# Electromagnetic Transition Strengths for Light Nuclei in the Skyrme model

Haberichter, Mareike, Lau, Chris, Manton, Nicholas S. (2016) Electromagnetic Transition Strengths for Light Nuclei in the Skyrme model. Physical Review C, 93 . ISSN 2469-9985. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034304) (KAR id:51288)

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## Abstract

We calculate reduced B(E2) electromagnetic transition strengths for light nuclei of mass numbers B=8,12,16,20,24 and 32 within the Skyrme model. We find that the predicted transition strengths are of the correct order of magnitude and the computed intrinsic quadrupole moments match the experimentally observed effective nuclear shapes. For the Hoyle state we predict a large B(E2)? value of 0.0521e2b2. For Oxygen-16, we can obtain a quantitative understanding of the ground state rotational band and the rotational excitations of the second spin-0 state, $0^+_2$.

Item Type: Article 10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034304 Q Science > QC Physics > QC20 Mathematical Physics Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science Mareike Haberichter 30 Oct 2015 11:14 UTC 16 Feb 2021 13:29 UTC https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/51288 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)