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SU(3) Symmetry in Atomic Nuclei

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Elliott’s introduction of SU(3) symmety that generates rotational spectra in quadrupole deformed nuclei from the interacting particle picture, and the appearance of SU(3) in both nuclear shell model and the interacting boson models in many different ways are briefly described. Given also is a short preview of the contents of various chapters in the book.

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Kota, V.K.B. (2020). Introduction. In: SU(3) Symmetry in Atomic Nuclei. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3603-8_1

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