Published 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Quantum algebraic symmetries in atomic clusters and nuclei

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear Physics. NCSR 'Demokritos', Attiki (Greece)
  • 2. Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia (Bulgaria)

Description

Atomic clusters are known to exhibit magic numbers analogous to but different from the magic numbers of atomic nuclei. In addition, atomic clusters offer the opportunity for observing supershells, which in nuclei cannot be seen because of the small number of particles present. It is shown that magic numbers and supershells in alkali clusters can be described well in terms of the 3-dimensional q-deformed harmonic oscillator, characterized by the uq(3) including soq(3) quantum algebraic symmetry

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Dokladi na BYaD
Journal Volume
7
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 155-161
ISSN
1310-8727

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Notes
14 refs., 8 figs.