High-performance algorithm for calculating non-spurious spin- and parity-dependent nuclear level densities

R. A. Sen'kov, M. Horoi, V. G. Zelevinsky

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Abstract

A new high-performance algorithm for calculating the spin- and parity-dependent shell model nuclear level densities using methods of statistical spectroscopy in the proton-neutron formalism was recently proposed. When used in valence spaces that cover more than one major harmonic oscillator shell, this algorithm mixes the genuine intrinsic states with spurious center-of-mass excitations. In this Letter we present an advanced algorithm, based on the recently proposed statistical moments method, that eliminates the spurious states. Results for unnatural parity states of several sd-shell nuclei are presented and compared with those of exact shell model calculations and experimental data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)413-418
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume702
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 26 2011

Keywords

  • Center-of-mass motion
  • Level density
  • Moments method
  • Spurious states
  • Statistical spectroscopy

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