STATIC AND DYNAMIC NON-AXIAL OCTUPOLE DEFORMATIONS SUGGESTED BY SKYRME-HF AND SELFCONSISTENT RPA CALCULATIONS

Abstract

On the basis of the symmetry-unrestricted, cranked Skyrme-Hartree-Fock (SHF) calculations, we discuss superdeformed (SD) rotational bands in (1) the 40 Ca region along the N=Z line, and (2) neutron-rich Sulfur isotopes up to the neutron-drip line. The calculation was carried out with the use of the three-dimensional (3D) coordinate-mesh representation without imposing any symmetry restriction. Stability of the SD bands against exotic deformations breaking both reflection and axial symmetries were carefully examined. The analysis indicates possible appearance of negative-parity rotational bands associated with octupole shape vibrational excitations built on the SD yrast band. We then present results of selfconsistent RPA calculation for such a new type of collective vibrational modes. The selfconsistent RPA calculations based on the SD local minima obtained by the SHF calculation were carried out by means of the mixed representation on the 3D Cartesian mesh in a box.