Microscopic derivation of the Bohr–Mottelson collective Hamiltonian and its application to quadrupole shape dynamics

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We discuss the nature of the low-frequency quadrupole vibrations from small-amplitude to large-amplitude regimes. We consider full five-dimensional quadrupole dynamics including three-dimensional rotations restoring the broken symmetries as well as axially symmetric and asymmetric shape fluctuations. Assuming that the time-evolution of the self-consistent mean field is determined by five pairs of collective coordinates and collective momenta, we microscopically derive the collective Hamiltonian of Bohr and Mottelson, which describes low-frequency quadrupole dynamics. We show that the five-dimensional collective Schr��dinger equation is capable of describing large-amplitude quadrupole shape dynamics seen as shape coexistence/mixing phenomena. We summarize the modern concepts of microscopic theory of large-amplitude collective motion, which is underlying the microscopic derivation of the Bohr-Mottelson collective Hamiltonian.

62 pages, 6 figures, Review article, Invited Comment in Focus Issue of Physica Scripta to celebrate the 40-year anniversary of the 1975 Nobel Prize to A. Bohr, B. R. Mottelson and L. J. Rainwater (Phys. Scr. 91 (2016) 063014). arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1606.04717

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  • Physica Scripta

    Physica Scripta 91 (6), 063014-, 2016-05-26

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