STUDY OF MO-108 NUCLEUS IN MICROSCOPIC FRAMEWORKS

The yrast spectra, reduced E2 transition matrix elements and Q(J+) val ues are calculated for Mo-108 isotope by carrying out variation-after- projection (VAP) calculations. The experimentally available spectra up to 10(+) are reasonably well reproduced. The yrast spectra upto 12(+) and root-mean-square radii are also obtained in the framework of Crank ed-Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (CHFB) Method. These calculations have been performed by employing a pairing-plus-quadrupole-quadrupole effective interaction operating in a reasonably large valence space outside the Sr-76 core. Our results indicate that the axial VAP framework reprodu ced the observed spectra upto 10(+) much better than the non-axial CHF B framework. The calculations seem to predict an axial symmetry for Mo -108 to be confirmed experimentally.