Neutron-proton pairs in nuclei
Nuclear Theory
2015-06-17 v1
Abstract
A review is given of attempts to describe nuclear properties in terms of neutron--proton pairs that are subsequently replaced by bosons. Some of the standard approaches with low-spin pairs are recalled but the emphasis is on a recently proposed framework with pairs of neutrons and protons with aligned angular momentum. The analysis is carried out for general and applied to nuclei in the and shells.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1310.5090,
title = {Neutron-proton pairs in nuclei},
author = {P. Van Isacker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.5090},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
16 figures, 4 tables, accepted for publication in Int. J. of Modern Physics E