Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract
A brief historical review of the important role symmetries have played in our gaining a deeper understanding of nuclear structure is presented. We then focus our attention on the special role that symplectic symmetry plays in exposing a “Dominance of Deformation” that is observed through enhanced B(E2) rates across the Chart of the Nuclides, and in addition, we will show how the No-Core Symplectic Shell Model (NC-SpSM) seems to emerges from a Symplectic Effective Field Theory (Sp-EFT), where the latter prepares a path forward for potentially gaining a truly ab initio understanding of the structure of atomic nuclei. As space permits, various spectra, B(E2) transition rates, and nuclear radii of selected light to medium-mass nuclei are shown.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Hnps Advances in Nuclear Physics
First Page
160
Last Page
166
Recommended Citation
Draayer, J., Kekejian, D., Sargsyan, G., Dytrych, T., Baker, R., & Launey, K. (2021). Dominance of Deformation in Nuclear Physics, a Link to Symplectic Symmetry, and Roots in Effective Field Theory. Hnps Advances in Nuclear Physics, 28, 160-166. https://doi.org/10.12681/hnps.3613