid. The hydrodynamic equation of state finds its counterpart in a stationary constrained field equation. The hydrodynamic equations in turn can be translated into a classical Hamiltonian formalism with an infinite number of generalised coordinates, which are given as all possible spatial moments of the density. The reduction to a few ones, the “natural collective coordinates” is possible by the choice of appropriate initial conditions. The lowest of the hydrodynamical frequencies can be calculated in closed form by harmonic approximations. For the quadrupole frequency a value ofω=31 A^?1/3 MeV/h is obtained. As expected, the value does not agree with the experiment, but rather is in between the characteristic frequency for theβ-vibration and the isoscalar giant quadrupole vibration.     

A calculation of low-lying collective states in even-even nuclei

We present results of a calculation of the low-lying collective quadrupole states in even-even nuclei within the framework of the proton-neutron interacting boson model.     

A geometric generalization of classical mechanics and quantization

A geometrization of classical mechanics is presented which may be considered as a realization of the Hertz picture of mechanics. The trajectories in thef-dimensional configuration spaceV _f of a classical mechanical system are obtained as the projections onV _f of the geodesics in an (f + 1) dimensional Riemannian spaceV _{f + 1}, with an appropriate metric, if the additional (f + 1)th coordinate, taken to be an angle, is assumed to be “cyclic”. When the additional (angular) coordinate is not cyclic we obtain what may be regarded as a generalization of classical mechanics in a geometrized form. This defines new motions in the neighbourhood of the classical motions. It has been shown that, when the angular coordinate is “quasi-cyclic”, these new motions can be used to describe events in the quantum domain with appropriate periodicity conditions on the geodesics inV _{f + 1}.