Abstract
The behavior of several nuclear properties with temperature is analyzed within the framework of the finite temperature Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (FTHFB) theory with the Gogny force and large configuration spaces. Thermal shape fluctuations in the quadrupole degree of freedom, around the mean field solution, are taken into account with the Landau prescription. As representative examples the nuclei and are studied. Numerical results for the superfluid to normal and deformed to spherical shape transitions are presented. We found a substantial effect of the fluctuations on the average value of several observables. In particular, we get a decrease in the critical temperature for the shape transition as compared with the plain FTHFB prediction as well as a washing out of the shape transition signatures. The new values of are closer to those found in Strutinsky calculations and with the pairing plus quadrupole model Hamiltonian.
- Received 13 June 2003
- Publisher error corrected 15 October 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.68.034327
©2003 American Physical Society
Corrections
15 October 2003