Two-nucleon transfer reactions uphold supersymmetry in atomic nuclei

Abstract

The spectroscopic strengths of two-nucleon transfer reactions constitute a stringent test for two-nucleon correlations in the nuclear wave functions. A comparison between the recently measured 198Hg(d,alpha)196Au reaction and the predictions from the nuclear quartet supersymmetry lends further support to the validity of supersymmetry in nuclear physics.

Comments: 4 pages, 1 figure, 1 table. Final version PRL, in press. Introduction modified, main results unchanged