Shell Model Interactions that Conserve Pseudospin Symmetry

Nuclei approximately conserve pseudospin symmetry [1]. Normally shell model interactions are written in terms of spin an orbital angular momentum operators, not in terms of pseudospin and pseudo-orbital angular momentum operators. We determine the shell model interactions which conserve pseudospin symmetry and pseudo-orbital angular momentum symmetry and write them in terms of spin and orbital angular momentum operators including the tensor interaction. We show that, although the tensor interaction by itself does not conserve pseudo-orbital angular momentum, certain combinations of the tensor interaction with the two body spin orbit interaction do conserve pseudo-orbital angular momentum. \\[4pt] [1] J. N. Ginocchio, Physics Reports 414, 165 (2005).