2014/02/28 by J.-P. Ebran, Jean-Paul Ebran, E. Khan +5 · 4 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic physics #Cluster (spacecraft) #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Condensed matter physics #Critical radius #Delocalized electron #Ground state #Materials science #Mathematics #Molecular physics #Nuclear physics research studies #Phase (matter) #Phase diagram #Phase transition #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #RADIUS #Saturation (graph theory) #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevc.89.031303
arxiv created 2014/03/19 · openalex publication_date 2014/03/31 · arxiv updated 2015/06/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The role of saturation for cluster formation in atomic nuclei is analyzed by considering three length-scale ratios and performing deformation-constrained self-consistent mean-field calculations. The effect of clusterization in deformed light systems is related to the saturation property of the internucleon interaction. The formation of clusters at low nucleon density is illustrated by expanding the radius of 16O in a constrained calculation. A phase diagram shows that the formation of clusters can be interpreted as a hybrid state between the crystal and the liquid phases. In the hybrid cluster phase the confining potential attenuates the delocalization generated by the effective nuclear interaction.