Beta-decay properties of neutron-rich rare-earth isotopes

Abstract

In this paper, beta-decay properties of even-even neutron-rich isotopes in the rare-earth mass region are studied within a microscopic theoretical approach based on a proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation. The underlying mean field is constructed selfconsistently from a deformed Hartree-Fock calculation with Skyrme interactions and pairing correlations to which particle-hole and particle-particle residual interactions are added. Nuclei in this mass region participate in the astrophysical rapid neutron capture process and are directly involved in the generation of the rare-earth peak in the isotopic abundance pattern centered at A=160. The energy distributions of the Gamow-Teller strength as well as the beta-decay half-lives and the beta-delayed neutron-emission probabilities are discussed and compared with the available experimental information and with calculations based on different approaches.

arXiv comment12 pages, 5 figures

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