Published November 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Critical point symmetries in deformed odd-A nuclei

  • 1. Department of Physics, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029 (China)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001 (United States)
  • 3. Center of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, National Laboratory of Heavy Ion Accelerator, Lanzhou 730000 (China)
  • 4. Department of Physics and National Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)

Description

A scheme that elucidates the nature of critical point symmetries in deformed odd-A nuclei by linking them to critical point symmetries of neighboring even-even nuclei is introduced. Specifically, a new symmetry, called SX(3), is advanced that shows primary characteristics of an assumed strong-coupling limit for odd-A systems. It is found that the SX(3) symmetry can be used to identify the soft collective structures in odd-A system. A preliminary application of the new scheme to describe the lowest positive parity bands of 193Ir is also shown.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 054319-054319.7
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics