Growth of quartet correlations in neutron-rich Tellurium isotopes within quartet Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer theory

Abstract:Quartet correlations in neutron-rich Te isotopes are investigated within the quartet Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) framework. Taking \(^{100}\)Sn as an inert core, we consider two valence protons and valence neutrons occupying the \(2d_{5/2}\oplus1g_{7/2}\) model space, and solve the quartet BCS variational equations with a charge-independent isovector pairing interaction. The effective pairing strength is constrained from empirical neutron pairing gaps in the Te isotopic chain. We find that the valence quartet number increases as the valence neutron number is enlarged from \(N_{\rm val}=2\) to \(14\). The same increasing behavior is also found for the condensed quartet component. The proton occupation of the \(1g_{7/2}\) orbit is strongly enhanced relative to the conventional like-particle BCS reference and is driven close to the degeneracy-weighted limit. These results suggest that additional valence neutrons enhance the quartet admixture in the correlated quartet BCS state, while redistributing the fixed proton weight from pair-like configurations to quartet configurations.

Nuclear Theory (nucl-th); Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

arXiv:2607.15700 [nucl-th]

(or arXiv:2607.15700v1 [nucl-th] for this version)

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