title: Physical significance of q deformation and many-body interactions in nuclei.
abstract: The quantum deformation concept is applied to a study of pairing correlations in nuclei with mass 40< or =A< or =100. While the nondeformed limit of the theory provides a reasonable overall description of certain nuclear properties and fine structure effects, the results show that the q deformation plays a significant role in understanding higher-order effects in the many-body interaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Sviratcheva
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bahri
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Georgieva
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Draayer