Spreading widths of giant monopole resonance in the lead region: Random matrix approach

Abstract

The microscopic calculation of the decay width of giant monopole resonance (GMR) anticipates the mixing of one-phonon states with configurations of increasing complexity. To this aim we develop the effective approach for description of monopole excited states that are obtained in the quasiparticle random phase approximation (QRPA), with regard of the coupling between one- and two-phonon states. Based on the QRPA one-phonon states, we generate the coupling and two-phonon states by means of the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble (GOE) distribution. Within our approach the spreading width of the GMRs in ${}^{204,206,208}$Pb are described by means of a random matrix approach on two energy scales. It is demonstrated that the main contribution into the decay of the GMR is determined by a small number of two-phonon states strongly coupled to low-energy surface vibrations. While a vast majority of the coupling matrix elements (that are small in value and following the GOE distribution) are responsible for the fine structure of the GMR spreading width. A remarkable agreement between the results of the full microscopic calculations (based on QRPA phonons coupled by means of the microscopic coupling matrix elements with calculated two-phonon states) with those of the developed approach confirms the vitality of the proposed ideas.

arXiv comment8 pages, 7 figures

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