Abstract
The region of light actinides which is thought to exhibit signs of stable octupole deformation, offers a real challenge for nuclear structure models. We study the even-even Ra-Th nuclei in the framework of the interacting boson model and we find that while the properties of the low-lying states can be understood without stable octupole deformation, higher spin states in some of these nuclei (e.g., suggest that octupole deformation develops with increasing spin. We also discuss how octupole deformation can arise in the rotational (dynamical symmetry) limit.
- Received 7 December 2000
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.63.054306
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