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What can we learn from nuclear level density?
Magne GuttormsenDepartment of Physics and SAFE
University of Oslo
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Fermi gas and beyond
●Protons and neutrons
●The Pauli principle
●Interacting particles
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ρ(E) =π
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exp(2 aE)
a1/ 4 E 5 / 4
Fermi gas (Hans Bethe 1936):
Parameters: a
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Oslo Cyclotron Laboratory
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167Er(3He,3He’)167Er
Spin
Ex
T = 1 MeV
Particle-gamma coincidences
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The Oslo method
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P(E i,Eγ )∝T (Eγ ) ⋅ρ (E f )
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λ =2π
hM if
2⋅ρ(E f )
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Simulations and extractionGenerated in Prague:Event-by-event datawith DICEBOX
Sorted in Oslo:(Ex, E) matrix
First generationprocedure
Factorizationinto ρ and f
2 4 6 8
2
5
8
Ex
E
2 4 6 8
2
5
8Ex
E
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Blind test
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Level density and entropy
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S(E) = kB lnΩ(E)
Ω(E) = ρ (E) /ρ 0
ρ 0 = 2.2 MeV -1
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Modeling level density
Cooper pair Broken pair
1 state 25 states
●Odd-even mass differences
●Ground-state spin J = 0
●Abrupt increase at Ex = 2∆
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10A simple model for level density
- Combining all possible proton and neutron configurations
- Nilsson single-particle energy scheme
- BCS quasi-particles
j
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Single quasi - particle energy :
eqp = esp − λ( )2
+ Δ2
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Total energy :
Eqp Ωπ ,Ων( ) = eqp ′ Ω π( )′ Ω π , ′ Ω ν{ }
∑ + eqp ′ Ω ν( ) + V ′ Ω π , ′ Ω ν( )
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Nilsson level scheme
Model parameters: = 0.066 = 0.32 = 0.23€
2144Sc 23 and 21
45Sc 24
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For 2144Sc 23 :
1p 1n
1p 3n
1p 5n
1p 7n
3p 1n
3p 3n
3p 5n
5p 1n
5p 3n
7p 1n
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12Scandium, shape coexistence
Level densities
Number of broken pairs
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2144Sc 23
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2144Sc 23
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2145Sc 24
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2145Sc 24
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Parity asymmetry
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2144Sc 23
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2145Sc 24
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α =ρ+ −ρ−
ρ+ + ρ−
U. Agvaanluvsan, G.E. Mitchell, J.F. Shriner Jr., Phys. Rev. C 67, 064608 (2003)
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α ≈0.02 for
ρ(J =1/2,J = 3/2)
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14Iron, blocking of neutron pairs
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15Molybdenum, approaching N=50
93Mo = 0.0894Mo = 0.2595Mo = 0.3496Mo = 0.4697Mo = 0.6598Mo = 0.87
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50d5/2
g9/2
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Tin, proton shell gap Z=50
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T(E) =∂S(E)
∂E
⎛
⎝ ⎜
⎞
⎠ ⎟−1
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T(E) =∂S(E)
∂E
⎛
⎝ ⎜
⎞
⎠ ⎟−1
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17Tin, dominance of neutron pairs
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18Ytterbium, dominance of proton pairs
Proton and neutron orbitals+/- 8 MeV above Fermi surface: 44(p) + 58(n) = 102 orbitals
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Proton or neutron pairs
pn
pn
p
n
n
p
86% n
14% p
57% n
43% p
Nuclear level density reveals
● Entropy and thermodynamics (Tc, CV)
● Breaking Cooper pairs
● Parity asymmetry
● Shell gaps
● Shape coexistence
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Extensivity in nuclei
S = S*
S = S* + S1
S1
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Ideal gas :
S(N) = N lnc + 52 N − N lnN
S(N +1) ≠ S(N) + S1