title: Direct empirical correlation between proton-neutron interaction strengths and the growth of collectivity in nuclei.
abstract: A direct correlation between experimental values of proton-neutron interaction strengths and experimental measures of the growth of collectivity in nuclei is found. In particular, differences in the p-n interaction strengths and differences in growth rates of collectivity in particle-particle (or hole-hole) and particle-hole regions are found to correspond.
authors.affiliation: Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8124, USA.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Cakirli
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Casten