Effect of the Woods-Saxon Spin-Orbit Term on the Nuclear Spectra: O-18 Application

AKKOYUN S.

BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, cilt.52, sa.3, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 52 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s13538-022-01093-9
  • Dergi Adı: BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, INSPEC
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Nuclear shell model, Spin-orbit term, Woods-Saxon potential, Single-particle energy, Energy states, SINGLE-PARTICLE LEVELS, SHELL-MODEL
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

One of the successes in describing the nuclear structure correctly is taking into account the spin-orbit interaction. Thus, single-particle energies and nuclear magic numbers can be obtained accurately. The main subject of this study is to investigate how the strength of this spin-orbit interaction affects the nuclear structure, more specifically the nuclear spectra. In this study we carried out for this purpose, we obtained neutron single-particle energies by changing the strength of the spin-orbit term included in the Woods-Saxon potential. By using the neutron single-particle orbit energies in the calculations of the nuclear shell model, which we obtained for different strengths of spin-orbit term, we obtained the ground and low-lying excited states of the O-18 isotope. According to the results, we observed that spin-orbit interactions of different strength have a discernible effect on the nuclear spectra.