Hartree–Fock and Shell-Model Studies of 56Ni

Abstract

The structure of the low-lying states of 56Ni is studied in the frameworks of the Hartree–Fock theory and the shell model. Attention is focused on the choice of the single particle energies and the effect of highly excited states. It is found that the low-lying states can reasonably be described by the shell model with 1p–1h and 2p–2h excitations from the 1f7/2 level. A critical discussion of the contradictory results of previous works is made and their connection with the present work is pointed out.