Self-consistent calculations within the quasiparticle time blocking approximation with exact account taken of the single-particle continuum

A self-consistent version of the model based on the method of Green’s functions which takes into account conventional phonons of the random phase approximation, complex configurations like 2 quasiparticles⊗phonon ones, and exact single-particle continuum is used to describe many discrete natural-parity states and giant resonances in the 123 Sn and 208 Pb nuclei. The quasiparticle-phonon interaction is shown to be important not only for low-lying and high-lying collective states but also for low-lying noncollective states.