12-15 July 2011
Saint George Hotel
Africa/Johannesburg timezone

Mirror symmetry for nuclei near or beyond the proton drip line

14 Jul 2011, 12:15
15m
Acro8

Acro8

Oral Presentation Track B - Nuclear, Particle and Radiation Physics NPRP

Speaker

Prof. Steven Karataglidis (University of Johannesburg)

Description

The notion of mirror symmetry is well-established for nuclei on or near the valley of stability, and this has its roots in the (largely) charge independent nature of the nuclear force. We have applied this assumption to nuclei near or beyond the drip lines, in particular, the mass-15 system for 15F and 15C. Using information on the bound states in 15C we predicted states in 15F in 2006 which were subsequently found in 2009. We have extended our searches to other mirror pairs of exotic nuclei: in particular mass-17. In the case of mass-17 nuclei, we obtain interactions by considering the states in 17C, from which we may obtain information on other exotic mass-17 nuclei.

Level (Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD, other)? Other
Consider for a student <br> &nbsp; award (Yes / No)? No
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)? Yes

Primary author

Prof. Steven Karataglidis (University of Johannesburg)

Co-authors

Mr Dirk van der Knijff (School of Physics, University of Melbourne) Prof. Juris Svenne (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba) Prof. Ken Amos (School of Physics, University of Melbourne) Prof. Luciano Canton (Isituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, University of Padova) Dr Paul Fraser (Instituto di Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico)

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