A microscopic study of deformation systematics in 154–166Dy isotopes

The Hartree-Bogoliubov (HB) framework of calculations has been applied for calculating various nuclear structure quantities for ^154–166Dy mass chains. In this framework, the intrinsic quadrupole moments, the low-lying yrast states (E ₂⁺ and E ₄⁺) and occupation numbers for various shell model orbits have been obtained. The calculated results indicate that the observed onset of deformation in going from ¹⁵⁴Dy to ¹⁶⁶Dy arises due to enhanced occupation of (h _11/2)_π orbit, increased polarization of (d _5/2)_π orbit and increase in the occupation of down-slopping ‘k’ components of (i _13/2)_υ and (h _9/2)_υ orbits.