0+,T=2States inA=40Nuclei

The $0^{+}$, $T=2\mathrm{}$ states of $A=40\mathrm{}$ nuclei were calculated by diagonalizing representative nuclear forces in the complete $2\hslash \omega$ basis of 80 states. Both a phenomenological force and a realistic force were employed. When the single-particle energies were corrected in a manner suggested by previous calculations, the realistic force made a good fit to the experimental data. The results for the phenomenological force and the traditional single-particle energies did not fit the data. Many more low-lying $0^{+}$ states in ${}_{}{}^{40}{}_{}{}^{}\mathrm{Ar}$ are predicted than have been seen experimentally.