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Irving O. Morales

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arXiv2015

Analysis of proton and neutron pair breakings: High-spin structures of $^{124-127}$Te isotopes

In the present work recently available experimental data for high-spin states of four nuclei, $^{124}_{\ 52}$Te, $^{125}_{\ 52}$Te, $^{126}_{\ 52}$Te, and $^{127}_{\ 52}$Te have been interpreted using state-of-the-art shell model calculations. The calculations have been performed in the $50-82$ valence shell composed of $1g_{7/2}$, $2d_{5/2}$, $1h_{11/2}$, $3s_{1/2}$, and $2d_{3/2}$ orbitals. We have compared our results with the available experimental data for excitation energies and transition probabilities, including high-spin states. The results are in reasonable agreement with the available experimental data. The wave functions, particularly, the specific proton and neutron configurations which are involved to generate the angular momentum along the yrast lines are discussed. We have also estimated overall contribution of three-body forces in the energy level shifting. Finally, results with modified effective interaction are also reported.

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arXiv2015

High-spin structures of $^{77,79,81,83}$As isotopes

In the present work we report comprehensive set of shell model calculations for arsenic isotopes. We performed shell model calculations with two recent effective interactions JUN45 and jj44b. The overall results for the energy levels and magnetic moments are in rather good agreement with the available experimental data. We have also reported competition of proton- and neutron-pair breakings analysis to identify which nucleon pairs are broken to obtain the total angular momentum of the calculated states. Further theoretical development is needed by enlarging model space by including $π0f_{7/2}$ and $ν1d_{5/2}$ orbitals.

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arXiv2015

Behavior of early warnings near the critical temperature in the two-dimensional Ising model

Among the properties that are common to complex systems, the presence of critical thresholds in the dynamics of the system is one of the most important. Recently, there has been interest in the universalities that occur in the behavior of systems near critical points. These universal properties make it possible to estimate how far a system is from a critical threshold. Several early-warning signals have been reported in time series representing systems near catastrophic shifts. The proper understanding of these early-warnings may allow the prediction and perhaps control of these dramatic shifts in a wide variety of systems. In this paper we analyze this universal behavior for a system that is a paradigm of phase transitions, the Ising model. We study the behavior of the early-warning signals and the way the temporal correlations of the system increase when the system is near the critical point.

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arXiv2013

High-spin structures of $^{136}_{54}$Xe, $^{137}_{55}$Cs, $^{138}_{56}$Ba, $^{139}_{57}$La, and $^{140}_{58}$Ce : A shell model description

In the present work recently available experimental data [A. Astier et al, Phys. Rev. C 85, 064316 (2012)] for high-spin states of five N=82 isotones, $^{136}_{54}$Xe, $^{137}_{55}$Cs, $^{138}_{56}$Ba, $^{139}_{57}$La, and $^{140}_{58}$Ce have been interpreted with state-of-the-art shell model calculations. The calculations have been performed in the 50-82 valence shell composed of $1g_{7/2}$, $2d_{5/2}$, $1h_{11/2}$, $3s_{1/2}$, and $2d_{3/2}$ orbitals. We have compared our results with the available experimental data for excitation energies including high-spin states, occupancy numbers and transition probabilities. As expected the structure of these isotones are due to proton excitations across Z=50 shell. The structure of the positive-parity states are mainly from $(πg_{7/2}πd_{5/2})^n$ and $(πg_{7/2}πd_{5/2})^{n-2}(πh_{11/2})^2$ configurations, while the negative-parity states have $(πg_{7/2}πd_{5/2})^{n}(πh_{11/2})^1$ configuration. Additionally, for the $^{136}_{54}$Xe, $^{137}_{55}$Cs and $^{138}_{56}$Ba isotones the excitation of the neutrons across N=82 gap is important.

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arXiv2009

How good are the Garvey-Kelson predictions of nuclear masses?

The Garvey-Kelson relations are used in an iterative process to predict nuclear masses in the neighborhood of nuclei with measured masses. Average errors in the predicted masses for the first three iteration shells are smaller than those obtained with the best nuclear mass models. Their quality is comparable with the Audi-Wapstra extrapolations, offering a simple and reproducible procedure for short range mass predictions. A systematic study of the way the error grows as a function of the iteration and the distance to the known masses region, shows that a correlation exists between the error and the residual neutron-proton interaction, produced mainly by the implicit assumption that $V_{np}$ varies smoothly along the nuclear landscape.

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