Isospin symmetry breaking in the mirror pair ${}^{73}$Sr-${}^{73}$Br

Abstract

The recent experimental observation of isospin symmetry breaking (ISB) in the ground states of the $T=3/2$ mirror pair ${}^{73}$Sr - ${}^{73}$Br is theoretically studied using large-scale shell model calculations. The large valence space and the successful PFSDG-U effective interaction used for the nuclear part of the problem capture possible structural changes and provide a robust basis to treat the ISB effects of both electromagnetic and non-electromagnetic origin. The calculated shifts and mirror-energy-differences are consistent with the inversion of the $I^{\pi }$= 1/2${}^{-},5/2^{-}$ states between ${}^{73}$Sr - ${}^{73}$Br, and suggest that the role played by the Coulomb interaction is dominant. An isospin breaking contribution of nuclear origin is estimated to be $\approx 25$ keV.

Comments: 4 pages, 4 tables, 1 figure. Submitted to Physical Review C