Structure of ${}^{128,129,130}$Xe through multi-reference energy density functional calculations

Abstract

Recently, values for the Kumar quadrupole deformation parameters of the nucleus ${}^{130}$Xe have been computed from the results of a Coulomb excitation experiment, indicating that this xenon isotope has a prominent triaxial ground state. Within a different context, it was recently argued that the analysis of particle correlations in the final states of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions performed at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) points to a similar structure for the adjacent isotope, ${}^{129}$Xe. In the present work, we report on state-of-the-art multi-reference energy density functional calculations that combine projection on proton and neutron number as well as angular momentum with shape mixing for the three isotopes ${}^{128,129,130}$Xe using the Skyrme-type pseudo-potential SLyMR1. Exploring the triaxial degree of freedom, we demonstrate that the ground states of all three isotopes display a very pronounced triaxial structure. Moreover, comparison with experimental results shows that the calculations reproduce fairly well the low-energy excitation spectrum of the two even-mass isotopes. By contrast, the calculation of ${}^{129}$Xe reveals some deficiencies of the effective interaction.

arXiv comment26 pages, 17 figures

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