Partial Conservation of Seniority and Nuclear Isomerism

2008/01/08 by P. Van Isacker, Stefan Heinze, S. Heinze · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Atomic physics #Boson #Isotope #Law #Nuclear physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Particle physics #Physics #Political science #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum number #Seniority #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.100.052501

published as Phys.Rev.Lett.100:052501,2008 · Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

We point out the possibility of the partial conservation of the seniority quantum number when most eigenstates are mixed in seniority but some remain pure. This situation occurs in nuclei for the g(9/2) and h(9/2) shells where it is at the origin of the existence of seniority isomers in the ruthenium and palladium isotopes. It also occurs for f bosons.

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