Proton-neutron symplectic model description of $^{20}$Ne

Abstract

Abstract A microscopic description of the low-lying positive-parity rotational bands in $^{20}$Ne is given within the framework of the symplectic-based proton-neutron shell-model approach provided by the proton-neutron symplectic model (PNSM). For this purpose a model Hamiltonian is used which includes an algebraic interaction, lying in the enveloping algebra of the $Sp(12,R)$ dynamical group of the PNSM, that introduces both horizontal and vertical mixings of different $SU(3)$ irreducible representations within the $Sp(12,R)$ irreducible collective space of $^{20}$Ne. A good overall description is obtained for the excitation energies of the ground and first two excited $\beta$ bands, as well as for the ground state intraband $B(E2)$ quadrupole collectivity and the known interband $B(E2)$ transition probabilities between the low-lying collective states without the use of an effective charge.