Quantum mechanics of the rigid rotator

K. N. Srinivasa Rao, D. Saroja

Quanhui Liu, T. G. Liu

M. Rivas

Haruo Ui

A rigorous definition is given of “rigidity" in the framework of quantum mechanics. It is argued that corresponding to the measurement of the shape of the body–at least within Gedanken experiments–there must exist a set of operators associated with this shape. The “rigidity” of the body is defined such that the shape is in principle measurable without any quantum mechanical uncertainties. For a quadratically deformed rigid body, the commutation relations among the shape operators and angular momentum form a Lie algebra, which is shown to be the semi-direct product of the O(3) to a five-dimensional Abelian group; O(3) ×T5. The irreducible representations of this dynamical group are explicitly constructed by employing an elementary algebraic method. It is found that the representation can be specified naturally in terms of Bohr and Mottelson's deformation parameters β and γ as (β2, β3cos 3γ) and that every member of all the possible rotation bands of the rigid rotator is contained in our single irreducible representation once and only once. Several remarks are added concerning the relation of our dynamical group to the more general rotation-vibration group SL(3R).

Makito Oi

Nuclear rotation is revisited to seek for a new perspective.Review is made first for the basic concept of the nuclear rotation.Then, the quantization procedure of the rigid-body Hamiltonian is reviewed for a quantum mechanical understanding of the dynamics of rigid-body rotations.A linear rigid body is then investigated and its motion is studied from classical and quantum viewpoints.Finally, an application of the linear rigid-body rotation is attempted for a description of elongated nuclear systems, such as Beryllium 8, a two-alpha-cluster system.

Tsunehiro Kobayashi, Takashi Suzuki