Symmetry, constrained bosons and collectivity
Abstract
Collective states in a given nucleus can be associated with a subset of states of the oscillator shell model (OSM). This subset is characterized by a definite irreducible representation (irrep) of the orthogonal subgroup O(n) of the U(3n) symmetry group of the OSM, where n is the number of nucleons. We show that these collective states can be described with the help of s and d bosons also constrained by the same irrep of O(n) and indicate a procedure by which these bosons can be determined as functions of the coordinates a and momenta of the many nucleon problem. An analogy with the Zeeman effect for a one particle problem in an oscillator potential, illustrates the elementary nature of the concepts involved.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Physics A
- Pub Date:
- June 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9474(84)90338-5
- Bibcode:
- 1984NuPhA.421...81M