Double charge-exchange phonon states

Abstract

We study double charge-exchange phonon states in neutron-rich nuclei, in particular the double isobaric analog states and the double Gamow-Teller excitations, induced by the double isospin operator $\sum_{i,j=1}^At_-(i) t_-(j)$ and spin-isospin operator $\sum_{i,j=1}^A{\sigma}(i) t_-(i){\sigma}(j) t_-(j)$, respectively. We employ quartic commutator relations to evaluate the average energies $E_{\rm DIAS} - 2E_{\rm IAS}$ and $E_{\rm DGTR}-E_{\rm DIAS} - 2(E_{\rm GTR}-E_{\rm IAS})$, and conventional double commutator relations to evaluate the average energies of $E_{\rm GTR}-E_{\rm IAS}$ and $E_{\rm IAS}$. We have found that the corrections due to quartic commutators follow the approximate laws: $E_{\rm DIAS} - 2E_{\rm IAS}\approx \frac{3}{2} A^{-1/3}$ MeV and $E_{\rm DGTR}-E_{\rm DIAS} - 2(E_{\rm GTR}-E_{\rm IAS})\approx 16 A^{-1}$ MeV. While the former is dominated by direct Coulomb effects, since Coulomb exchange cancels out to some extent with isospin symmetry breaking contributions originated form the nuclear strong force, the latter is sensitive to the difference in strength between the spin and spin-isospin chanels of the strong interaction.