Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2021) 136: 85
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-01017-z

Regular Article

Giant dipole resonance in Sm isotopes within TDHF method

High Energy Physics and Astrophysics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences SEMLALIA, Cadi Ayyad University, P.O.B. 2390, Marrakesh, Morocco

^a azdine.benmenana@gmail.com

Received: 14 August 2020
Accepted: 11 December 2020
Published online: 14 January 2021

Abstract

In this work, we have studied the isovector giant dipole resonance (IVGDR) in even-even Sm isotopes within time-dependent Hartree–Fock (TDHF) with four Skyrme forces SLy6, SVbas, SLy5 and UNEDF1. The approach we have followed is somewhat similar to the one we did in our previous work in the region of neodymium (Nd, $Z=60$) [Physica Scripta (2020)]. We have calculated the dipole strength of ${}^{128-164}\text{Sm}$ and compared with the available experimental data. An overall agreement between them is obtained. The dipole strength in neutron-deficient ${}^{128-142}\text{Sm}$ and in neutron-rich ${}^{156-164}\text{Sm}$ isotopes is predicted. Shape phase transition and shape coexistence in Sm isotopes are also investigated in the light of IVGDR. In addition, the correlation between the quadrupole deformation parameter ${\beta }_2$ and the splitting $\mathrm{\Delta }E/{\overline{E}}_m$ of the giant dipole resonance spectra is studied. The results confirm that $\mathrm{\Delta }E/{\overline{E}}_m$ is proportional to quadrupole deformation ${\beta }_2$.