Abstract
The N=20 and N=28 "islands of inversion" are described by large scale shell model calculations with an extension of the interaction sdpf-u that makes it possible to mix configurations with different Nhw or equivalently with different number of particles promoted from the sd-shell to the pf-shell. It allows to connect the classical sd-shell calculations below N=18 with the sd(protons)-pf(neutrons) calculations beyond N=24-26, for all the isotopes from Oxygen to Calcium, using the same interaction. For some isotopes this range contains all the nuclei between the proton and the neutron drip lines and includes the N=20 and N=28 islands of inversion. We shall pay particular attention to the properties of the states at fix Nhw which turn out to be the real protagonists of the physics at N=20. The existence of islands of inversion/deformation will be explained as the result of the competition between the spherical mean field which favors the 0hw configurations and the nuclear correlations which favor the deformed Nhw configurations. The Magnesium chain is exceptional because in it, the N=20 and N=28 "islands of inversion" merge, enclosing all the isotopes between N=19 and N=30. Indeed, this would be also the case for the Neon and Sodium chains if their drip lines would reach N=28.
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