A New Microscopic Approach to the Rotational Intensity Relations

Abstract

The intensity relations for electromagnetic transition rates in the rotational coupling scheme have been a basic tool to understand the properties of nuclear collective rotations. In particular the correction terms to the leading-order relation give the response of the intrinsic motion to the Coriolis and centrifugal forces. We propose a simple and systematic method to calculate the matrix elements of intrinsic operators entering the generalized intensity relations that uses the microscopic cranking formalism. Examples are given to show the usefulness of the method.