4 papers
nucl-th2026
The anomaly: Evidence for a low-lying mixed-symmetry collective excitation mode
Bo Cederwall, Chong Qi
Exceptionally low values of the ratio of electric quadrupole transition rates, , have been obse…
nucl-th2026
Reply to the Comment on "Partial conservation of seniority in semi-magic nuclei"
Chong Qi
The present Reply addresses the Comment as posted on arXiv (arXiv:2606.04137 [nucl-th], June 2026).
nucl-th2026
Rigorous proof of the Strutinsky energy theorem and foundations of nuclear density functional theory
Chong Qi
We have derived a rigorous theoretical proof of the Strutinsky energy theorem. This proof not only provides a proper interpretation of the shell-correction decomposition, resolving…
nucl-th2025
Anomalous collective modes in atomic nuclei within the proton-neutron interacting boson model
Wei Teng, Yu Zhang, Sheng-Nan Wang +3
Novel collective modes characterized by a ratio () less than 1.0 that were observed recently have been i…