Structure of Warm Nuclei Sven Åberg, Lund University, Sweden Fysikersamfundet - Kärnfysiksektionen Svenskt Kärnfysikmöte XXVIII, november 2008, KTH-AlbaNova (sal FA32), Stockholm

I.Quantum chaos: Complex features of states (a)Onset of chaos with excitation energy (b)Role of residual interaction II.Microscopic method for calculating level density (a) Combinatorical intrinsic level density (b)Pairing (c)Rotational enhancements (d)Vibrational enhancements (e)Role of residual interaction III.Result (a)Comparison to data: at S n and versus E exc (Oslo data) (b)Parity enhancement (c)Role in fission dynamics IV.Summary Structure of Warm Nuclei In collaboration with: H. Uhrenholt, Lund T. Ichikawa, RIKEN P. Möller, Los Alamos

Regular Chaotic e From eigen energies: Bohigas conjecture: (Bohigas, Giannoni, Schmit, PRL 52, 1(1984)) ”Energies and wavefunctions for a quantum version of a classically chaotic system show generic statistical behavior described by random matrix theory.” Classically regular:Poisson statistics Classically chaotic:GOE statistics (if time-reversal invariant) I. Quantum Chaos – Complex Features of States Regular Chaotic P(s) Distribution of nearest neighbor energy spacings: Avoided level crossings Regular (selection rules) Chaotic (Porter-Thomas distr) x=M/ P(x) From wave functions: Distribution of transition matrix elements:

Experimental knowledge Transition from regularity to chaos with increasing excitation energy: E exc (MeV) 0 8 Regularity Chaos Angular momentum Energy (MeV) Nuclear Data Ensemble Neutron resonance region - chaotic: Near-yrast levels – regular: Yrast line J.D. Garrett et al, Phys. Lett. B392 (1997) 24 Line connecting rotational states

Excited many-body states mix due to residual interaction Level density of many-body states: Excitation energy Ground state Many-body state from many-particle-many hole excitations: E Fermi  Ground state |0>  2p-2h excited state Residual int W, mixes states: and causes chaos [1] [1] S. Åberg, PRL 64, 3119 (1990) Include residual interaction between many-body states:

[1] M. Matsuo et al, Nucl Phys A620, 296 (1997) Onset of chaos in many-body systems Chaos sets in at 2-3 MeV above yrast in deformed highly rotating nuclei. [1] chaotic regular

Warm nuclei in neutron resonance region - Fluctuations of eigen energies and wave functions are described by random matrices – same for all nuclei - Fully chaotic but shows strong shell effects! - Level density varies from nucleus to nucleus: Exp level dens. at S n

where P and F project out parity and angular momentum, resp. In (backshifted) Fermi gas model: where Backshift parameter, E shift, level density parameter, a, and spin cutoff parameter, , are typically fitted to data (often dep. on E exc ) We want to have: Microscopic model for level density to calculate level density, P and F. Obtain: Structure in , and parity enhancement. Level density

II. Microscopic method for calculation of level density E Fermi  Ground state |0>  2p-2h excited state All np-nh states with n ≤ 9 included (a) Intrinsic excitations - combinatorics Mean field: folded Yukawa potential with parameters (including deformations) from Möller et al. Count all states and keep track of seniority (v=2n), total parity and K-quantum number for each state Energy: E  (v, K,  )

II.b Pairing For EACH state,  : Solve BCS equations provides: Energy, E ,corrected for pairing (blocking accounted for) Pairing gaps,  n and  p Energy: E  (v, K, ,  n,  p )

Mean proton pairing gap vs excitation energy: Pairing remains at high excitation energies! 0 qp 2 qp 4 qp

No pairing phase transition! Proton pairing gap distribution in excited many-body states in 162 Dy

II.c Rotational enhancement Each state with given K-quantum number is taken as a band-head for a rotational band: E(K,I) = E(K) + ħ 2 /2J ( ,  n,  p ) [I(I+1)-K 2 ] where moment of inertia, J, depends on deformation and pairing gaps of that state [1] Energy: E  (v, I, K, ,  n,  p ) [1] Aa Bohr and B.R. Mottelson, Nuclear Structure Vol. 2 (1974); R. Bengtsson and S. Åberg, Phys. Lett. B172 (1986) 277.

Pairing incl. No pairing Rotational enhancement 162 Dy

II.d Vibrational enhancement – res. int. Add QQ-interaction corresponding to Y 20 (K=0) and Y 22 (K=2), double-stretched, and solve Quasi-Particle Tamm-Dancoff for EACH state. Isoscalar giant quadrupole resonances well described: 58A -1/3 MeV

II.d Vibrational enhancement – res. int. Add QQ-interaction corresponding to Y 20 (K=0) and Y 22 (K=2), double-stretched, and solve Quasi-Particle Tamm-Dancoff for EACH state. Correct for double-counting of states. Gives VERY small vibrational enhancement! Microscopic foundations for phonon method??

II.e Role of residual interaction on level densities 162 Dy The residual 2-body interaction (W) implies a broadening of many-body states: Each many-body state is smeared out by the width: Level density structure smeared out at high excitation energies

Comparison to measured level-density functions (Oslo data [1]): [1] S. Siem et al PRC65 (2002) ; M. Guttormsen et al PRC68 (2003) ; E. Melby et al PRC63 (2001) ;A. Schiller et al PRC63 (2001) (R )

Comparison to data – neutron resonance spacings 296 nuclei RIPL-2 database Factor of about 4 in rms-error – no free parameters Compare: BSFG factor 1.8 – several free parameters

Spin and parity functions in microscopic level density model - compared to Fermi gas functions

Microscopic spin distribution

III.b Parity enhancement Fermi gas model: Equal level density of positive and negative parity Microscopic model: Shell structure may give an enhancement of one parity

III.b Parity enhancement - calculated Parity enhancement in Monte Carlo calc (based on Shell Model) [1] [1] Y. Alhassid, GF Bertsch, S Liu and H Nakada, PRL 84, 4313 (2000) Present calc

III.b Parity enhancement - measured Measured [1] level densities of 2 + and 2 - states in 90 Zr (spherical) [1] Y. Kalmykov et al Phys Rev Lett 99 (2007) Parity ratio Skyrme HF (Hilaire and Goriely NPA779 (2006) 63) present

Role of deformation Parity enhancement stronger for spherical shape!

Extreme enhancement for negative-parity states in 79 Cu  tot ++ -- Parity ratio (Log-scale!)

III.c Fission dynamics P. Möller et al, submitted to PRC Symmetric saddle Asymmetric saddle

Asymetric vs symmetric shape of outer saddle Larger slope, for symmetric saddle, i.e. larger s.p. level density around Fermi surface: At higher excitation energy: Level density larger at symmetric fission, that will dominate.

SUMMARY II.Microscopic model (micro canonical) for level densities including: - well tested mean field (Möller et al) - pairing, rotational and vibrational enhancements - residual interaction schematically included VI.Parity asymmetry can be very large in (near-)spherical nuclei VII.Structure of level density important for fission dynamics: symmetric-asymmetric fission V.Fair agreement with data with no new parameters IV.Pairing remains at high excitation energies I.Coexisting chaos and shell structure around n-separation energy III.Vibrational enhancement VERY small

Decay-out of superdeformed band Decay-out occurs at different E exc in different nuclei.  Use decay-out as a measurer of chaos! Low E exc  regularity High E exc  chaos SD band ND band E2-decay Angular momentum Energy Chaotic (Porter-Thomas distr) Intermediate between regular and chaos A way to measure the onset of chaos vs E exc

Level density composed by v-qp exitations 2 quasi-particle excitation: seniority v=2 v quasi-particle excitation: seniority v In Fermi-gas model: Total level density: v=2 v=4 v=6v=8 162 Dy total

Comparison to data – neutron resonance spacings Exp