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arXiv:nucl-th/0703048 · Physical Review Letters

Partial Dynamical Symmetry at Critical Points of Quantum Phase Transitions

A. Leviatan

Published Jun 12, 2007• 59 citations
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Abstract

We show that partial dynamical symmetries can occur at critical points of quantum phase transitions, in which case underlying competing symmetries are conserved exactly by a subset of states, and mix strongly in other states. Several types of partial dynamical symmetries are demonstrated with the example of critical-point Hamiltonians for first- and second-order transitions in the framework of the interacting boson model, whose dynamical symmetries correspond to different shape phases in nuclei.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.98.242502

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