The 25th anniversary for nuclear chirality

TL;DR

This paper reviews the history, theoretical developments, experimental verification, and recent progress in the study of nuclear chirality, highlighting key concepts, methods, and future challenges in this field.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear chirality, including recent theoretical advances like the chiral collective Hamiltonian and chiral dynamics, and discusses future research opportunities.

Findings

Verification of chiral doublet bands

Development of the chiral collective Hamiltonian

Observation of multiple chiral doublets (MχD)

Abstract

The brief history for the prediction of the nuclear chirality is provided. The theoretical and experimental investigations of the nuclear chirality are reviewed, including the verification of chiral doublet bands, the chiral conundrum and its resolution, and the prediction and observation of the multiple chiral doublets (M$\chi$D). Some recent theoretical progresses are highlighted, including the chiral collective Hamiltonian, the A-plot and the K-plot, the nuclear chirality-parity (ChP) violation, the chiral rotation induced by the pairing correlations, as well as the chiral dynamics. The possibly emerging area, challenges that lie ahead, and opportunities for progress in the context of the nuclear chirality are discussed.