Radioactivity effect on the shape of even-even nuclei for uranium and thorium series

Abstract

The purpose of present work is to study the relationship of the deformed shape of the nucleus with the radioactivity of nuclei for (Uranium-238 and Thorium-232) series. To achieve our purposes we have been calculated the quadruple deformation parameter (β2) and the eccentricity (e) and compare the radioactive series with the change of the (β2) and (e) as indicator for the changing in the nucleus shape with the radioactivity.To obtain the value of quadruple deformation parameter (β2), the adopted value of quadruple transition probability B (E2; 0+ → 2+) was calculated from Global Best fit equation. While the eccentricity (e) was calculated from the values of the minor and major ellipsoid axis’s (a & b).From the results, it is obvious that the radioactive nuclei by its decay for both series, try to achieve more stability by changing its shape towards the perfect sphere shape. Keywords: Radioactive, Nuclear deformation, Eccentricity, Ellipsoid axis, Quadruples transition probability