Terminating Rotational Bands in Nuclei
Abstract
Because the angular momentum in nuclear configurations is limited, most rotational bands will terminate. Examples of terminating bands in different mass regions are given and interpreted in the configuration-constrained Cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky (CNS) formalism. Important characteristics of the bands can be read out from the energy vs. angular momentum function but also from the (continuous) variation of the energy with respect to particle number.
- Publication:
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Exploring Fundamental Issues in Nuclear Physics: Nuclear Clusters -- Superheavy, Superneutronic, Superstrange, of Anti-Matter
- Pub Date:
- January 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1142/9789814355766_0013
- Bibcode:
- 2012efin.conf..118R
- Keywords:
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- Terminating bands;
- maximum angular momentum;
- Nilsson-Strutinsky formalism;
- fixed configurations;
- nuclear mass