TRIAXIAL SUPERDEFORMATION OF 40Ar

Abstract

Superdeformed (SD) states in 40 Ar have been studied using the deformed-basis antisymmetrized molecular dynamics and the generator coordinate method (GCM). GCM basis wave functions were obtained by the energy variation with a constraint on the quadrupole deformation parameter β, while other quantities such as triaxiality γ were optimized by the energy variation. An SD band is obtained just above the ground state band. The SD band involves a Kπ = 2+ side band due to the triaxiality. The calculated quadrupole electric transition strengths of the SD band reproduce well the experimental values. Triaxiality is significantly important to understand low-lying states.