Polarization effects in superdeformed nuclei

A detailed theoretical investigation of polarization effects in superdeformed nuclei is performed. In the pure harmonic oscillator potential it is shown that when one particle (or hole) with the mass single-particle quadrupole moment qv is added to a superdeformed core, the change of the electric quadrupole moment can be parameterized as q(eff) = e(bq(nu) + a), and analytical expressions are derived for the two parameters, a and b. Simple numerical expressions for q(eff)(q(nu)) are obtained in the more realistic modified oscillator model. It is also shown that quadrupole moments of nuclei with up to 10 particles removed from the superdeformed core of Dy-152 can be well described by simply subtracting effective quadrupole moments of the active single-particle states from the quadrupole moment of the core. Tools are given for estimating the quadrupole moment for possible configurations in the superdeformed A similar to 150 region. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.