The geometrical mapping of algebraic nuclear cluster models is investigated within the coherent state formalism. Two models are considered: the Semimicroscopic Algebraic Cluster Model (SACM) and the Phenomenological Algebraic Cluster Model (PACM), which is a special limit of the SACM. The SACM strictly observes the Pauli exclusion principle while the PACM does not. The discussion of the SACM is adapted to the coherent state formalism by introducing the new SO(3) dynamical symmetry limit and third-order interaction terms in the Hamiltonian. The potential energy surface is constructed in both models and it is found that the effects of the Pauli principle can be simulated by higher-order interaction terms in the PACM. The present study is also meant to serve as a starting point for investigating phase transitions in the two algebraic cluster models.
Based on the results of a previous paper (Paper I), by performing the geometrical mapping via coherent states, phase transitions are investigated and compared within two algebraic cluster models. The difference between the Semimicroscopic Algebraic Cluster Model (SACM) and the Phenomenological Algebraic Cluster Model (PACM) is that the former strictly observes the Pauli exclusion principle between the nucleons of the individual clusters, while the latter ignores it. From the technical point of view the SACM is more involved mathematically, while the formalism of the PACM is closer to that of other algebraic models with different physical content. First- and second-order phase transitions are identified in both models, while in the SACM a critical line also appears. Analytical results are complemented with numerical studies on {alpha}-cluster states of the neon-20 and magnesium-24 nuclei.
We investigate the geometrical mapping of algebraic models. As particular examples we consider the Semimicriscopic Algebraic Cluster Model (SACM) and the Phenomenological Algebraic Cluster Model (PACM), which also contains the vibron model, as a special case. In the geometrical mapping coherent states are employed as trial states. We show that the coherent state variables have to be renormalized and not the interaction terms of the Hamiltonian, as is usually done. The coherent state variables will depend on the total number of bosons and the coherent state variables. The nature of these variables is extracted through a relation obtained by comparing physical observables, such as the distance between the clusters or the quadrupole deformation of the nucleus, to their algebraic counterpart.
We use a microscopic multicluster model to investigate the structure of $^{10}$Be and of $^{11}$Be. These nuclei are described by $alpha+alpha+n+n$ and $alpha+alpha+n+n+n$ configurations, respectively, within the Generator Coordinate Method (GCM). The 4- and 5-body models raise the problem of a large number of generator coordinates (6 for $^{10}$Be and 9 for $^{11}$Be), which requires specific treatment. We address this issue by using the Stochastic Variational Method (SVM), which is based on an optimal choice of the basis functions, generated randomly. The model provides good energy spectra for low-lying states of both nuclei. We also compute rms radii and densities, as well as electromagnetic transition probabilities. We analyze the structure of $^{10}$Be and of $^{11}$Be by considering energy curves, where one of the generator coordinates is fixed during the minimization procedure.
We study the paradigmatic model of a qubit interacting with a structured environment and driven by an external field by means of a microscopic and a phenomenological model. The validity of the so-called fixed-dissipator (FD) assumption, where the dissipation is taken as the one of the undriven qubit is discussed. In the limit of a flat spectrum, the FD model and the microscopic one remarkably practically coincide. For a structured reservoir, we show in the secular limit that steady states can be different from those determined from the FD model, opening the possibility for exploiting reservoir engineering. We explore it as a function of the control field parameters, of the characteristics of the spectral density and of the environment temperature. The observed widening of the family of target states by reservoir engineering suggests new possibilities in quantum control protocols.
We give a reminder on the major inputs of microscopic hadronic transport models and on the physics aims when describing various aspects of relativistic heavy ion collisions at SPS energies. We then first stress that the situation of particle ratios being reproduced by a statistical description does not necessarily mean a clear hint for the existence of a fully isotropic momentum distribution at hadrochemical freeze-out. Second, a short discussion on the status of strangeness production is given. Third we demonstrate the importance of a new collective mechanism for producing (strange) antibaryons within a hadronic description, which guarantees sufficiently fast chemical equilibration.