How well do we (need to) understand isospin symmetry breaking? Some comparisons between theory and experiment

by Dr S. Triambak (University of Delhi)

Thursday 12 Jan 2012, 11:00 → 13:00 Asia/Kolkata

AG80 (Colaba Campus)

The concept  of  isospin symmetry plays an important role in nuclear and particle physics. Although this approximate symmetry is broken by charge-dependent interactions, it offers an effective means to predict various observables in the absence of experimental data and remains a valuable tool in almost all sub-fields of nuclear physics. It is therefore interesting to test our understanding of isospin-symmetry-breaking in various nuclei and the implications of these calculations. In this talk I will highlight some important experimental evaluations of our understanding of isospin symmetry breaking in nuclei.