Broken O(5) and O(3) symmetries in a general non-spherical boson basis

We discuss the spontaneous symmetry breaking of O(3) and O(5) rotations occurring in an exact ground state of certain schematic IBM-interactions. The ground state is a condensate built from one of six bosons forming a general non-spherical boson basis whose members depend continuously on the deformation parameters β and γ. Interpreting some of the basis members as Goldstone bosons allows a convenient separation between bosons representing physical and spurious modes. The schematic interactions are shown to be suitable for forming Hamiltonians whose eigenstates are clustered into bands.