Abstract

Our paper aims at providing an answer to the question of whether one can reliably describe the properties of the most important spin-isospin nuclear excitations by using the available nonrelativistic Skyrme energy functionals. Our method, which has been introduced in a previous publication devoted to the isobaric analog states, is the self-consistent quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA). The inclusion of pairing is instrumental for describing a number of experimentally measured spherical systems which are characterized by open shells. We discuss the effect of isoscalar and isovector pairing correlations. Based on the results for the Gamow-Teller resonance in $^{90}\mathrm{Zr}$, $^{208}\mathrm{Pb}$, and a few Sn isotopes, we draw definite conclusions on the performance of different Skyrme parametrizations, and we suggest improvements for future fits. We also use the spin-dipole resonance as a benchmark of our statements.

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