Test of Pseudospin Symmetry in Deformed Nuclei

J. N. Ginocchio, A. Leviatan, J. Meng, Shan-Gui Zhou

Published 2003-10-02, updated 2003-12-15Version 3

Pseudospin symmetry is a relativistic symmetry of the Dirac Hamiltonian with scalar and vector mean fields equal and opposite in sign. This symmetry imposes constraints on the Dirac eigenfunctions. We examine extensively the Dirac eigenfunctions of realistic relativistic mean field calculations of deformed nuclei to determine if these eigenfunctions satisfy these pseudospin symmetry constraints.