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Analyzing rotational bands in odd-mass nuclei using Effective Field Theory and Bayesian methods
I. K. Alnamlah, E. A. Coello Pérez, D. R. Phillips
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We recently developed an Effective Field Theory (EFT) for rotational bands in odd-mass nuclei. Here we use EFT expressions to perform a Bayesian analysis of data on the rotational energy levels of ⁹⁹Tc, ^(155,157)Gd, ¹⁵⁹Dy, ^(167, 169)Er, ^(167, 169)Tm, ¹⁸³W, ²³⁵U and ²³⁹Pu. The error model in our Bayesian analysis includes both experimental and EFT truncation uncertainties. It also accounts for the fact that low-energy constants (LECs) at even and odd orders are expected to have different sizes. We use Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling to explore the joint posterior of the EFT and error-model parameters and show both the LECs and the expansion parameter, Q, can be reliably determined. We extract the LECs up to fourth order in the EFT and find that, provided we correctly account for EFT truncation errors in our likelihood, results for lower-order LECs are stable as we go to higher orders. LEC results are also stable with respect to the addition of higher-energy data. We extract the expansion parameter for all the nuclei listed above and find a clear correlation between the extracted and the expected Q based on the single-particle and vibrational energy scales. However, the Q that actually determines the convergence of the EFT expansion is markedly smaller than would be naively expected based on those scales.
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