The Collective Model and the Fermi Gas Model Lesson 6 The Collective Model and the Fermi Gas Model
Evidence for Nuclear Collective Behavior Existence of permanently deformed nuclei, giving rise to “collective excitations”, such as rotation and vibration Systematics of low lying 2+ states in many nuclei Large transition probabilities for 2+0+ transitions in deformed nuclei Existence of giant multipole excitations in nuclei
Deformed Nuclei Which nuclei? A=150-190, A>220 What shapes?
How do we describe these shapes?
Rotational Excitations Basic picture is that of a rigid rotor
Are nuclei rigid rotors? No, irrotational rigid
Backbending
Rotations in Odd A nuclei The formula on the previous slide dealt with rotational excitations in e-e nuclei. What about odd A nuclei? Here one has the complication of coupling the angular momentum of the rotational motion and the angular momentum of the odd nucleon.
Rotations in Odd A nuclei (cont.) For K 1/2 I=K, K+1, K+2, ... For K=1/2 I=1/2, 3/2, 5/2, ...
Nuclear Vibrations In analogy to molecules, if we have rotations, then we should also consider vibrational states How do we describe them? Most nuclei are spherical, so we base our description on vibrations of a sphere.
Shapes of nuclei shaded areas are deformed nuclei Types of vibrations of spherical nuclei
Formal description of vibrations Suppose =0 Suppose =1 Suppose =2
Nuclear Vibrations
Levels resulting from these motions
You can build rotational levels on these vibrational levels
Net Result
Nilsson model Build a shell model on a deformed h.o. potential instead of a spherical potential Superdeformed nuclei Hyperdeformed nuclei
Successes of Nilsson model Nuclide Z N Exp. Shell Nilsson 19F 9 10 1/2+ 5/2+ 21Ne 11 3/2+ 21Na 23Na 12 23Mg
Real World Nilsson Model
Fermi Gas Model Treat the nucleus as a gas of non-interacting fermions Suitable for predicting the properties of highly excited nuclei
Details Consider a box with dimensions Lx,Ly,Lz in which particle states are characterized by their quantum numbers, nx,ny,nz. Change our descriptive coordinates to px,py,pz, or their wavenumbers kx,ky,kz where ki=ni/Li=pi/ The highest occupied level Fermi level.
Making the box a nucleus
Thermodynamics of a Fermi gas Start with the Boltzmann equation S=kBln Applying it to nuclei
Relation between Temperature and Level Density Lang and LeCouteur Ericson
What is the utility of all this?