663 research outputs found
Functional medium-dependence of the nonrelativistic optical model potential
By examining the structure in momentum and coordinate space of a two-body
interaction spherically symmetric in its local coordinate, we demonstrate that
it can be disentangled into two distinctive contributions. One of them is a
medium-independent and momentum-conserving term, whereas the other is
functionally --and exclusively-- proportional to the radial derivative of the
reduced matrix element. As example, this exact result was applied to the
unabridged optical potential in momentum space, leading to an explicit
separation between the medium-free and medium-dependent contributions. The
latter does not depend on the strength of the reduced effective interaction but
only on its variations with respect to the density. The modulation of radial
derivatives of the density enhances the effect in the surface and suppresses it
in the saturated volume. The generality of this result may prove to be useful
for the study of surface-sensitive phenomena.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Correlation energies by the generator coordinate method: computational aspects for quadrupolar deformations
We investigate truncation schemes to reduce the computational cost of
calculating correlations by the generator coordinate method based on mean-field
wave functions. As our test nuclei, we take examples for which accurate
calculations are available. These include a strongly deformed nucleus, 156Sm, a
nucleus with strong pairing, 120Sn, the krypton isotope chain which contains
examples of soft deformations, and the lead isotope chain which includes the
doubly magic 208Pb. We find that the Gaussian overlap approximation for angular
momentum projection is effective and reduces the computational cost by an order
of magnitude. Cost savings in the deformation degrees of freedom are harder to
realize. A straightforward Gaussian overlap approximation can be applied rather
reliably to angular-momentum projected states based on configuration sets
having the same sign deformation (prolate or oblate), but matrix elements
between prolate and oblate deformations must be treated with more care. We
propose a two-dimensional GOA using a triangulation procedure to treat the
general case with both kinds of deformation. With the computational gains from
these approximations, it should be feasible to carry out a systematic
calculation of correlation energies for the nuclear mass table.Comment: 11 pages revtex, 9 eps figure
Topology of the Spin-polarized Charge Density in bcc and fcc Iron
We investigate the topology of the spin-polarized charge density in bcc and
fcc iron. While the total spin-density is found to possess the topology of the
non-magnetic prototypical structures, in some cases the spin-polarized
densities are characterized by unique topologies; for example, the
spin-polarized charge densities of bcc and high-spin fcc iron are atypical of
any known for non-magnetic materials. In these cases, the two spin-densities
are correlated: the spin-minority electrons have directional bond paths with
deep minima in the minority density, while the spin-majority electrons fill
these holes, reducing bond directionality. The presence of two distinct spin
topologies suggests that a well-known magnetic phase transition in iron can be
fruitfully reexamined in light of these topological changes. We show that the
two phase changes seen in fcc iron (paramagnetic to low-spin and low-spin to
high-spin) are different. The former follows the Landau symmetry-breaking
paradigm and proceeds without a topological transformation, while the latter
also involves a topological catastrophe.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. Phys. Rev. Lett. (in press
Short range correlations in relativistic nuclear matter models
Short range correlations are introduced using unitary correlation method in a
relativistic approach to the equation of state of the infinite nuclear matter
in the framework of the Hartree-Fock approximation. It is shown that the
correlations give rise to an extra node in the ground-state wave-function in
the nucleons, contrary to what happens in non-relativistic calculations with a
hard core. The effect of the correlations in the ground state properties of the
nuclear matter and neutron matter is studied. The nucleon effective mass and
equation of state (EOS) are very sensitive to short range correlations. In
particular, if the pion contact term is neglected a softening of the EOS is
predicted. Correlations have also an important effect on the neutron matter EOS
which presents no binding but only a very shallow minimum contrary to the
Walecka model.Comment: 8pages, 4 figure
Aspects of short range correlations in a relativistic model
In the present work short range correlations are introduced for the first
time in a relativistic approach to the equation of state of the infinite
nuclear matter in the framework of the Hartree-Fock approximation using an
effective Hamiltonian derived from the Walecka model. The
unitary correlation method is used to introduce short range correlations. The
effect of the correlations in the ground state properties of the nuclear matter
is discussed.Comment: 7 pages, 3 figure
Optical properties of the Ce and La di-telluride charge density wave compounds
The La and Ce di-tellurides LaTe and CeTe are deep in the
charge-density-wave (CDW) ground state even at 300 K. We have collected their
electrodynamic response over a broad spectral range from the far infrared up to
the ultraviolet. We establish the energy scale of the single particle
excitation across the CDW gap. Moreover, we find that the CDW collective state
gaps a very large portion of the Fermi surface. Similarly to the related rare
earth tri-tellurides, we envisage that interactions and Umklapp processes play
a role in the onset of the CDW broken symmetry ground state
Remarks on monopole charge properties within the Generalized Coherent State Model
The Generalized Coherent State Model, proposed previously for a unified
description of magnetic and electric collective properties of nuclear systems,
is used to study the ground state band charge density as well as the E0
transitions from to . The influence of the nuclear
deformation and of angular momentum projection on the charge density is
investigated. The monopole transition amplitude has been calculated for ten
nuclei. The results are compared with some previous theoretical studies and
with the available experimental data. Our results concerning angular momentum
projection are consistent with those of previous microscopic calculations for
the ground state density. The calculations for the E0 transitions agree quite
well with the experimental data. Issues like how the shape transitions or shape
coexistence are reflected in the behavior are also addressed.Comment: 32 pages, 7 figure
Chemical pressure and hidden one-dimensional behavior in rare earth tri-telluride charge density wave compounds
We report on the first optical measurements of the rare-earth tri-telluride
charge-density-wave systems. Our data, collected over an extremely broad
spectral range, allow us to observe both the Drude component and the
single-particle peak, ascribed to the contributions due to the free charge
carriers and to the charge-density-wave gap excitation, respectively. The data
analysis displays a diminishing impact of the charge-density-wave condensate on
the electronic properties with decreasing lattice constant across the
rare-earth series. We propose a possible mechanism describing this behavior and
we suggest the presence of a one-dimensional character in these two-dimensional
compounds. We also envisage that interactions and umklapp processes might play
a relevant role in the formation of the charge-density-wave state in these
compounds.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Pressure dependence of the charge-density-wave gap in rare-earth tri-tellurides
We investigate the pressure dependence of the optical properties of CeTe,
which exhibits an incommensurate charge-density-wave (CDW) state already at 300
K. Our data are collected in the mid-infrared spectral range at room
temperature and at pressures between 0 and 9 GPa. The energy for the single
particle excitation across the CDW gap decreases upon increasing the applied
pressure, similarly to the chemical pressure by rare-earth substitution. The
broadening of the bands upon lattice compression removes the perfect nesting
condition of the Fermi surface and therefore diminishes the impact of the CDW
transition on the electronic properties of Te.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Surface-peaked medium effects in the interaction of nucleons with finite nuclei
We investigate the asymptotic separation of the optical model potential for
nucleon-nucleus scattering in momentum space, where the potential is split into
a medium-independent term and another depending exclusively on the gradient of
the density-dependent g matrix. This decomposition confines the medium
sensitivity of the nucleon-nucleus coupling to the surface of the nucleus. We
examine this feature in the context of proton-nucleus scattering at beam
energies between 30 and 100 MeV and find that the pn coupling accounts for most
of this sensitivity. Additionally, based on this general structure of the
optical potential we are able to treat both, the medium dependence of the
effective interaction and the full mixed density as described by
single-particle shell models. The calculated scattering observables agree
within 10% with those obtained by Arellano, Brieva and Love in their
momentum-space g-folding approach.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures, submitted to PR
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