Angular momentum projection in coupled-cluster theory

Atomic nuclei have good spin, parity, and third component of the isospin. Yet for many nuclei, symmetry unrestricted mean-field calculations find it advantageous to break rotational invariance and particle number conservation such that the vacuum states accurately reflect the emergent symmetry breaking of intrinsically deformed and superfluid nuclei, respectively. Starting from such symmetry-breaking mean-field states in nuclear structure computations has the advantage that less effort needs to be spent in including correlations beyond the mean field; the disadvantage consists in the need to perform symmetry projections. In this talk I will present the first implementation and application of symmetry restoration in axially deformed coupled-cluster calculations. I will show results for the prototypical deformed nuclei 8Be and 20Ne and compare with data and other existing calculations.