Alpha Cluster Condensation in 12C and 16O
Abstract
A new α-cluster wave function is proposed which is of the α-particle condensate type. Applications to 12C and 16O show that states of low density close to the 3 and 4 α-particle thresholds in both nuclei are possibly of this kind. It is conjectured that all self-conjugate 4n nuclei may show similar features.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 2001
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:nucl-th/0110014
- Bibcode:
- 2001PhRvL..87s2501T
- Keywords:
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- Nuclear Theory
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures