Superdeformed bands in 32S and neighboring nuclei predicted within the Hartree-Fock method

Abstract

Superdeformed configurations in 32S, and in neighboring nuclei 33S, 31S, 33Cl, and 31P, are determined within the Hartree-Fock approach with the Skyrme interaction. Energies, angular momenta, quadrupole moments, particle-emission Q-values, and relative alignments and quadrupole moments are calculated for a number of superdeformed rotational bands in these nuclei. A new mechanism implying an existence of signature-separated rotational bands, distinct from the well-known signature-split bands, is discussed and associated with the time-odd channels of effective interactions.