Hidden pseudospin and spin symmetries and their origins in atomic nuclei

H Liang, J Meng, SG Zhou - Physics Reports, 2015 - Elsevier
Symmetry plays a fundamental role in physics. The quasi-degeneracy between single-
particle orbitals (n, l, j= l+ 1/2) and (n− 1, l+ 2, j= l+ 3/2) indicates a hidden symmetry in …

Progress on tilted axis cranking covariant density functional theory for nuclear magnetic and antimagnetic rotation

J Meng, J Peng, SQ Zhang, PW Zhao - Frontiers of Physics, 2013 - Springer
Magnetic rotation and antimagnetic rotation are exotic rotational phenomena observed in
weakly deformed or near-spherical nuclei, which are respectively interpreted in terms of the …

The limits of the nuclear landscape explored by the relativistic continuum Hartree–Bogoliubov theory

XW Xia, Y Lim, PW Zhao, HZ Liang, XY Qu… - Atomic Data and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ground-state properties of nuclei with 8⩽ Z⩽ 120 from the proton drip line to the neutron
drip line have been investigated using the spherical relativistic continuum Hartree …

Towards an ab initio covariant density functional theory for nuclear structure

S Shen, H Liang, WH Long, J Meng, P Ring - Progress in Particle and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nuclear structure models built from phenomenological mean fields, the effective nucleon–
nucleon interactions (or Lagrangians), and the realistic bare nucleon–nucleon interactions …

Halos in medium-heavy and heavy nuclei with covariant density functional theory in continuum

J Meng, SG Zhou - Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Covariant density functional theory with a few parameters has been widely used to describe
the ground-and excited-state properties for nuclei all over the nuclear chart. In order to …

Novel relativistic mean field Lagrangian guided by pseudo-spin symmetry restoration

B Wei, Q Zhao, ZH Wang, J Geng, BY Sun… - Chinese …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The relativistic mean field (RMF) model has achieved great success in describing various
nuclear phenomena. However, several serious defects are common. For instance, the …

Pseudospin symmetry in single particle resonant states

BN Lu, EG Zhao, SG Zhou - Physical Review Letters, 2012 - APS
The pseudospin symmetry (PSS) is a relativistic dynamical symmetry connected with the
small component of the Dirac spinor. The origin of PSS in single particle bound states in …

Conservation and breaking of pseudospin symmetry

TT Sun, ZP Li, P Ring - Physics Letters B, 2023 - Elsevier
Pseudospin symmetry (PSS) is a relativistic dynamical symmetry connected with the lower
component of the Dirac spinor. Here, we investigate the conservation and breaking of PSS …

Relativistic Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov model for axially deformed nuclei

J Geng, WH Long - Physical Review C, 2022 - APS
Background: At the forefront of nuclear science, unstable nuclei are of special significance,
in which the deformation and pairing correlations play an essential role in determining the …

Probing spin and pseudospin symmetries in deformed nuclei by the Green's function method

TT Sun, BX Li, K Liu - Physical Review C, 2024 - APS
Spin and pseudospin symmetries play vital roles in nuclear physics and have been studied
extensively in spherical nuclei. However, there are much fewer studies in deformed systems …