Symmetry restoration methods

Abstract

Symmetry techniques based on group theory play a prominent role in the analysis of nuclear phenomena, and in particular in the understanding of observed regular patterns in nuclear spectra and selection rules for electromagnetic transitions. A variety of symmetry-based nuclear models have been developed in nuclear physics, providing efficient tools of choice to interpret nuclear spectroscopic data. This chapter provides a pedagogical introduction to the basic idea of symmetry-breaking mechanism and symmetry-restoration methods in modeling atomic nuclei.

Comments: 35 pages with 8 figures. Contribution to the "Handbook of Nuclear Physics", Springer, 2022, Eds. I. Tanihata, H. Toki, and T. Kajino