Simple approximations and symmetry measures for model interactions
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-4-1978
Abstract
The operation of a central limit theorem in large model spaces yields a shape close to Gaussian for the smoothed eigenstate density distribution. This establishes the centroid and the width of the energy spectrum as quantities of fundamental importance and gives credence to a geometry associated with averages of the product of pairs of operators acting within a model space. The space is partitioned according to different group symmetries and simple approximations to the interaction Hamiltonian which reproduce the subspace centroids correctly and have a large fraction of the total width, are constructed, first in terms of the group invariants and then extended to include projections along other well-known operators to generate even a larger fraction of the full width. In the process a measure for the goodness of the group symmetries is developed. Numerical results for six ds shell interactions and for scalar-isospin, configuration-isospin, space symmetry, supermultiplet and SU(3) group structures are presented. © 1978.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Nuclear Physics Section A
First Page
301
Last Page
323
Recommended Citation
Halemane, T., Kar, K., & Draayer, J. (1978). Simple approximations and symmetry measures for model interactions. Nuclear Physics Section A, 311 (3), 301-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/0375-9474(78)90517-1