Parallel tale of seniority isomers in 130Cd and 206Hg: Testing the robustness of magic numbers

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2019
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Abstract
The neutron-rich nuclei 130Cd and 206Hg, so important in the astrophysical processes, may also be useful in tracking the evolution of nuclear shell gaps as one traverses the neutron-rich region. The high spin 8+ isomer in 130Cd and the 10+ isomer in 206Hg turn out to be the lampposts, which may shed light on the shell gaps and validity of the seniority scheme in the neutron-rich systems. We explore the robustness of the N=82 and N=126 magic numbers in the neutron-rich 130Cd and 206Hg nuclides, respectively. A parallel between the two nuclides in terms of the high-spin isomers allows us to investigate these waiting-point nuclei, which have limited experimental data, by using the concept of seniority as the stepping stone. In this paper, we report large scale shell model calculations by using the available realistic effective interactions derived from the Charge Dependent Bonn potential through the renormalized G matrix. We also explore if any change in the interaction is also required to consistently explain both the level structures as well the B(E2) values. A structural similarity between the 8+ isomer in 130Cd and the 10+ isomer in 206Hg is noticed due to goodness of seniority. They are found to possess a maximally aligned, seniority v = 2 configuration from their respective intruder orbits. No shell quenching seems to be needed for the seniority isomers in these nuclei. Therefore, N=82 and 126 appear to be very robust magic numbers even in the neutron-rich region.
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Authors Bhoomika Maheshwari; Hasan Abu Kassim; Norhasliza Yusof; Ashok Kumar Jain
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Year 2019
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