Systematic shell-model study on spectroscopic properties in the south region of ${}^{208}$Pb

Abstract

We aim to study the properties of nuclei in the south region of ${}^{208}$Pb systematically, including the binding and excitation energies and electromagnetic properties, in order to predict unknown properties of these nuclei, such as isomerism, utilizing a theoretical model which describes the experimentally known properties precisely. We also address whether the $N=126$ shell closure is robust or not when the proton number decreases from ${}^{208}$Pb. We performed large-scale shell-model calculations with a new Hamiltonian suggested in the present work. The model space is taken as the five proton orbits within $50<Z⩽82$ and the thirteen neutron orbits within $82<N⩽184$. And one-particle one-hole excitation is allowed across the $N=126$ gap. The Hamiltonian is constructed by combining the existing Hamiltonians, KHHE (with adjustment of its proton-proton part) and KHPE, and the monopole based universal interaction. The shell-model results well reproduce the experimentally observed binding energies and spectroscopic properties, such as isomerism, core excitation, and electromagnetic properties. Some possible isomeric states in neutron-rich Pb, Tl, and Hg isotopes are predicted with transition energies and half-lives. We also examine the effective charges and the quenching of the $g$ factors suitable for this region by systematic comparisons between observed and calculated electromagnetic properties. A new Hamiltonian is constructed for nuclei in the south region of ${}^{208}$Pb, mainly including Pb, Tl, Hg, Au, Pt, Ir, Os, Re, and W isotopes around $N=126$, and provides them reasonable descriptions on nuclear properties including binding energies, excitation energies and electromagnetic properties through comprehensive and systematic studies.