Additivity of effective quadrupole moments and angular momentum alignments in A∼130 nuclei

The additivity principle of the extreme shell model stipulates that an average value of a one-body operator be equal to the sum of the core contribution and effective contributions of valence (particle or hole) nucleons. For quadrupole moment and angular momentum operators, we test this principle for highly deformed and superdeformed rotational bands in A similar to 130 nuclei. Calculations are done in the self-consistent cranked nonrelativistic Hartree-Fock and relativistic Hartree mean-field approaches. Results indicate that the additivity principle is a valid concept that justifies the use of an extreme single-particle model in an unpaired regime typical of high angular momenta.