E2 ansi ions and quad upole momen s in he E„5…symme y
J. M. A ias
Depa amen o de Fı
´sica A o
´mica, Molecula y Nuclea , Facul ad de Fı
´sica, Uni e sidad de Se illa, Apa ado 1065, E-41080 Se illa,
Spain
共Recei ed 1 Decembe 2000; published 12 Feb ua y 2001兲
E2 ansi ions and quad upole momen s a e s udied in he ecen ly p oposed E共5兲symme y by using he
in insic s a e o malism. I is shown ha he alues o hese magni udes can be ob ained o he di e en bands
o highe o de in he boson numbe Nby p ojec ing he in insic s a e on
␥
and

a iables. The o malism
allows o ind easily he dependence o hose magni udes on he s uc u e pa ame e o he quad upole ope a o ,
.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRe C.63.034308 PACS numbe 共s兲: 21.60.Fw, 21.10.Ky, 21.10.Re
I. INTRODUCTION
Recen ly a new class o dynamic symme y has been p o-
posed by Iachello 关1兴. This symme y is expec ed o be o
use when analyzing sys ems unde going phase ansi ions be-
ween adi ional dynamic symme ies. In pa icula , he ex-
ample p esen ed in Re . 关1兴conside s he Boh Hamil onian
关2兴and discusses he case in which he po en ial is
␥
inde-
penden and in addi ion he

dependence o he po en ial is
modeled by a i e-dimensional in ini e well. This seems o
be applicable in nuclea spec oscopy when nuclei a e a he
c i ical poin in a ansi ion om sphe ical o
␥
-uns able
shape. The E(5) symme y is discussed in 关1兴in connec ion
wi h he in e ac ing boson model 共IBM兲关3兴. Ene gy le els
a e gi en and ansi ion p obabili ies o selec ed s a es a e
calcula ed by using he ollowing quad upole ope a o de-
pending linea ly on

:
T
(E2)⫽

冋
D
0
(2)共
i兲cos
␥
⫹1
冑
2„D
2
(2)共
i兲
⫹D
⫺2
(2) 共
i兲…sin
␥
册
,共1兲
whe e is a scale ac o . Expe imen al examples o his new
class o symme y ha e al eady been p oposed 关4兴.
Wi hin he geome ical model he case o
␥
independen
po en ial su ace was discussed some ime ago by Wile s and
Jean 关5兴, while he equi alen si ua ion wi hin he IBM is
known as he O共6兲limi and was discussed i s in Re . 关6兴.
In bo h cases he ene gy su ace has a de ini e equilib ium
alue o

, being o he wise
␥
independen . On he o he
hand, he ib a ional Boh Hamil onian 关2兴and he co e-
sponding SU共5兲limi in IBM 关7兴p o ide wi h a si ua ion in
which he ene gy su ace has equilib ium alue

⫽0 and is
␥
independen oo. As men ioned abo e, he newly p oposed
E共5兲symme y seems o be app op ia e when discussing po-
en ials wi h la beha io as a unc ion o some coo dina e,
as i could be he case o he

coo dina e in a SU共5兲-O共6兲
ansi ion.
Fi s , in Sec. II a b ie e iew o he example o E共5兲
symme y p esen ed in Re . 关1兴is gi en. In Sec. III he o -
malism used is de eloped, including he in insic s a e de-
sc ip ion and he p ojec ion on o he labo a o y ame. Re-
sul s a e p esen ed in Sec. IV. Finally, Sec. V is de o ed o a
summa y.
II. THE E„5…SYMMETRY
Conside he Boh Hamil onian
H⫽⫺ ប2
2B
冋
1

4

4

⫹1

2sin3
␥
␥
sin3
␥
␥
⫺1
4

2兺
Q
2
sin2共
␥
⫺1
3
兲
册
⫹V共

,
␥
兲,共2兲
whe e

,
␥
a e he shape a iables and he Q
’s a e he com-
ponen s o he angula momen um w i en in e ms o Eule
angles. In cases in which he po en ial depends only on

,
V(

,
␥
)⫽U(

), he wa e unc ion can be ac o ized as
⌿共

,
␥
,
i兲⫽ 共

兲⌽共
␥
,
i兲,共3兲
whe e
is ands o he h ee Eule angles, and he Sch o
¨-
dinge equa ion can be spli in o wo equa ions,
冋
⫺1
sin3
␥
␥
sin3
␥
␥
⫹1
4兺
Q
2
sin2共
␥
⫺2
3
兲
册
⌽共
␥
,
i兲
⫽
共
⫹3兲⌽共
␥
,
i兲;
⫽0,1,2,..., 共4兲
and
冋
⫺ប2
2B
冉
1

4

4

⫺
共
⫹3兲

2
冊
⫹U共

兲
册
共

兲⫽E 共

兲.
共5兲
I U(

) can be modeled as a i e dimensional in ini e well,
he p oblem is exac ly sol able and he co esponding sym-
me y is called E共5兲. The solu ions o he Sch o
¨dinge equa-
ions in

and (
␥
,
i) wi h he app op ia e bounda y condi-
ions a e known 关1兴. The wa e unc ions on

a e
,
共

兲⫽C
,

⫺3/2J
⫹3/2
冉
x
,

w

冊
,共6兲
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whe e
is he label associa ed o he O共5兲algeb a,
is a
label ha enume a es he ze os o he ele an Bessel unc-
ion, x
,
is he
h ze o o he Bessel unc ion J
⫹3/2(x),
C
,
a e no maliza ion cons an s, and

wis he ange o he
po en ial in he

a iable.
The solu ions o he (
␥
,
i) pa we e s udied in Re . 关5兴
and abula ed in Re . 关12兴, whe e ⌽
,L,M(
␥
,
i) a e w i en in
e ms o D unc ions as
⌽
,L,M共
␥
,
i兲⫽兺
g
,L,
共
␥
兲DM
(L)共
i兲.共7兲
The in insic unc ions g
,L,
(
␥
) a e explici ly gi en in 关12兴
and only e en alues o
appea in he sum.
The E共5兲s a es a e labeled by
兩
N;
LM
典
.Nis he boson
numbe ,
is a label ela ed o he solu ion o he Sch o
¨dinge
equa ion in he

a iable as men ioned abo e,
is he label
associa ed o he O共5兲algeb a, Lis he o al angula momen-
um, and Mi s p ojec ion on one axis.
III. THE FORMALISM
In his wo k i is shown ha he alues o he E2 ansi-
ions and quad upole momen s in he E共5兲dynamic symme-
y can be ob ained by using he in insic s a e o malism in
IBM 关8–10兴and p ojec ing on he app op ia e a iables. The
s a ing poin is ha he E2 ansi ion ope a o in IBM is
w i en as
T
(E2)⫽qQ
(sd),共8兲
whe e qis a scale ac o and Q(sd)is he IBM quad upole
ope a o ,
Q
(sd)⫽共s†d
˜
⫹d†s兲
(2)⫹
共d†d
˜
兲
(2) .共9兲
The pa ame e
is i s s uc u e cons an . The ope a o s d
˜
m
⫽(⫺1)md⫺ma e in oduced so as o ha e enso s wi h he
app op ia e p ope ies unde spa ial o a ions.
The basic idea o he in insic ame o malism is o con-
side ha he pu e quad upole s a es a e globally desc ibed
by a boson condensa e o he o m
兩
g
典
⫽1
冑
N!共⌫g
†兲N
兩
0
典
,共10兲
whe e he basic boson is gi en by
⌫g
†⫽1
冑
1⫹

2
冋
s†⫹

cos
␥
d0
†⫹1
冑
2

sin
␥
共d2
†⫹d⫺2
†兲
册
,
共11兲
which depends on he

and
␥
shape a iables. The equilib-
ium alues o

and
␥
a e ob ained by minimizing he
ene gy su ace in he boson condensa e 共10兲. In he SU共5兲
and O共6兲limi s o IBM his minimiza ion leads o de ini e
alues o

(

0⫽0 and

0⫽1, espec i ely兲and he ene gy
su ace is
␥
independen in bo h cases. A he c i ical poin in
he phase ansi ion om SU共5兲 o O共6兲 he ene gy su ace is
expec ed o be a he la in he

a iable and he symme y
E共5兲seems o be app op ia e. When calcula ing E2 ansi-
ions and momen s in he adi ional 关SU共5兲o O共6兲兴 IBM
limi s, he

a iable is ixed in Eqs. 共10兲and 共11兲 o i s
equilib ium alue and in eg a ion on
␥
has o be pe o med.
In he E共5兲case, since he beha io o he ene gy su ace is
la in bo h

and
␥
a iables, in eg a ion on bo h a iables
has o be done.
Elec omagne ic E2 ansi ion a es and quad upole mo-
men s a e e alua ed by aking ma ix elemen s o he quad-
upole ope a o 共8兲and 共9兲. These ma ix elemen s in he
boson condensa e
兩
g
典
,
具
g
兩
Qm
(sd)
兩
g
典
⬅Qm
(sd)(

,
␥
), ha e al-
eady been calcula ed 关11兴,
Q0
(sd)共

,
␥
兲⫽N
1⫹

2
冋
2

cos
␥
⫺
冑
2
7

2cos2
␥
册
,
共12兲
Q2
(sd)共

,
␥
兲⫽Q⫺2
(sd)共

,
␥
兲
⫽1
冑
2
N
1⫹

2
冋
2

sin
␥
⫹
冑
2
7

2sin2
␥
册
.
共13兲
The ma ix elemen s o Q(sd)no speci ied a e ze o. In he
O共6兲limi he IBM E2 ansi ion ope a o is usually de ined
wi h
⫽0 since in ha case i is a gene a o o O共6兲and
de ini e selec ion ules appea . This app oxima ion has
p o ed o be good o s udying nuclei a he O共6兲limi , bu
o ansi ional SU共5兲-O共6兲nuclei a he c i ical poin he
quad upole ope a o could depend on
. Thus, in he ollow-
ing he gene al o m in Eqs. 共12兲and 共13兲will be kep .
Wi h he help o Eqs. 共6兲and 共7兲, s a es in he labo a o y
can be ob ained om he boson condensa e 共10兲and 共11兲as
兩
N;
LM
典
⫽
,
共

兲⌽
,L,M共
␥
,
i兲
兩
g
典
.共14兲
Thus, he ma ix elemen s o he quad upole ope a o a e
gi en by
具
N;
LM
兩
Q
(sd)共lab兲
兩
N;
⬘
⬘L⬘M⬘
典
⫽
具
N;
LM
兩
兺
mQm
(sd)共in 兲D
m
(2)共
i兲
兩
N;
⬘
⬘L⬘M⬘
典
⫽
冕
d⍀
冕

4d

冕
兩
sin3
␥
兩
d
␥
,
*共

兲⌽
,L,M
*共
␥
,
i兲
⫻兺
m
具
g
兩
Qm
(sd)共in 兲
兩
g
典
D
m
(2)共
i兲
⬘,
⬘共

兲
⫻⌽
⬘,L⬘,M⬘共
␥
,
i兲,共15兲
whe e he IBM quad upole ope a o in he labo a o y has
been ans o med o he in insic ame by using D unc ions.
The in insic ma ix elemen s
具
g
兩
Qm
(sd)(in )
兩
g
典
a e hose
gi en in Eqs. 共12兲and 共13兲.
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IV. RESULTS
Wi hin he scheme p esen ed in he p eceding sec ion, he
calcula ion o ma ix elemen s o he quad upole ope a o
implies in eg a ion on he a iables

and
␥
, as well as on
he Eule angles
i, in addi ion o he ele an ma ix ele-
men s in he in insic ame, Eqs. 共12兲and 共13兲.
Thus, he quad upole ma ix elemen s a e gi en by
具
N;
LM
兩
Q
(sd)共lab兲
兩
N;
⬘
⬘L⬘M⬘
典
⫽8
2
2L⫹1
具
2
L⬘M⬘
兩
LM
典
兺
m
⬘
具
2mL⬘
⬘
兩
L
典
⫻
冕
兩
sin3
␥
兩
d
␥
g
,L,
共
␥
兲
⫻
冋
冕

4d

,
共

兲Qm
(sd)共

,
␥
兲
⬘,
⬘共

兲
册
g
⬘,L⬘,
⬘共
␥
兲,
共16兲
whe e he in eg a ion on he Eule angles has al eady been
done. Only e en alues o m,
, and
⬘appea in he sum.
Wi h his exp ession i is s aigh o wa d o calcula e E2
ansi ion and momen s since he in eg als in

and
␥
can be
easily e alua ed.
The quad upole momen s o he di e en s a es (
,
,L)
a e gi en by 关qis he scale ac o in Eq. 共8兲兴
Q共
,
,L兲
⫽
冑
16
5
具
N;
LM⫽L
兩
qQ0
(sd)共lab兲
兩
N;
LM⫽L
典
.
共17兲
The co esponding quad upole momen s o some selec ed
s a es a e
Q共
⫽1,
⫽1,L⫽2兲⫽0.1425N
q,共18兲
Q共
⫽1,
⫽2,L⫽2兲⫽⫺0.0514N
q,共19兲
Q共
⫽1,
⫽2,L⫽4兲⫽0.2400N
q,共20兲
Q共
⫽1,
⫽3,L⫽6兲⫽0.3112N
q,共21兲
Q共
⫽1,
⫽3,L⫽4兲⫽0.0751N
q,共22兲
Q共
⫽2,
⫽1,L⫽2兲⫽0.1202N
q,共23兲
Q共
⫽2,
⫽2,L⫽2兲⫽⫺0.0428N
q,共24兲
Q共
⫽2,
⫽2,L⫽4兲⫽0.1998N
q.共25兲
The calcula ion o E2 ansi ion p obabili ies can be done
s aigh o wa d om
B共E2;
,
,L→
⬘,
⬘,L⬘兲
⫽1
2L⫹1
兩
具
N;
L
兩兩
qQ(sd)共lab兲
兩兩
N;
⬘
⬘L⬘
典
兩
2.
共26兲
The co esponding B(E2) ansi ion a es o some se-
lec ed ansi ions a e
B共E2;
⫽1,
⫽1,L⫽2→
⫽1,
⫽0,L⫽0兲⫽0.1459N2q2,
共27兲
B共E2;
⫽1,
⫽2,L⫽2→
⫽1,
⫽0,L⫽0兲⫽0.0044N2
2q2,
共28兲
B共E2;
⫽1,
⫽2,L⫽2→
⫽1,
⫽1,L⫽2兲⫽0.2282N2q2,
共29兲
B共E2;
⫽1,
⫽2,L⫽4→
⫽1,
⫽1,L⫽2兲⫽0.2282N2q2,
共30兲
B共E2;
⫽1,
⫽3,L⫽6→
⫽1,
⫽2,L⫽4兲⫽0.2806N2q2,
共31兲
B共E2;
⫽2,
⫽0,L⫽0→
⫽1,
⫽1,L⫽2兲⫽0.0710N2q2,
共32兲
B共E2;
⫽2,
⫽0,L⫽0→
⫽1,
⫽2,L⫽2兲⫽0.0082q2N2
2,
共33兲
B共E2;
⫽1,
⫽3,L⫽0→
⫽1,
⫽1,L⫽2兲⫽0.0090N2
2q2,
共34兲
B共E2;
⫽1,
⫽3,L⫽0→
⫽1,
⫽2,L⫽2兲⫽0.2806N2q2.
共35兲
TABLE I. Compa ison o some B(E2) a ios in 134Ba wi h he E共5兲symme y. Expe imen al da a a e
om Re . 关14兴.
B共E2;41,2
⫹→21,1
⫹兲
B共E2;21,1
⫹→01,0
⫹兲
B共E2;02,0
⫹→21,1
⫹兲
B共E2;21,1
⫹→01,0
⫹兲
B共E2;02,0
⫹→21,2
⫹兲
B共E2;02,0
⫹→21,1
⫹兲
B共E2;01,3
⫹→21,1
⫹兲
B共E2;01,3
⫹→21,2
⫹兲
E共5兲a1.68 0.86 0 0
E共5兲b1.56 0.49 0.12 0.032
Exp . 1.56(18) 0.42(12) 0.18(8) 0.037(3)
aE共5兲as calcula ed in Re . 关1兴wi h ope a o 共1兲.
bE共5兲 om his wo k wi h he IBM quad upole ope a o 共8兲and 共9兲and
⫽1.
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I has been checked ha hese esul s con e ge o known
esul s in simple si ua ions. On he one hand, he O共6兲 al-
ues 关13兴a e ob ained i he in eg al in

, be ween b acke s in
Eq. 共16兲, is subs i u ed by Qm
(sd)(1,
␥
)(

⫽1). On he o he
hand, hese esul s educe o hose p esen ed in Re . 关1兴,
whe e he E2 ope a o 共1兲is used, i
is aken as ze o in he
IBM quad upole ope a o 共8兲and 共9兲and he no maliza ion
ac o 2/(1⫹

2) in Eqs. 共12兲and 共13兲is subs i u ed by 1.
Wi h hese changes he IBM quad upole ope a o used he e
educes o he E2 ansi ion ope a o used in 关1兴.
134Ba has been p oposed 关4兴as a i s e idence in nuclea
physics o he E共5兲symme y. In Table I some impo an E2
b anching a ios o his nucleus a e compa ed wi h he e-
sul s ob ained in he E共5兲symme y. Expe imen al da a a e
aken om Re . 关14兴. The no a ion used o deno ing he
s a es is L
,
. Two kinds o E共5兲 esul s a e shown. The
esul s E共5兲labeled wi h 共a兲a e hose aken om Re . 关1兴.
Due o he o m o he ansi ion quad upole ope a o used
he e, Eq. 共1兲, ansi ions B(E2;02,0
⫹→21,2
⫹) and B(E2;01,3
⫹
→21,1
⫹) a e o bidden. The esul s E共5兲labeled wi h 共b兲a e
hose ob ained in his wo k in which he E2 ansi ion op-
e a o is Eqs. 共8兲and 共9兲wi h
⫽1. I is obse ed in Table
I ha he o malism p esen ed he e allows o e en a be e
desc ip ion o he 134Ba when compa ing o he newly p o-
posed E共5兲symme y. This imp o emen comes om he
wo di e ences he IBM quad upole ope a o , Eqs. 共8兲,共9兲
and Eqs. 共12兲,共13兲, in oduces wi h espec o he usually
used quad upole ope a o 共1兲. On he one hand, he inclusion
o he e m depending on

2(
) in Eqs. 共8兲and 共9兲is c ucial
o desc ibe he a ios B(E2;02,0
⫹→21,2
⫹)/B(E2;02,0
⫹→21,1
⫹)
and B(E2;01,3
⫹→21,1
⫹)/B(E2;01,3
⫹→21,2
⫹). On he o he hand,
he no maliza ion ac o 2/(1⫹

2) in Eqs. 共12兲and 共13兲
imp o es he desc ip ion o he a ios B(E2;41,2
⫹
→21,1
⫹)/B(E2;21,1
⫹→01,0
⫹) and B(E2;02,0
⫹→21,1
⫹)/B(E2;21,1
⫹
→01,0
⫹). The e o e, he IBM ansi ion ope a o 共8兲and 共9兲,
wi h in insic ma ix elemen s 共12兲and 共13兲, seems o p o-
ide a be e desc ip ion o he expe imen al da a han he
ope a o 共1兲.
One impo an poin as a signa u e o E共5兲symme y in
compa ison wi h he O共6兲case is he ansi ion B(E2;02,0
⫹
→21,1
⫹). This is o bidden in he O共6兲limi e en i one con-
side s he gene al o m o he quad upole ope a o including
he
e m, while i gi es he co ec a io B(E2;02,0
⫹
→21,1
⫹)/B(E2;21,1
⫹→01,0
⫹) in he E共5兲limi wi h
⫽1.
In Fig. 1 he obse ed B(E2) ansi ion a es in 134Ba
关14兴a e compa ed wi h he esul s ob ained in his wo k
assuming
⫽1. Uni s a e gi en in W.u. Fo he decay om
he s a e 0⫹a 1.761 MeV o he s a es 22
⫹and 21
⫹only he
b anching a io is known 27/1. This b anching a io is nicely
ep oduced in he calcula ion.
V. SUMMARY
In his pape i has been p esen ed how o use he in insic
s a e o malism o e alua e elec omagne ic ansi ion a es
and quad upole momen s in he ecen ly p oposed E共5兲sym-
me y. I has been shown ha dealing wi h

and
␥
depen-
den objec s in he in insic ame can be done easily. The
same echnique can be used o calcula e expec a ion alues
o o he obse ables. In addi ion, i has been shown ha he
IBM E2 ope a o p o ides a be e desc ip ion o he da a
han he ope a o 共1兲used in Re . 关1兴.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This wo k was suppo ed in pa by he Spanish DGICYT
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