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A Note on the Consistent-$Q$ Scheme for Odd-Odd Nuclei

Xiao Tong Li, Xi Deng, Yu Zhang

Abstract

Compared with even-even nuclear systems, the dynamical structure of low-lying excited states in odd-odd nuclei poses significantly greater theoretical challenges. The interacting boson fermion fermion model provides an effective framework for capturing the structural properties of odd-odd nuclei. Within this algebraic framework, the consistent-$Q$ scheme, which was widely used to map nuclear shape phase diagram, is extended to odd-odd systems to examine how unpaired nucleons influence level structures and their evolution across prototypical transitional regions. The results demonstrate that the presence of unpaired nucleons does not suppress the critical behavior characterizing level evolution across the U(5)-SU(3), U(5)-O(6) and SU(3)-O(6) shape transitions, suggesting that shape phase transitions remain a fundamental mechanism governing the low-lying structural evolution of odd-odd nuclei in the heavy and intermediately-heavy mass regions.

A Note on the Consistent-$Q$ Scheme for Odd-Odd Nuclei

Abstract

Compared with even-even nuclear systems, the dynamical structure of low-lying excited states in odd-odd nuclei poses significantly greater theoretical challenges. The interacting boson fermion fermion model provides an effective framework for capturing the structural properties of odd-odd nuclei. Within this algebraic framework, the consistent- scheme, which was widely used to map nuclear shape phase diagram, is extended to odd-odd systems to examine how unpaired nucleons influence level structures and their evolution across prototypical transitional regions. The results demonstrate that the presence of unpaired nucleons does not suppress the critical behavior characterizing level evolution across the U(5)-SU(3), U(5)-O(6) and SU(3)-O(6) shape transitions, suggesting that shape phase transitions remain a fundamental mechanism governing the low-lying structural evolution of odd-odd nuclei in the heavy and intermediately-heavy mass regions.
Paper Structure (8 equations, 4 figures)

This paper contains 8 equations, 4 figures.

Figures (4)

  • Figure 1: (Color online) The schematic shape phase diagram described by the consistent-$Q$ Hamiltonian in (\ref{['IBM']}).
  • Figure 2: (Color online) The yrast-state spectra (in any units) in the SU(3) limit and the O(6) limit. The results are solved from the consistent-$Q$ Hamiltonian given in (\ref{['IBM']}) and (\ref{['IBFFM']}), respectively.
  • Figure 3: (Color online) (a) The yrast level evolutions in the U(5)-SU(3) transitional region with the dashed lines denoting the IBM results for $J=0,~2,~4$ and the solid lines representing the IBFFM results for $J=7-15$. (b) Same as in (a) but for the U(5)-O(6) transition. (c) Same as in (a) but for the SU(3)-O(6) transition.
  • Figure 4: (Color online) (a) The evolutions of the energy ratios $R_{4/2}$ (defined in the text) in the U(5)-SU(3) transitional region for the IBM and the IBFFM. (b) Same as in (a) but for the U(5)-O(6) transition. (c) Same as in (a) but for the SU(3)-O(6) transition.