Two-nucleon transfer reactions in the SU(6) boson model

Abstract
We suggest that two-nucleon transfer reactions be treated within the framework of the SU(6) boson model. We derive the corresponding intensity rules in the vibrational, SU(5), and rotational, SU(3), limit. We show that the failure of the pair vibrational model in accounting for the observed intensities is due to the neglecting of the finite dimensionality of the proton and neutron shells.