A semiclassical perspective on nuclear chirality

Abstract

The application of the semiclassical description to a particle-core system with imbued chiral symmetry is presented. The classical features of the chiral geometry in atomic nuclei and the associated dynamics are investigated for various core deformations and single-particle alignments. Distinct dynamical characteristics are identified in specific angular momentum ranges, triaxiality and alignment conditions. Quantum observables will be extracted from the classical picture for a quantitative description of experimental data provided as numerical examples of the model’s performance.

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Keywords

chiral symmetry / triaxial nuclei / semiclassical description

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by a grant of the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization, CNCS - UEFISCDI, project number PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2021-0109, within PNCDI III.

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