Spin-aligned neutron-proton pair mode in atomic nuclei

Abstract

Shell model calculations using realistic interactions reveal that the ground and low-lying yrast states of the $N=Z$ nucleus ${}_{46}^{92}$Pd are mainly built upon isoscalar neutron-proton pairs each carrying the maximum angular momentum J=9 allowed by the shell $0g_{9/2}$ which is dominant in this nuclear region. This structure is different from the ones found in the ground and low-lying yrast states of all other even-even nuclei studied so far. The low-lying spectrum of excited states generated by such correlated neutron-proton pairs has two distinctive features: i) the levels are almost equidistant at low energies and ii) the transition probability $I\to I-2$ is approximately constant and strongly selective. This unique mode is shown to replace normal isovector pairing as the dominating coupling scheme in $N=Z$ nuclei approaching the doubly-magic nucleus ${}^{100}$Sn.

11 pages, 5 figures, version to appear in Phys. Rev. C (Rapid communication)

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