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most citedMicroscopic description of octupole shape-phase transitions in light actinides and rare-earth nuclei

127 citations · 549 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

nucl-th2017★ 30 cited

Signatures of octupole correlations in neutron-rich odd-mass barium isotopes

K. Nomura, T. Nikšić, D. Vretenar

Octupole deformation and the relevant spectroscopic properties of neutron-rich odd-mass barium isotopes are investigated in a theoretical framework based on nuclear density functio…

nucl-th2016★ 33 cited

Signatures of shape phase transitions in odd-mass nuclei

K. Nomura, T. Nikšić, D. Vretenar

Quantum phase transitions between competing ground-state shapes of atomic nuclei with an odd number of protons or neutrons are investigated in a microscopic framework based on nucl…

nucl-th2016★ 18 cited

Spin-orbit interaction in relativistic nuclear structure models

J. -P. Ebran, A. Mutschler, E. Khan +1

Relativistic self-consistent mean-field (SCMF) models naturally account for the coupling of the nucleon spin to its orbital motion, whereas non-relativistic SCMF methods necessitat…

nucl-th2014★ 76 cited

Density Functional Theory studies of cluster states in nuclei

J. P. Ebran, E. Khan, T. Niksic +1

The framework of nuclear energy density functionals is applied to a study of the formation and evolution of cluster states in nuclei. The relativistic functional DD-ME2 is used in…

nucl-th2014★ 127 cited

Microscopic description of octupole shape-phase transitions in light actinides and rare-earth nuclei

K. Nomura, D. Vretenar, T. Niksic +1

A systematic analysis of low-lying quadrupole and octupole collective states is presented, based on the microscopic energy density functional framework. By mapping the deformation…

nucl-th2013★ 78 cited

Microscopic analysis of the octupole phase transition in Th isotopes

K. Nomura, D. Vretenar, B. -N. Lu

A shape phase transition between stable octupole deformation and octupole vibrations in Th nuclei is analyzed in a microscopic framework based on nuclear density functional theory.…

nucl-th2012★ 51 cited

Localization and clustering in the nuclear Fermi liquid

J. -P. Ebran, E. Khan, T. Niksic +1

Using the framework of nuclear energy density functionals we examine the conditions for single-nucleon localization and formation of cluster structures in finite nuclei. We propose…

nucl-th2011★ 73 cited

Robust Regularity in γ-Soft Nuclei and its Microscopic Realization

K. Nomura, N. Shimizu, D. Vretenar +2

γ-softness in atomic nuclei is investigated in the framework of energy density functionals. By mapping constrained microscopic energy surfaces for a set of representative non-axial…

nucl-th2009★ 63 cited

Microscopic Analysis of Order Parameters in Nuclear Quantum Phase Transitions

Z. P. Li, T. Niksic, D. Vretenar +1

Microscopic signatures of nuclear ground-state shape phase transitions in Nd isotopes are studied using excitation spectra and collective wave functions obtained by diagonalization…