Affiliation:
1. Oliver Lodge Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZE, UK
Abstract
This review presents the current status of experimental evidence for the occurrence of reflection-asymmetric or ‘pear’ shapes in atomic nuclei, which arises from the presence of strong octupole correlations in the nucleon–nucleon interactions. The behaviour of energy levels and electric octupole transition moments is reviewed, with particular emphasis on recent measurements. The relevance of nuclear pear shapes to measurements of fundamental interactions is also discussed.
Funder
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,General Engineering,General Mathematics
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