Robustness of chiral symmetry in atomic nuclei with reflection-asymmetric shapes

Abstract

Abstract Nearly degenerate quantum states arise from fundamental symmetries, which are often broken in finite many-body systems like atomic nuclei. Chirality can be static, like in molecules composed of more than four atoms, or dynamic, like in particle physics distinguishing between parallel and antiparallel orientation of the spin with respect to the momentum of massless fermions. Frauendorf and Meng.