Nuclear Shell Structure in a Finite-Temperature Relativistic Framework

Abstract

The shell evolution of neutron-rich nuclei with temperature is studied in a beyond-mean-field framework rooted in the meson-nucleon Lagrangian. The temperature-dependent Dyson equation with the dynamical kernel taking into account the particle-vibration coupling (PVC) is solved for the fermionic propagators in the basis of the thermal relativistic mean-field Dirac spinors. The calculations are performed for ${}^{68-78}$Ni in a broad range of temperatures $0\le T\le 4$ MeV. The special focus is put on the fragmentation pattern of the single-particle states, which is further investigated within toy models in strongly truncated model spaces. Such models allow for quantifying the sensitivity of the fragmentation to the phonon frequencies, the PVC strength and to the mean-field level density. The model studies provide insights into the temperature evolution of the PVC mechanism in real nuclear systems under the conditions which may occur in astrophysical environments.

arXiv commentArticle: 17 pages, 19 figures

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