Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2009-06-16
Phys.Lett.B681:315-319,2009
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
12 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, submitted to Phys. Lett. B
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physletb.2009.10.046
The multipole response of nuclei at temperatures T=0-2 MeV is studied using a self-consistent finite-temperature RPA (random phase approximation) based on relativistic energy density functionals. Illustrative calculations are performed for the isoscalar monopole and isovector dipole modes and, in particular, the evolution of low-energy excitations with temperature is analyzed, including the modification of pygmy structures. Both for the monopole and dipole modes, in the temperature range T=1-2 MeV additional transition strength appears at low energies because of thermal unblocking of single-particle orbitals close to the Fermi level. A concentration of dipole strength around 10 MeV excitation energy is predicted in $^{60,62}$Ni, where no low-energy excitations occur at zero temperature. The principal effect of finite temperature on low-energy strength that is already present at zero temperature, e.g. in $^{68}$Ni and $^{132}$Sn, is the spreading of this structure to even lower energy and the appearance of states that correspond to thermally unblocked transitions.
Meng Jie
Niu Y. F.
Paar Nils
Vretenar Dario
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