Ground-state properties of deformed and transitional proton emitters in the relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov model

Abstract

The Relativistic Hartree Bogoliubov (RHB) model is applied in the description of ground-state properties of proton-rich odd-Z nuclei in the region 53⩽Z⩽73. For nuclei close to the drip-lines the RHB framework provides a unified and self-consistent description of mean-field and pairing correlations. The location of the proton drip-line, the ground-state quadrupole deformations and one-proton separation energies at and beyond the drip-line, the deformed single-particle orbitals occupied by the odd valence proton, and the corresponding spectroscopic factors are compared with available experimental data, and with predictions of the macroscopic-microscopic mass model.