Shell-model operator for K -band splitting

1990
14 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.A 516 (1990) 351-364
  • Published: 1990

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A microscopic shell-model operator that generates K -band splitting is introduced. An analytic matrix representation for this K 2 operator is given in angular momentum projected states of the SU(3) ⊃ SO(3) group reduction. The K 2 operator can also be used to resolve multiple occurrences of L -values in SU(3) representations, that is, it provides for a resolution of the SU(3) ⊃ SO(3) state labelling problem. Results for the leading SU(3) representations of 24 Mg and 168 Er, with ( λ , μ ) = (8, 4) and (30, 8) respectively, are presented to show that K 2 is very nearly diagonal in an angular momentum projected SU(3) ⊃ SO(3) basis. An analysis of K -band splitting for 24 Mg and 168 Er is used to demonstrate the utility of the theory for carrying out shell-model calculations.