The suggested presence of tetrahedral symmetry in the ground-state configuration of the 4096Zr56 nucleus

We discuss predictions made by large scale calculations using the realistic realization of phenomenological nuclear mean-field theory. The calculations indicate that certain zirconium nuclei are tetrahedrally symmetric in their ground states. After a short overview of past research into nuclear tetrahedral symmetry we analyse the predictive capacities of the method and focus on the Zr-96 nucleus, which is expected to be tetrahedral in its ground state.