Moments of inertia of triaxial nuclei in covariant density functional theory

The covariant density functional theory (CDFT) and five-dimensional collective Hamiltonian (5DCH) are used to analyze the experimental deformation parameters and moments of inertia (MoIs) of 12 triaxial nuclei as extracted by Allmond and Wood [J. M. Allmond and J. L. Wood, Phys. Lett. B 767, 226 (2017)]. We find that the CDFT MoIs are generally smaller than the experimental values but exhibit qualitative consistency with the irrotational flow and experimental data for the relative MoIs, indicating that the intermediate axis exhibites the largest MoI. Additionally, it is found that the pairing interaction collapse could result in nuclei behaving as a rigid-body flow, as exhibited in the ^186–192 Os case. Furthermore, by incorporating enhanced CDFT MoIs (factor of \(f\approx 1.55\) $f\approx 1.55$ ) into the 5DCH, the experimental low-lying energy spectra and deformation parameters are reproduced successfully. Compared with both CDFT and the triaxial rotor model, the 5DCH demonstrates superior agreement with the experimental deformation parameters and low-lying energy spectra, respectively, emphasizing the importance of considering shape fluctuations.