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E0 transition strengths as a tool to constrain model parameters: Application to the interacting boson model and even-even Xe isotopes

Pablo Martín-Higueras and José-Enrique García-Ramos

Phys. Rev. C - Accepted 29 June, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/chjr-tf9t

Abstract

Background: In any theoretical framework for nuclear structure, the quantitative description of E0 transition rates remains a nontrivial and persistent challenge. Moreover, these observables impose stringent constraints on the viable parameter space of such models. Purpose: This work aims to systematically investigate the behavior of selected ρ2(E0) values and their ratios across the entire parameter space of the interacting boson model with a single configuration. As a concrete application, the even-even Xe isotopic chain is analyzed in detail. Method: The interacting boson model will be employed to calculate ρ2(E0) values for selected key transitions and to investigate the evolution of these observables across the parameter space of the model. Results: Several ρ2(E0) quantities, either absolute values or ratios, are analyzed, and contour plots are generated within the parameter space of the interacting boson model, represented by the Casten triangle. The calculated results for even-even Xe isotopes are then mapped onto and compared with these contour plots. Conclusions: The present analysis demonstrates that the ρ2(E0) values, and in particular specific ratios, provide stringent constraints on the parameter space of the interacting boson model. Furthermore, there exist regions of this parameter space in which the ρ2(E0) values are effectively invariant under fine tuning of the Hamiltonian parameters and, hence ρ2(E0) cannot be used to constrain the parameters.

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