2016/08/12 by Yoshiko Kanada-En’yo, Kanada-En'yo, Yoshiko, Yoshimasa Hidaka +1
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #Scientific Research and Discoveries
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1608.03642
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α-cluster correlations in the 0+1 and 3-1 states of 12C and 16O are studied using the method of antisymmetrized molecular dynamics, with which nuclear structures are described from nucleon degrees of freedom without assuming existence of clusters. The intrinsic states of 12C and 16O have triangle and tetrahedral shapes, respectively, because of the α-cluster correlations. These shapes can be understood as spontaneous symmetry breaking of rotational invariance, and the resultant surface density oscillation is associated with density wave (DW) caused by the instability of Fermi surface with respect to particle-hole correlations with the wave number λ=3. 16O(0+1) and 16O(3-1) are regarded as a set of parity partners constructed from the rigid tetrahedral intrinsic state, whereas 12C(0+1) and 12C(3-1) are not good parity partners as they have triangle intrinsic states of different sizes with significant shape fluctuation because of softness of the 3α structure. E3 transition strengths from the 3-1 to 0+1 states in 12C and 16O are also discussed.