Symmetry, Volume 17, Issue 8
2025 August - 201 articles
Cover Story: The chemical properties of silver may be understood but its nuclear structure is far from being revealed. Ag isotopes exhibit characteristics of both spherical and deformed nuclei. The typical seniority scheme is unusually perturbed by a strong quadrupole–quadrupole interaction, leading to a puzzling arrangement of levels. A prominent feature challenging theoretical models is the J-1 anomaly expressed by the inversion of j and j-1 states. The authors systematically study the Ag structure by applying the IBFM-1 model based on symmetries found in the nuclear Hamiltonian. It is shown that odd-A Ag can be described as Cd cores coupled to a g9/2 proton hole. The authors hint that structure effects like the J-1 anomaly may have astrophysical impact: low-lying isomers in Ag nuclei can alter reaction rates and affect astrophysical processes. View this paper - Issues are regarded as officially published after their release is announced to the table of contents alert mailing list .
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