| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 252, 2021
HINPw6 – Hellenic Institute of Nuclear Physics; 6th International Workshop; Perspectives on Nuclear Physics; From Fundamentals to Applications
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| Article Number | 02003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Nuclear Structure | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125202003 | |
| Published online | 10 September 2021 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202125202003
Shape and electromagnetic properties of the 229mTh isomer
1 Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigrad Road 72, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
2 Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
3 Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
* e-mail: nminkov@inrne.bas.bg
Published online: 10 September 2021
We examine the physical conditions, and specifically the role of the quadrupole-octupole deformation, for the emergence of the 8 eV “clock” isomer 229mTh. Our nuclear structure model suggests that such an extremely low-energy state can be the result of a very fine interplay between the shape and single-particle (s.p.) dynamics in the nucleus. We find that the isomer can only appear in a rather limited region of quadrupoleoctupole deformation space close to a line along which the ground-state and isomer s.p. orbitals 5/2[633] and 3/2[631], respectively, cross each other providing the isomer-formation quasi-degeneracy condition. The crucial role of the octupole deformation in the formation mechanism is pointed out. Our calculations within the outlined deformation region show a smooth behaviour of the 229Th electromagnetic properties, including the isomer decay rate, allowing for their more precise theoretical determination
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