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Using a new approximate analytic parameter-free proxy-SU(3) scheme, we make predictions of shape observables for actinides and superheavy elements, namely beta and gamma deformation variables, and compare these with predictions by…

It is argued that there exist natural shell model spaces optimally adapted to the operation of two variants of Elliott' SU3 symmetry that provide accurate predictions of quadrupole moments of deformed states. A selfconsistent Nilsson-like…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-05-28 A. P. Zuker , A. Poves , F. Nowacki , S. M. Lenzi

The quasi-degeneracy between the single-particle states $(n,\,l,\,j=l+1/2)$ and $(n-1,\,l+2,\,j=l+3/2)$ indicates a special and hidden symmetry in atomic nuclei---the so-called pseudospin symmetry (PSS)---which is an important concept in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-07-19 Haozhao Liang

The consequences of the attractive, short-range nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction on the wave functions of the Elliott SU(3) and the proxy-SU(3) symmetry are discussed. The NN interaction favors the most symmetric spatial SU(3) irreducible…

The low-energy spectra and B(E2) electromagnetic transition strengths of 159Eu, 159Tb and 159Dy are described using the pseudo SU(3) model. Normal parity bands are built as linear combinations of SU(3) states, which are the direct product…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-06 C. E. Vargas , J. G. Hirsch , T. Beuschel , J. P. Draayer

A mixed-symmetry nuclear shell-model scheme for carrying out calculations in regimes where there is a competition between two or more modes is proposed. A one-dimensional toy model is used to demonstrate the concept. The theory is then…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 J. P. Draayer , V. G. Gueorguiev , Feng Pan , Yanan Luo

Applications of rotational $SU(3)$ symmetry in nuclei, using Elliott's $SU(3)$ or pseudo-$SU(3)$ or proxy-$SU(3)$ model, often need just the lowest or leading $SU(3)$ irreducible representation (irrep) $(\lambda_H, \mu_H)$. For nucleons in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-12-06 V. K. B. Kota

Background: Computationally tractable models of atomic nuclei is a long-time goal of nuclear structure physics. A flexible framework which easily includes excited states and many-body correlations is the configuration-interaction shell…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2026-01-15 Y. X. Yu , Y. Lu , G. J. Fu , Calvin W. Johnson , Z. Z. Ren

A novel machine learning approach is used to provide further insight into atomic nuclei and to detect orderly patterns amidst a vast data of large-scale calculations. The method utilizes a neural network that is trained on ab initio results…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-03-14 O. M. Molchanov , K. D. Launey , A. Mercenne , G. H. Sargsyan , T. Dytrych , J. P. Draayer

We show that the Liquid Drop Model is best suited to describe the masses of prolate deformed nuclei than of spherical nuclei. To this end three Liquid Drop Mass formulas are employed to describe nuclear masses of eight sets of nuclei with…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Jorge G. Hirsch , Cesar Barbero , Alejandro E. Mariano

The most important features of the pseudo SU(3) model are reviewed. This description of heavy deformed nuclei is based on pseudo spin symmetry, and is able to correctly predict the collective spectra and their transition amplitudes, using…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Jorge G. Hirsch , Octavio Castaños , Peter O. Hess

Performing a shell model calculation for heavy nuclei has been a long-standing problem in nuclear physics. Here we propose one possible solution. The central idea of this proposal is to take the advantages of two existing models, the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Yang Sun , Cheng-Li Wu

The $^{154}$Sm nucleus, which has long been regarded as a typical quantum system exhibiting axial symmetry, has been recently suggested to exhibit a small degree of triaxiality by Otsuka \textit{et al.}. This small triaxiality was recently…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-15 Chunxiao Zhou , Xue Shang , Tao Wang

Elliott's SU(3) model is at the basis of the shell-model description of rotational motion in atomic nuclei. We demonstrate that SU(3) symmetry can be realized in a truncated shell-model space if constructed in terms of a sufficient number…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 G. J. Fu , Calvin W. Johnson , P. Van Isacker , Zhongzhou Ren

We consider several variants of SU(3) partial dynamical symmetry in relation to quadrupole shapes in nuclei. Explicit construction of Hamiltonians with such property is presented in the framework of the interacting boson model (IBM),…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2020-10-26 A. Leviatan

Rotational $SU(3)$ algebraic symmetry continues to generate new results in the shell model (SM). Interestingly, it is possible to have multiple $SU(3)$ algebras for nucleons occupying an oscillator shell $\eta$. Several different aspects of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-07-15 V. K. B. Kota , R. Sahu , P. C. Srivastava

Prolate to oblate shape transitions have been predicted in an analytic way in the framework of the Interacting Boson Model (IBM), determining O(6) as the symmetry at the critical point. Parameter-independent predictions for prolate to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2024-09-09 Dennis Bonatsos , Andriana Martinou , S. K. Peroulis , T. J. Mertzimekis , N. Minkov

Spectroscopic information of hard-to-reach superheavy nuclei can be invaluable in understanding the dynamics of nuclear systems at large values of charge and volume. RIB factories of the next generation, such as FAIR, plan to provide heavy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-12-25 S. K. Peroulis , S. B. Bofos , T. J. Mertzimekis , A. Martinou , D. Bonatsos

Study of the N ~ Z nuclei in the mass-80 region is not only interesting due to the existence of abundant nuclear structure phenomena, but also important in understanding the nucleosynthesis in the rp-process. It is not feasible to apply a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Yang Sun

We discuss characteristic features of SU(3) partial dynamical symmetry in relation to nuclear spectroscopy and compare with previous broken-SU(3) calculations for ^{168}Er.

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Amiram Leviatan , Ilan Sinai