An experimental view on shape coexistence in nuclei

PE Garrett, M Zielińska, E Clément - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear shape coexistence is the phenomenon in which distinct shapes occur within the
same nucleus and at a similar energy. In this work, we provide an overview of the …

The Proxy-SU (3) symmetry in atomic nuclei

D Bonatsos, A Martinou, SK Peroulis, TJ Mertzimekis… - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
The microscopic origins and the current predictions of the proxy-SU (3) symmetry model of
atomic nuclei were reviewed. Beginning with experimental evidence for the special roles …

Lifetime measurements in the even-even isotopes

M Siciliano, JJ Valiente-Dobón, A Goasduff… - Physical Review C, 2021 - APS
Background: The heaviest T z= 0 doubly-magic nucleus, Sn 100, and the neighboring nuclei
offer unique opportunities to investigate the properties of nuclear interaction. For instance …

Persistent vibrational structure in

N Gavrielov, JE García-Ramos, P Van Isacker… - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
The empirical spectra and E 2 decay rates in Cd 110, 112, 114, 116 are shown to be
consistent with a vibrational interpretation for low-lying normal states, coexisting with a …

Lifetime measurements of the first states in

CB Li, Y Zheng, TX Li, XG Wu, HY Wu, M Zheng… - Physical Review C, 2024 - APS
The lifetimes of the first 2+ states in Te 116, 118 were measured by means of the recoil
distance Doppler-shift technique with the CIAE-plunger coupled to a HPGe array via Ag 107 …

Prolate-oblate asymmetric shape phase transition in the interacting boson model with SU (3) higher-order interactions

T Wang, B He, D Li, C Zhou - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
Prolate-oblate shape phase transition is an interesting topic in nuclear structure, which is
useful for understanding the intrinsic interactions between nucleons. Recently, the …

Spherical-like spectra for the description of the normal states of 108-120Cd in the SU3-IBM and the anomaly

T Wang, X Chen, Y Zhang - Chinese Physics C, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
The Cd puzzle implies that the phonon excitation of a spherical nucleus should be
questioned and refuted. To understand the newly and experimentally discovered spherical …

New γ-soft rotation in the interacting boson model with SU (3) higher-order interactions

T Wang - Chinese Physics C, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The interacting boson model with $ SU (3) $ higher-order interactions offers a new route to
enhance our understanding on γ-soft rotation. In this paper, $ U (5) $-like and $ O (6) $-like …

Collective-model description of shape coexistence and intruder states in cadmium isotopes based on a relativistic energy density functional

K Nomura, KE Karakatsanis - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
Low-energy structure of even-even Cd 108− 116 isotopes is analyzed using a collective
model that is based on the nuclear density functional theory. Spectroscopic properties are …

E(5)-like emerging softness in

C Zhou, T Wang - Physical Review C, 2023 - APS
Recently the interacting boson model with SU (3) higher-order interactions was proposed by
one of the authors, in which new γ softness can emerge. This stimulates further discussion …