Abstract
The identification of pseudospin symmetry as a relativistic symmetry of the Dirac Hamiltonian is used to explain the structure of radial nodes occurring in pseudospin doublets and to illuminate the special status of nodeless intruder states in nuclei.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 214-220 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics |
Volume | 518 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 11 Oct 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Dr. Jiri Mares for assistance with his numerical code. This research was supported in part by the US–Israel Binational Science Foundation and in part by the United States Department of Energy under contract W-7405-ENG-36.
Keywords
- Dirac Hamiltonian
- Pseudospin
- Relativistic mean field theory
- Symmetry