Nuclear quantum shape-phase transitions in odd-mass systems
Nuclear quantum shape-phase transitions in odd-mass systems
Microscopic signatures of nuclear ground-state shape-phase transitions in odd-mass Eu isotopes are explored starting from excitation spectra and collective wave functions obtained by diagonalization of a core-quasiparticle coupling Hamiltonian based on energy density functionals. As functions of the physical control parameter---the number of nucleons---theoretical low-energy spectra, two-neutron separation energies, charge …