Various variational approaches to the nuclear many-body problem are reviewed, which all
use general symmetry-projected Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov determinants as test …

A new isomeric 0+ state was identified as the first excited state in the self-conjugate (N= Z)
nucleus K 72 r. By combining for the first time conversion-electron and gamma-ray …

Recent high-spin observations reveal entirely new modes of collective rotational motion and
the existence of novel symmetries and spontaneous symmetry breaking phenomena …

It is argued that there exist natural shell-model spaces optimally adapted to the operation of
two variants of Elliott's SU3 symmetry that provide accurate predictions of quadrupole …

Results are presented on shape coexistence, shape transition and neutron–proton
correlations at low and high spin states in the nuclei 72Kr and 74Kr. They have been …

The lifetimes of the first excited 2+ states in the N= Z nuclei Zr 80, Y 78, and Sr 76 have been
measured using the γ-ray line shape method following population via nucleon-knockout …

The ground state rotational bands of the N= Z nuclei 72 Kr, 76 Sr, and 80 Zr have been
extended into the angular momentum region where rotation alignment of particles is …

A systematic investigation of the rotating N= Z even-even nuclei in the mass A= 68-80 region
has been performed within the frameworks of the cranked relativistic mean field, cranked …

Abstract Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov calculations for the N= Z nucleus 80 Zr give a ground
state band with T= 1 Cooper pairs and an excited band with T= 0 Cooper pairs. The bands …

A cranked shell model approach for the description of rotational bands in N≈ Z nuclei is
formulated. The isovector neutron-proton pairing is taken into account explicitly. The concept …