Abstract

An approach is proposed to nuclear pairing at finite temperature and angular momentum, which includes the effects of the quasiparticle-number fluctuation and dynamic coupling to pair vibrations within the self-consistent quasiparticle random-phase approximation. The numerical calculations of pairing gaps, total energies, and heat capacities are carried out within a doubly folded multilevel model as well as several realistic nuclei. The results obtained show that, in the region of moderate and strong couplings, the sharp transition between the superconducting and normal phases is smoothed out, causing a thermal pairing gap, which does not collapse at a critical temperature predicted by the conventional Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer's (BCS) theory, but has a tail extended to high temperatures. The theory also predicts the appearance of a thermally assisted pairing in hot rotating nuclei.

Highlights

  • The effect of temperature and angular momentum on pairing properties is an interesting subject in the study of nuclear structure

  • An approach is proposed to nuclear pairing at finite temperature and angular momentum, which includes the effects of the quasiparticle-number fluctuation and dynamic coupling to pair vibrations within the self-consistent quasiparticle random-phase approximation

  • Quang Hung been proposed to study the effects of fluctuations on nuclear pairing 2,3,4. Their results show that, at zero angular momentum, thermal fluctuations smear out the sharp SN phase transition, resulting in a pairing gap, which does not collapse at finite temperature

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Introduction

The effect of temperature and angular momentum on pairing properties is an interesting subject in the study of nuclear structure. An approach is proposed to nuclear pairing at finite temperature and angular momentum, which includes the effects of the quasiparticle-number fluctuation and dynamic coupling to pair vibrations within the self-consistent quasiparticle random-phase approximation.

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