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Approaching nuclei through multiple perspectives and diverse models: Patterns, symmetries, interactions

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Nuclei are complex objects yet display remarkable simplicities and regular patterns. The study of these and their origins has long been one of the twin pillars of nuclear structure research. We will discuss the behavior of atomic nuclei from this point of view. A key element will be the advantages of looking at the same data from different perspectives and of inter-relating these perspectives.

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Acknowledgements

I am profoundly grateful to Akito Arima and Franco Iachello for the physics they have introduced to understand nuclei, for the inspiration they have provided, and for their guidance and counsel over more than 4 decades. I am so thankful to R. Burcu Cakirli for her friendship and for the wonderful collaborative work we have done throughout the third millennium, much of which is reflected in these pages, and to D. D. Warner, N. V. Zamfir, P. von Brentano, J. Jolie, W. Nazarewicz, B. S. Sherrill, H.B. Borner, I. Talmi, D. Bonatsos, K. Heyde, P. Van Isacker, A. Couture, K. Blaum, N. Pietralla, S. Pittel, A. Macchiavelli, V. Werner, D. S. Brenner, A. Leviatan, L. L. Riedinger, E. A. Mc- Cutchan, J. A. Cizewski, A. Aprahamian, R. V. Jolos, A. Frank, O. Scholten, D. A. Bromley for so many collaborations, discussions, insights, and support over the years. I am sure I have forgotten others and to them I apologize.

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Casten, R.F. Approaching nuclei through multiple perspectives and diverse models: Patterns, symmetries, interactions. Front. Phys. 13, 132104 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-018-0834-7

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