Estimations of first 2+ energy states of even–even nuclei by using artificial neural networks

Abstract

The first excited 2+ energy states of nuclei give many substantial information related to the nuclear structure. Including these levels, all excited states of nuclei are shown regularities in spin, parity and energy. In the even-even nuclei, the first excited state is generally 2+ and the energy values of them increase as the closed shells are approached. The excited levels in nuclei can be investigated by using theoretical nuclear models such nuclear shell model. In the present study for the first time, we have used artificial neural networks for the determination of the energies of first 2+ states in the even-even nuclei in nuclidic chart as a function of Z, N and A numbers. We have used adopted literature values for the estimations. According to the results, the method is convenient for this goal and one can confidently use the method for the determination of first 2+ state energy values whose experimental values do not exist in the literature.