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Symmetries; quantum phase transitions; nuclear structure; two-level models; critical point symmetries; $SU$(3); three-body forces.

In this paper, an overview of some aspects of quantum phase transitions (QPT) in nuclei is given and they are: (i) QPT in interacting boson model ($sd$IBM), (ii) QPT in two-level models, (iii) critical point 𝐸(5) and 𝑋(5) symmetries, (iv) QPT in a simple solvable model with three-body forces. In addition, some open problems are also given.

V K B Kota¹

1. Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India

Published

April 2014

Early published

5 April 2014