Gamow-Teller excitations at finite temperature: Competition between pairing and temperature effects

Autor: Yüksel, E., Paar, N., Colò, G., Khan, E., Niu, Y. F.
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. C 101, 044305 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.101.044305
Popis: The relativistic and nonrelativistic finite temperature proton-neutron quasiparticle random phase approximation (FT-PNQRPA) methods are developed to study the interplay of the pairing and temperature effects on the Gamow-Teller excitations in open-shell nuclei, as well as to explore the model dependence of the results by using two rather different frameworks for effective nuclear interactions. The Skyrme-type functional SkM* is employed in the nonrelativistic framework, while the density-dependent meson-exchange interaction DD-ME2 is implemented in the relativistic approach. Both the isoscalar and isovector pairing interactions are taken into account within the FT-PNQRPA. Model calculations show that below the critical temperatures the Gamow-Teller excitations display a sensitivity to both the finite temperature and pairing effects, and this demonstrates the necessity for implementing both in the theoretical framework. The established FT-PNQRPA opens perspectives for the future complete and consistent description of astrophysically relevant weak interaction processes in nuclei at finite temperature such as $\beta$-decays, electron capture, and neutrino-nucleus reactions.
Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures, published in Physical Review C
Databáze: arXiv