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Probing Surface Quantum Flows in Deformed Pygmy Dipole Modes
Markus KortelainenJunchen PeiKai Wangsubject
NEUTRON DRIP-LINENuclear TheoryFOS: Physical sciencesresonance reactions114 Physical sciences01 natural sciencesMolecular physicsNuclear Theory (nucl-th)nuclear charge distribution0103 physical sciencescollective levelsNuclear drip line010306 general physicsQuantumEXCITATIONSPhysicsta114nuclear density functional theoryNUCLEICondensed matter physicsIsovector010308 nuclear & particles physicsOscillationDipoleQuasiparticleRandom phase approximationExcitationdescription
In order to explore the nature of collective modes in weakly bound nuclei, we have investigated deformation effects and surface flow patterns of isovector dipole modes in a shape-coexisting nucleus $^{40}$Mg. The calculations were done in a fully self-consistent continuum finite-amplitude Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation (QRPA) in a large deformed spatial mesh. An unexpected result of pygmy and giant dipole modes having disproportionate deformation splittings in strength functions was obtained. Furthermore, the transition current densities demonstrate that the long-sought core-halo oscillation in pygmy resonances is collective and compressional, corresponding to the lowest excitation energy and the simplest quantum flow topology. Our calculations show that surface flow patterns become more complicated as excitation energies increase.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-06 |