Manifestations of isospin in nearest neighbor spacing distributions for the f-p model space

Abstract

The strong interactions are charge independent. If we limit ourselves to the strong interactions, we have the isospin [Formula: see text] as a good quantum number. Here, we consider the lack of level repulsion of states of different isospin and how this effect manifests in nearest neighbor spacing (NNS) histograms, which provide a visual and statistical context in which to study distributions of energy level spacings. In particular, we study nucleons in the [Formula: see text] model space for the nucleus [Formula: see text]. We also compare NNS distributions produced in the isospin formalism to distributions produced in the proton–neutron formalism.