Many-body nuclear theory utilizing microscopic or chiral potentials has developed to the point that collectivity might be dealt with in an ab initio framework without the use of effective charges; for example with the proper evolution of operators, or alternatively, through the use of an appropriate and manageable subset of particle-hole excitations.We present a precise determination of E2 strength in 22 Mg and its mirror 22 Ne by Coulomb excitation, allowing for rigorous comparisons with theory. No-core symplectic shell-model calculations were performed and agree with the new B(E2) values while in-medium similarity-renormalization-group calculations consistently underpredict the absolute strength, with the missing strength found to have both isoscalar and isovector components.

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The Tz = − 3 2 nucleus 21 Mg has been studied by Coulomb excitation on 196 Pt and 110 Pd targets. A 205.6(1)-keV γ-ray transition resulting from the Coulomb excitation of the 5 * panu.ruotsalainen@jyu.fi; Present address: