Emergent Sp(3,ℝ) Dynamical Symmetry in the Nuclear Many-Body System from an Ab Initio Description

Ab initio nuclear theory provides not only a microscopic framework for quantitative description of the nuclear many-body system, but also a foundation for deeper understanding of emergent collective correlations. A symplectic $\mathrm{Sp}(3,\mathbb{R}) \supset \mathrm{U}(3)$ dynamical symmetry is identified in ab initio predictions, from a no-core configuration interaction approach, and found to provide a qualitative understanding of the spectrum of ⁷Be. Low-lying states form an Elliott $\mathrm{SU}(3)$ spectrum, while an $\mathrm{Sp}(3,\mathbb{R})$ excitation gives rise to an excited rotational band with strong quadrupole connections to the ground state band.