https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20122104003
Description of dipole strength in heavy nuclei in conformity with their quadrupole degrees of freedom
1
Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany
2
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
a e-mail: e.grosse@hzdr.de
b e-mail: a.junghans@hzdr.de
In conformity to new findings about the widespread occurrence of triaxiality arguments are given in favor of a description of the giant dipole resonance in heavy nuclei by the sum of three Lorentzians. This TLO parameterization allows a strict use of resonance widths Γ in accordance to the theoretically founded power law relation to the resonance energy. No additional variation of Γ with the photon energy and no violation of the sum rule are necessary to obtain a good agreement to nuclear photo-effect, photon scattering and radiative capture data. Photon strength other than E1 has a small effect, but the influence of the level density on photon emission probabilities needs further investigation.
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