Proton emission with a screened electrostatic barrier

Half-lives of proton emission for Z$\ge$51 nuclei are calculated within a simple analytical model based on the WKB approximation for the barrier penetration probability which includes the centrifugal and overlapping effects besides the electrostatic repulsion. The model has a single free parameter associated to a Hulthen potential which emulates a Coulomb electrostatic interaction only at short distance. The agreement with experimental data is very good for most of the considered nuclei. Theoretical predictions are made for few cases with uncertain emitting state configuration or incomplete decay information. The model's assignment of the proton orbital momentum is in agreement with the differentiation of the experimental data by orbital momentum values realized with a newly introduced correlation formula.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables, Accepted in Eur. Phys. J.

Bohr Hamiltonian with an energy dependent γ\gamma-unstable Coulomb-like potential

An exact analytical solution for the Bohr Hamiltonian with an energy dependent Coulomb-like $\gamma$-unstable potential is presented. Due to the linear energy dependence of the potential's coupling constant, the corresponding spectrum in the asymptotic limit of the slope parameter resembles the spectral structure of the spherical vibrator, however with a different state degeneracy. The parameter free energy spectrum as well as the transition rates for this case are given in closed form and duly compared with those of the harmonic $U(5)$ dynamical symmetry. The model wave functions are found to exhibit properties that can be associated to shape coexistence. A possible experimental realization of the model is found in few medium nuclei with a very low second $0^{+}$ state known to exhibit competing prolate, oblate and spherical shapes.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, 2 table

Quartic oscillator potential in the {\gamma}-rigid regime of the collective geometrical model

A prolate $\gamma$-rigid version of the Bohr-Mottelson Hamiltonian with a quartic anharmonic oscillator potential in $\beta$ collective shape variable is used to describe the spectra for a variety of vibrational-like nuclei. Speculating the exact separation between the two Euler angles and the $\beta$ variable, one arrives to a differential Schr\"{o}dinger equation with a quartic anharmonic oscillator potential and a centrifugal-like barrier. The corresponding eigenvalue is approximated by an analytical formula depending only on a single parameter up to an overall scaling factor. The applicability of the model is discussed in connection to the existence interval of the free parameter which is limited by the accuracy of the approximation and by comparison to the predictions of the related $X(3)$ and $X(3)$-$\beta^{2}$ models. The model is applied to qualitatively describe the spectra for nine nuclei which exhibit near vibrational features.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figures, 1 tabl