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On the difference between proton and neutron spin-orbit splittings in nuclei

V. I. Isakov, K. I. Erokhina, H. Mach, M. Sanchez-Vega, B. Fogelberg

nucl-tharXiv:nucl-th/0202044

Abstract

The latest experimental data on nuclei at 132Sn permit us for the first time to determine the spin-orbit splittings of neutrons and protons in identical orbits in this neutron-rich doubly-magic region and compare the case to that of 208Pb. Using the new results, which are now consistent for the two neutron-rich doubly magic regions, a theoretical analysis defines the isotopic dependence of the mean field spin-orbit potential and leads to a simple explicit expression for the difference between the spin-orbit splittings of neutrons and protons. The isotopic dependence is explained in the framework of different theoretical approaches.

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