Mean-field calculations of charge radii in ground and isomeric states of Cd isotopes

Abstract

Quadrupole moments and charge radii in cadmium isotopes are studied from a microscopic perspective. The results obtained from self-consistent deformed Hartree-Fock+BCS calculations with Skyrme forces are compared with isomer and isotope shifts measured from high resolution laser spectroscopy experiments. The microscopic calculations reproduce fairly well the main features observed in those isotopes that include the linear increase with the neutron number of the quadrupole moments of the 11/2- isomers, as well as the parabolic behavior of the mean-square charge radii difference between isomers and ground states.