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SU(3) and SU(4) as spectrum-generating groups

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Using the analogy between the spectrum-generating SU(n) approach in particle physics and the dynamical group approach in atomic and molecular physics, we outline the basic ideas behind this alternative to broken-symmetry SU(n) approaches. We review various tests of dynamical SU(3) and SU(4) method, and discuss in particular two crucial tests of the fundamental assumptions.

Research supported in part by NSF grant GF 420(0 and DOE grant E(40-1) 3992.

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  1. Center for Particle Theory, University of Texas, 78712, Austin, Texas, USA

    A. Bohm

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Physik und Astrophysik, München, Germany

    R. B. Teese

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Bohm, A., Teese, R.B. (1981). SU(3) and SU(4) as spectrum-generating groups. In: Doebner, HD. (eds) Differential Geometric Methods in Mathematical Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 139. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-10578-6_24

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