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Phys. Rev. C 79, 034305 (2009) [11 pages]

Spectral properties of a tractable collective Hamiltonian

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S. De Baerdemacker1,2,*, K. Heyde1, and V. Hellemans3,†
1Universiteit Gent, Vakgroep Subatomaire- en Stralingsfysica, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
2Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
3Université Libre de Bruxelles, Service de Physique Nucléaire Théorique, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

Received 1 October 2008; published 9 March 2009

The spectral properties of a tractable collective model Hamiltonian are studied. The potential energy is truncated up to quartic terms in the quadrupole deformation variables, incorporating vibrational, γ-independent rotational, and axially deformed rotational structures. These physically significant limits are analysed in detail and confronted with well-established approximation schemes. Furthermore, transitional Hamiltonians in between the limits are presented and discussed. All results are obtained within a recently presented Cartan-Weyl based framework to calculate SU(1,1)×SO(5) embedded quadrupole collective observables.

© 2009 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.79.034305
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevC.79.034305
PACS:
21.60.Ev, 21.60.Fw, 02.20.Qs

*stijn.debaerdemacker@ugent.be

Present address: Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA.