Connecting the X(5)-$β^2$, X(5)-$β^4$, and X(3) models to the shape/phase transition region of the interacting boson model

Abstract

The parameter independent (up to overall scale factors) predictions of the X(5)-$β^2$, X(5)-$β^4$, and X(3) models, which are variants of the X(5) critical point symmetry developed within the framework of the geometric collective model, are compared to two-parameter calculations in the framework of the interacting boson approximation (IBA) model. The results show that these geometric models coincide with IBA parameters consistent with the phase/shape transition region of the IBA for boson numbers of physical interest (close to 10). Nuclei within the rare-earth region and select Os and Pt isotopes are identified as good examples of X(3), X(5)-$β^2$, and X(5)-$β^4$ behavior.