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Pseudo-spin as a Relativistic Symmetry

Nuclear Theory 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

We show that pseudo - spin symmetry in nuclei could arise from nucleons moving in a relativistic mean field which has an attractive scalar and repulsive vector potential nearly equal in magnitude.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9611044,
  title  = {Pseudo-spin as a Relativistic Symmetry},
  author = {Joseph N. Ginocchio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9611044},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, latex, two figures given on request, LA-UR-96-3719, to be published in PRL

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