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NUCLEAR PHYSICS A
Volume 941, Issue -, Pages 97-120Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2015.05.009
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Level-density; Seniority-zero states; Spin-distribution; 0(+)-states
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- Swedish Natural Science Research Council (VR)
- National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory [DE-AC52-06NA25396]
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At low excitation energies seniority-zero states dominate the level density of K = 0 bands in deformed even even nuclei, while they play no role at higher excitation energies. We describe the level densities in a Fermi-gas model as well as in a combinatorial level-density model and compare to detailed experimental data for some rare-earth nuclei. An explanation is provided for recent observations of an odd even staggering in the spin-distribution function as an effect of r-symmetry of wave functions for deformed nuclei. The structure of 0(+) states in deformed nuclei is discussed in the model and compared to data, stressing the role of the seniority quantum number. The Fermi-gas model is utilized to obtain an overview of the odd even staggering phenomenon in other mass regions. Odd even staggering in spherical nuclei, appearing in open-shell nuclei, is briefly discussed as caused by fermion exchange symmetry. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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