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We show that the dominance of prolate over oblate shapes in even-even deformed nuclei can be derived from the SU(3) symmetry and the Pauli principle.
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Bonatsos, D. Prolate over oblate dominance in deformed nuclei as a consequence of the SU(3) symmetry and the Pauli principle. Eur. Phys. J. A 53, 148 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2017-12346-x
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