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We report on a study of exotic nuclei around doubly magic 132Sn in terms of the shell model employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. The short-range repulsion of the latter is renormalized by constructing a smooth low-momentum potential, V-low-k, that is used directly as input for the calculation of the effective interaction. In this paper, we focus attention on proton-neutron multiplets in the odd-odd nuclei 134Sb, 136Sb. We show that the behavior of these multiplets is quite similar to that of the analogous multiplets in the counterpart nuclei in the 208Pb region, 210Bi and 212Bi., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, talk presented at "Nuclear Physics and Astrophyisics: From Stable Beams to Exotic Nuclei", June 25-30, 2008, Cappadocia, Turkey

A review is presented of the development and current status of nuclear shell-model calculations in which the two-body effective interaction is derived from the free nucleon-nucleon potential. The significant progress made in this field within the last decade is emphasized, in particular as regards the so-called V-low-k approach to the renormalization of the bare nucleon-nucleon interaction. In the last part of the review we first give a survey of realistic shell-model calculations from early to present days. Then, we report recent results for neutron-rich nuclei near doubly magic 132Sn and for the whole even-mass N=82 isotonic chain. These illustrate how shell-model effective interactions derived from modern nucleon-nucleon potentials are able to provide an accurate description of nuclear structure properties., Comment: 71 pages, to be published in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics

We report on a study of neutron-rich nuclei around doubly magic 132Sn in terms of the shell model employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. The short-range repulsion of the bare potential is renormalized by constructing a low-momentum potential, V-low-k, that is used directly as input for the calculation of the effective interaction. We present results for the four nuclei beyond the N=82 shell closure 134Sn, 134Sb, 136Sb, and 136Te. Comparison shows that our results are in very good agreement with the experimental data presently available for these exotic nuclei. We also present our predictions of the hitherto unknown spectrum of 136Sn., Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures, published in the Proceedings of the 9th International Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics ``Changing Facets of Nuclear Structure'', Vico Equense, 20-24 May 2007. Edited by A. Covello, World Scientific, Singapore, 2008. p. 253 - 262

The single-particle spectrum of the two nuclei 133Sb and 101Sn is studied within the framework of the time-dependent degenerate linked-diagram perturbation theory starting from a class of onshell-equivalent realistic nucleon-nucleon potentials. These potentials are derived from the CD-Bonn interaction by using the so-called V-low-k approach with various cutoff momenta. The results obtained evidence the crucial role of short-range correlations in producing the correct 2s1d0g0h shell structure., Comment: 7 pages, 7 figures, 1 table

The study of exotic nuclei around 132Sn is a subject of current experimental and theoretical interest. Experimental information for nuclei in the vicinity of 132Sn, which have been long inaccessible to spectroscopic studies, is now available thanks to new advanced facilities and techniques. The experimental data which have been now become available for these neutron-rich nuclei may suggest a modification in the shell structure. They are, in fact, somewhat different from what one might expect by extrapolating the existing results for N<82, and as a possible explanation a change in the single-proton level scheme has been suggested. The latter would be caused by a more diffuse nuclear surface, and could be seen as a precursor of major effects which should show up at larger neutron excess. New data offer therefore the opportunity to test the shell model and look for a possible evolution of shell structure when going toward neutron drip line. This is stimulating shell-model studies in this region. Here, we present an overview of recent shell-model studies of 132Sn neighbors, focusing attention on those calculations employing realistic effective interactions., Comment: 8 pages, 4 tables, invited talk at INPC2007, Tokyo, Japan, June 3-8 2007. To be published in Nuclear Physics A

We report on a study of exotic nuclei around doubly magic 132Sn in terms of the shell model employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. The short-range repulsion of the bare potential is renormalized by constructing a smooth low-momentum potential, V-low-k, that is used directly as input for the calculation of the effective interaction. In this paper we focus attention on the nuclei 134Sn and 135Sb which, with an N/Z ratio of 1.68 and 1.65, respectively, are at present the most exotic nuclei beyond 132Sn for which information exists on excited states. Comparison shows that the calculated results for both nuclei are in very good agreement with the experimental data. We present our predictions of the hitherto unknown spectrum of 136Sn., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, talk given at 7th International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy), July 3-7 2006

The odd-odd nucleus 210Bi is studied within the framework of the shell model using effective two-body matrix elements derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. The experimental energies of the proton-neutron multiplet ph9/2 ng9/2 are remarkably well reproduced by the theory, which accounts for the 1- state being the ground state instead of the 0- predicted by the Nordheim strong coupling rule. It is shown that the core-polarization effects are crucial to produce this inversion. The similarity between neutron-proton multiplets in the 132Sn and 208Pb regions is discussed in connection with the effective interaction., Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, to be published on Physical Review C as a Rapid Communication

In the last few years, the low-momentum nucleon-nucleon (NN) interaction V-low-k derived from free-space NN potentials has been successfully used in shell-model calculations. V-low-k is a smooth potential which preserves the deuteron binding energy as well as the half-on-shell T-matrix of the original NN potential up to a momentum cutoff Lambda. In this paper we put to the test a new low-momentum NN potential derived from chiral perturbation theory at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order with a sharp low-momentum cutoff at 2.1 fm-1. Shell-model calculations for the oxygen isotopes using effective hamiltonians derived from both types of low-momentum potential are performed. We find that the two potentials show the same perturbative behavior and yield very similar results., Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures, to be published in Physical Review C

We have calculated the ground-state energy of the doubly-magic nucleus 40Ca within the framework of the Goldstone expansion using the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. The short-range repulsion of this potential has been renormalized by integrating out its high-momentum components so as to derive a low-momentum potential V-low-k defined up to a cutoff momentum Lambda. A simple criterion has been employed to establish a connection between this cutoff momentum and the size of the two-nucleon model space in the harmonic oscillator basis. This model-space truncation approach provides a reliable way to renormalize the free nucleon-nucleon potential preserving its many-body physics. The role of the 3p-3h and 4p-4h excitations in the description of the ground state of 40Ca is discussed., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, 1 table, to be published in Physical Review C

In this paper, we first give a brief review of the theoretical framework for microscopic shell-model calculations starting from the free nucleon-nucleon potential. In this context, we discuss the use of the low-momentum nucleon-nucleon interaction V-low-k in the derivation of the shell-model effective interaction and emphasize its practical value as an alternative to the Brueckner G-matrix method. Then, we present some results of our current study of exotic nuclei around doubly magic 132Sn, which have been obtained starting from the CD-Bonn potential renormalized by use of the V-low-k approach. Attention is focused on the nuclei 134Te, 134Sn, and 136Te, in particular on the latter which is a direct source of information on the proton-neutron effective interaction in the 132Sn region. Comparison shows that our results are in very good agreement with the available experimental data., Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys

We report on a study of neutron-rich even-mass Te isotopes in terms of the shell model employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. The strong short-range repulsion of the latter is renormalized by constructing a smooth low-momentum potential, V-low-k, that is used directly as input for the calculation of the effective interaction. In this paper, after a brief review of the theoretical framework, we present our results. Comparison shows that they are in very good agreement with the available experimental data., Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, talk presented at 25th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory, Rila Mountains, June 26-July 1, 2006

The ground-state energy of the doubly magic nuclei 4He and 16O has been calculated within the framework of the Goldstone expansion starting from modern nucleon-nucleon potentials. A low-momentum potential V-low-k has been derived from the bare potential by integrating out its high-momentum components beyond a cutoff Lambda. We have employed a simple criterion to relate this cutoff momentum to a boundary condition for the two-nucleon model space spanned by a harmonic-oscillator basis. Convergence of the results has been obtained with a limited number of oscillator quanta., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, talk given at 11th Conference on Problems in Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Cortona, Italy, 11-14 October 2006

The experimental level structure of 134Sb is compared with the results of a shell-model calculation in which the two-body matrix elements of the effective interaction have been derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. The experimental data, including the very low-lying first-excited 1- state, are remarkably well reproduced by the theory. The results of this paper complement those of our previous studies on 135Sb and 134Sn, showing that our effective interaction is well suited to describe 132Sn neighbors beyond N=82. The various terms which contribute to the matrix elements of the proton-neutron effective interaction are examined and their relative importance is evidenced., Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, published on Physical Review C

We discuss the use of the low-momentum nucleon-nucleon NN interaction V-low-k in the derivation of the shell-model effective interaction and emphasize its practical value as an alternative to the Brueckner G-matrix method. We present some selected results of our current study of exotic nuclei around closed shells, which have been obtained starting from the CD-Bonn potential. We also show some results of calculations performed with different phase-shift equivalent NN potentials, and discuss the effect of changes in the cutoff momentum which defines the V-low-k potential., Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, Talk presented at CDN05, 31 Jan - 4 Feb 2005, University of Tokyo, Japan

Recent studies have provided new experimental information on the very neutron-rich nucleus 135Sb. We have performed a shell-model calculation for this nucleus using a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. This gives a very good description of the observed properties of 135Sb. We show that the anomalously low position of the first excited state, J=5/2+, and the strongly hindered M1 transition to the ground state have their origin in the effective neutron-proton interaction., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, to be published on Physical Review C

We have calculated the ground-state energy of the doubly magic nuclei 4He, 16O and 40Ca within the framework of the Goldstone expansion starting from various modern nucleon-nucleon potentials. The short-range repulsion of these potentials has been renormalized by constructing a low-momentum potential V-low-k. We have studied the connection between the cutoff momemtum Lambda and the size of the harmonic oscillator space employed in the calculations. We have found a fast convergence of the results with a limited number of oscillator quanta., Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures, to be published on Physical Review C

First self-consistent realistic shell-model calculation for the light p-shell nuclei is performed, starting from the high-precision nucleon-nucleon (NN) CD-Bonn potential. This realistic potential is renormalized deriving a low-momentum NN potential V-low-k that preserves exactly the two-nucleon low-energy physics. This V-low-k is suitable to derive a self-consistent Hartree-Fock basis that is employed to derive both effective single-particle energies and residual two-body matrix elements for the shell-model hamiltonian. Results obtained show the reliability of such a fundamental microscopic approach., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, 8 tables, to be published on Physics Letters B

We have performed shell-model calculations for the three odd-odd nuclei 100In, 102In, and 98Ag, with neutron particles and proton holes around 100Sn. We have used a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential, the neutron-proton channel being explicitly treated in the particle-hole formalism. Particular attention has been focused on the particle-hole multiplets, which are a direct source of information on the neutron-proton effective interaction. We present our predictions for the two lowest lying multiplets in 100In, for which no spectroscopic data are yet available. For 98Ag and 102In comparison shows that our results are in very good agreement with the available experimental data., Comment: 5 pages, published in Physical review C

We study ground-state properties of the doubly magic nuclei 4He, 16O, and 40Ca employing the Goldstone expansion and using as input four different high-quality nucleon-nucleon (NN) potentials. The short-range repulsion of these potentials is renormalized by constructing a smooth low-momentum potential V-low-k. This is used directly in a Hartree-Fock approach and corrections up to third order in the Goldstone expansion are evaluated. Comparison of the results shows that they are only slightly dependent on the choice of the NN potential., Comment: 5 pages, submitted to Physical Review C

Odd-odd nuclei around double shell closures are a direct source of information on the proton-neutron interaction between valence nucleons. We have performed shell-model calculations for doubly odd nuclei close to $^{208}$Pb, $^{132}$Sn and $^{100}$Sn using realistic effective interactions derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. The calculated results are compared with the available experimental data, attention being focused on particle-hole and particle-particle multiplets. While a good agreement is obtained for all the nuclei considered, a detailed analysis of the matrix elements of the effective interaction shows that a stronger core-polarization contribution seems to be needed in the particle-particle case., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, Proccedings of the International Conference "Nuclear Structure and Related Topics", Dubna, Russia, September 2-6, 2003, to be published in Yadernaia Fizika (Physics of Atomic Nuclei)

Ground-state properties of 16O and 40Ca are calculated with a low-momentum nucleon-nucleon potential, V-low-k, derived from the chiral N3LO interaction recently constructed by Entem and Machleidt. The smooth V-low-k is used directly in a Hartree-Fock approach, avoiding the difficulties of the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock procedure. Corrections up to third order in the Goldstone expansion are evaluated, leading to results that are in very good agreement with experiment. Convergence properties of the expansion are examined., Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, to be published on Physical Review C

We report here on a shell-model study of nuclei close to doubly magic 132Sn and 100Sn focusing attention on particle-hole multiplets. In our study we make use of realistic effective interactions derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. We present results for the four nuclei 132Sb, 130Sb, 102In and 98Ag. Comparison shows that the calculated results are in very good agreement with the experimental data available for these nuclei far from stability. This supports confidence in the predictions of our calculations which may stimulate, and be helpful to, future experiments., Comment: 9 pages, talk presented at the XXXVII Zakopane School of Physics "Trends in Nuclear Physics", Zakopane, Poland, September 3-10, 2002. To be published on Acta Physica Polonica B

A low-momentum nucleon-nucleon (NN) potential V-low-k is derived from modern realistic NN potentials by integrating out the high-momentum modes. The smooth V-low-k may be used as input for nuclear structure calculations instead of the usual Brueckner G matrix. Such an approach eliminates the energy dependence one finds in the G-matrix approach, allowing this interaction to be used directly in Hartree-Fock calculations. Bulk properties of 16O have been calculated starting from different NN potentials. Our results, obtained including up to second order contributions in the Goldstone expansion, are in good agreement with experiment., Comment: 7 pages, talk presented at IX Convegno su Problemi di Fisica Nucleare Teorica, Cortona (Italy), October 9-12 2002

We report on a study of neutron-rich nuclei around 132Sn in terms of the shell model employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. We present results for some Sb and Te isotopes. Comparison shows that our results are in very good agreement with the available experimental data supporting confidence in the predictions of our calculations. This may stimulate experimental efforts to gain more information on these nuclei lying well away from the valley of stability., Comment: 9 pages, 5 figure, talk presented at the 3rd International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei, Sanibel Island, Florida, November 3-9 2002

We have performed shell-model calculations for nuclei with proton particles and neutron holes around 132Sn using a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. For the proton-neutron channel this is explicitly done in the particle-hole formalism. The calculated results are compared with the available experimental data, particular attention being focused on the proton particle-neutron hole multiplets. A very good agreement is obtained for all the four nuclei considered, 132Sb, 130Sb, 133Te and 131Sb. We predict many low-energy states which have no experimental counterpart. This may stimulate, and be helpful to, future experiments., Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, to be published on Physical Review C

We report on shell-model calculations employing effective interactions derived from a new realistic nucleon-nucleon (NN) potential based on chiral effective field theory. We present results for 18O, 134Te, and 210Po. Our results are in excellent agreement with experiment indicating a remarkable predictive power of the chiral NN potential for low-energy microscopic nuclear structure., Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, to be published on Physical Review C

We study a method by which realistic nucleon-nucleon potentials V_NN can be reduced, in a physically equivalent way, to an effective low-momentum potential V-low-k confined within a cut-off momentum k-cut. Our effective potential is obtained using the folded-diagram method of Kuo, Lee and Ratcliff, and it is shown to preserve the half-on-shell T-matrix. Both the Andreozzi-Lee-Suzuki and the Andreozzi-Krenciglowa-Kuo iteration methods have been employed in carrying out the reduction. Calculations have been performed for the Bonn A and Paris NN potentials, using various choices for k-cut such as 2 fm-1. The deuteron binding energy, low-energy NN phase shifts, and the low-momentum half-on-shell T-matrix given by V_NN are all accurately reproduced by V-low-k. Possible applications of V-low-k directly to nuclear matter and nuclear structure calculations are discussed., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures, talk presented by TTSK at FB16 International Conference, Taipei, Taiwan March 6-10, 2000

We have performed shell-model calculations for 134,135Sn using a realistic effective interaction derived from the CD-Bonn nucleon-nucleon potential. Comparison shows that the calculated results for 134Sn are in very good agreement with recent experimental data. This supports confidence in our predictions of the hitherto unknown spectrum of 135Sn., Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. C

We have performed shell-model calculations starting from the CD-Bonn free nucleon-nucleon NN potential and making use of a new approach for the calculation of the effective interaction. This consists in deriving from the NN potential a low-momentum effective potential V-low-k, defined within a given cut-off momentum Lambda. Being a smooth potential it can be used directly in nuclear structure calculations. To assess the practical value of this approach, we have also performed calculations within the framework of the usual Brueckner G-matrix formalism. Comparison of the calculated results between them and with the experimental data shows that the V-low-k approach represents an advantageous alternative to the use of the G-matrix., Comment: Talk given at the International Workshop on Nuclear Many-Body Problem and Sub-Nucleonic Degrees of Freedom in Nuclei, Jilin University, Changchun, China, July 2-8, 2001

In this paper, we present some results of shell-model calculations employing effective interactions derived from the CD-Bonn free nucleon-nucleon potential. These concern 18O, 134Te, and 210Po, and are part of a comprehensive study of nuclei around doubly closed shells. Comparison of the calculated results with experimental data illustrates the degree of accuracy of modern realistic shell-model calculations., Comment: Talk presented at INPC 2001, 29 July - 3 August 2001, Berkeley (USA)

We have studied p-shell nuclei using a two-frequency shell-model approach with an effective interaction derived from the Bonn-A nucleon-nucleon potential by means of a G-matrix folded-diagram method. Shell-model wave functions of two different oscillator constant are employed, one for the inner 0s core orbit and the outer valence orbits, respectively. The binding energies, energy spectra, and electromagnetic properties are calculated and compared with experiment. A quite satisfactory agreement with the experimental data is obtained, which is in some cases even better than that produced by large-basis shell-model calculations., Comment: 8 pages, 2 tables, 5 figures, to be published on Journal of Physics G

We have studied p-shell nuclei using a two-frequency shell-model approach with an effective interaction derived from the Bonn-A nucleon-nucleon potential by means of a G-matrix folded-diagram method. First, we briefly describe our derivation of the effective interaction in a model space composed of harmonic hoscillator wave functions with two different length parameters, b_in and b_out, for the core and the valence orbits, respectively. Then we present some selected results of our calculations. We show that a good agreement with experiment is obtained, which is definitely better than that provided by a standard one-frequency calculation. A comparison with results obtained from large-basis shell-model calculations is also made., Comment: 9 pages, 1 figure, talk presented at VIII Convegno di Fisica Nucleare Teorica, Cortona, 18-21 Ottobre 2000

The doubly odd Ta isotopes are studied within the framework of the particle-rotor model. The main aim of this study is to obtain information on the neutron-proton interaction in deformed nuclei, with particular attention focused on the role of the tensor force. To this end, both zero-range abd finite-range phenomenological interactions are considered. Comparison of the calculated results with experimental data provides evidence of the importance of the tensor-force effects. We have also performed calculations using a realistic two-body G matrix for the neutron proton interaction. Some preliminary results are presented here., Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures, talk presented at VIII Convegno di Fisica Nucleare Teorica, Cortona, 18-21 Ottobre 2000

The present paper is comprised of two parts. First, we give a brief survey of the theoretical framework for microscopic nuclear structure calculations starting from a free nucleon-nucleon potential. Then, we present some selected results of a comprehensive study of nuclei near doubly closed shells. In all these shell-model calculations we have made use of realistic effective interactions derived from the Bonn-A nucleon-nucleon potential by means of a G-matrix folded-diagram method. We show that this kind of calculation yields a very good agreement with experiment for all the nuclei considered. This leads to the conclusion that realistic effective interactions are now able to describe with quantitative accuracy the properties of complex nuclei., Comment: 15 pages, talk presented at the XXXV Zakopane School of Physics, Zakopane, Poland, September 6-13 2000, to be published on Acta Physica Polonica

The structure of the N=50 isotones 98Cd, 97Ag, and 96Pd is studied in terms of shell model employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the Bonn-A nucleon-nucleon potential. The single-hole energies are fixed by resorting to an analysis of the low-energy spectra of the isotones with A>= 91. Comparison shows that our results are in very satisfactory agreement with the available experimental data. This supports confidence in the predictions of our calculations, Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, to be published on Journal of Physics G

A low momentum nucleon-nucleon (NN) potential V-low-k is derived from meson exhange potentials by integrating out the model dependent high momentum modes of V_NN. The smooth and approximately unique V-low-k is used as input for shell model calculations instead of the usual Brueckner G matrix. Such an approach eliminates the nuclear mass dependence of the input interaction one finds in the G matrix approach, allowing the same input interaction to be used in different nuclear regions. Shell model calculations of 18O, 134Te and 135I using the same input V-low-k have been performed. For cut-off momentum Lambda in the vicinity of 2 fm-1, our calculated low-lying spectra for these nuclei are in good agreement with experiments, and are weakly dependent on Lambda., Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures

We have performed shell-model calculations for the N=126 isotones 210Po, 211At, and 212Rn using a realistic effective interaction derived from the Bonn A nucleon-nucleon potential by means of a G-matrix folded-diagram method. The calculted binding energies, energy spectra and electromagnetic properties show remarkably good agreement with the experimental data. The results of this paper complement those of our previous study on neutron hole Pb isotopes, confirming that realistic effective interactions are now able to reproduce with quantitative accuracy the spectroscopic properties of complex nuclei., Comment: 20 pages, 7 tables, 3 figures submitted to Phisical Review C

We have performed a shell-model study of the two nuclei 210Po and 206Hg, having and lacking two protons with respect to doubly magic 208Pb. In our calculations we have employed realistic effective interactions derived from the Bonn A nucleon-nucleon potential. The calculated results are compared with the available experimental data are, however, very scanty for 206Hg. The very good agreement obtained for 210Po supports confidence in our predictions for 206Hg., Comment: Talk presented at ``VII Convegno su Problemi di Fisica Nucleare Teorica'', Cortona, October 1998

We address the two main questions relevant to microscopic nuclear structure calculations starting from a free NN potential. These concern the accuracy of these kinds of calculations and the extent to which they depend on the potential used as input. Regarding the first question, we present some results obtained for nuclei around doubly magic 132Sn and 208Pb by making use of an effective interaction derived from the Bonn A potential. Comparison shows that our results are in very good agreement with the experimental data. As for the second question, we present the results obtained for the nucleus 134Te by making use of four different NN potentials. They indicate that nuclear structure calculations may help in understanding the off-shell nature of the NN potential., Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, invited talk presented at Nuclear Structure '98, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, August 10-15, 1998

The structure of the nuclei 206,205,204Pb is studied interms of shell model employing a realistic effective interaction derived from the Bonn A nucleon-nucleon potential. The energy spectra, binding energies and electromagnetic properties are calculated and compared with experiment. A very good overall agreement is obtained. This evidences the reliability of our realistic effective interaction and encourages use of modern realistic potentials in shell-model calculations for heavy-mass nuclei., Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Physical Review C

We have performed realistic shell-model calculations for nuclei around doubly magic 100Sn and 132Sn using an effective interaction derived from the Bonn A nucleon-nucleon potential. The results are in remarkably good agreement with the experimental data showing the ability of our effective interaction to provide an accurate description of nuclear structure properties., Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings of the SNEC98 Conference, to be published on Nuovo Cimento A

The structure of the particle-hole nucleus 132Sb provides a direct source of information on the effective neutron-proton interaction in the 132Sn region. We have performed a shell-model calculation for this nucleus using a realistic effective interaction derived from the Bonn A nucleon-nucleon potential. The results are in very good agreement with the experimental data evidencing the reliability of our effective interaction matrix elements both with isospin T=1 and T=0., Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Physical Review Letters