Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2002-11-21
AIP Conf.Proc. 656 (2003) 151-159
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
Invited lecture at the Conference on Frontiers of Nuclear Structure, Berkeley, 2002
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1556636
The orientation of the angular momentum vector with respect to the triaxial density distribution selects a left-handed or right-handed system principal axes. This breaking of chiral symmetry manifests itself as pairs of nearly identical $\Delta I=1$-bands. The chiral structures combine high-j particles and high-j holes with a triaxial rotor. Tilted axis cranking calculations predict the existence of such configurations in different mass regions. There is experimental evidence in odd-odd nuclei around mass 134. The quantized motion of the angular momentum vector between the left- and right-handed configurations, which causes the splitting between the chiral sister bands, can be classified as tunneling (chiral rotors) or oscillation (chiral vibrators).
Dimitrov Vasili
Do"nau F.
Frauendorf Stefan
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