The role of symmetry in nuclear physics

11th International Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics: Shell Model and Nuclear Structure – achievements of the past two decades

Iachello, Francesco^1

Center for Theoretical Physics, Sloane Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven

CT

06520-8120, United States^1

关键词: Cluster models;    Discrete symmetry;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/580/1/012041/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/580/1/012041

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The role of discrete symmetries in nuclear physics is briefly reviewed within the context of the algebraic cluster model (ACM). The symmetries D3 (triangle) for 3α and Td (tetrahedron) for 4α are discussed and evidence shown for their occurrence in12C (D3) and16O (Td).