'Dancing' Hyperon in Pear-Shaped Hypernuclei (IMAGE)

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'Dancing' Hyperon in Pear-Shaped Hypernuclei

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Contour plots of the distribution of the nucleons and hyperon in ${}_{\Lambda }^{21}$Ne as a function of octupole deformation. The upper and lower panels correspond to the hyperon at the lowest- and secondly lowest- energy state, respectively.

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