ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Phys.
Sec. Nuclear Physics
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fphy.2025.1653635
This article is part of the Research TopicBeta Decay: Current Theoretical and Experimental ChallengesView all 7 articles
The pn interaction and isospin symmetry
Provisionally accepted
- 1Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- 2Yale, Yale, United States
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A possible correlation between isospin symmetry/breaking and the average proton-neutron interaction of the last particles, $\delta$$V _{pn}$, is discussed. This correlation is tested for $T_z$=$\pm$1/2 mirror nuclei in terms of a diffential of $\delta$$V _{pn}$, $\Delta(\delta$$V_{pn}$), and their low-lying excited levels. Some nuclei, whose mass measurements will be useful for future studies, are suggested.
Keywords: Proton-neutron interaction, Isospin, Mirror nuclei, Mass measurements, γ-ray spectroscopy
Received: 25 Jun 2025; Accepted: 21 Jul 2025.
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* Correspondence: R.Burcu Cakirli, Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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