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$\alpha+\alpha+t$ cluster structures and Hoyle-analogue states in $^{11}$B

Nuclear Theory 2011-01-28 v1

Abstract

The structure of 3/23/2^{-} and 1/2+1/2^{+} states in 11^{11}B is investigated with an α+α+t\alpha+\alpha+t orthogonality condition model (OCM) based on the Gaussian expansion method. Full levels up to the 3/233/2^{-}_{3} and 1/22+1/2^{+}_2 states around the α+α+t\alpha+\alpha+t threshold (ExE_x=11.1 MeV) are reproduced consistently with the experimental energy levels. It is shown that the 3/233/2_{3}^{-} state located around the 7^{7}Li+α\alpha threshold has an α+α+t\alpha+\alpha+t cluster structure, whereas the 3/213/2_{1}^{-} and 3/223/2_{2}^{-} states have a shell-model-like compact structure. We found that the 3/233/2_{3}^{-} state does not possess an α\alpha-condensate-like nature similar to the 02+0^{+}_{2} state of 12^{12}C (Hoyle state) which has a dilute 3α3\alpha-condensate structure described by a (0Sα)3(0S_{\alpha})^3 configuration with about 7070\% probability, although the monopole transition strength of the former is as large as that of the latter. We discuss the reasons why the 3/233/2_{3}^{-} state does not have the condensate character. On the other hand, the 1/21+1/2^{+}_{1} state just below the 7^{7}Li+α\alpha threshold has a cluster structure which can be interpreted as a parity-doublet partner of the 3/233/2^{-}_3 state. We indicate that the 12.5612.56-MeV state (Jπ=1/22+J^{\pi}=1/2^{+}_{2}) just above the α+α+t\alpha+\alpha+t threshold observed in the 7^7Li(7^{7}Li,11^{11}B^*)tt reaction etc. is of the dilute-cluster-gas-like, and is a strong candidate for the Hoyle-analogue state which has a configuration of (0Sα)2(0St)(0S_{\alpha})^{2}(0S_{t}) with about 6565\% probability from the analyses of the single-cluster motions in 11^{11}B. The structure property of the 1/2+1/2^{+} resonant state is analyzed with the complex scaling method.

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@article{arxiv.1007.4125,
  title  = {$\alpha+\alpha+t$ cluster structures and Hoyle-analogue states in $^{11}$B},
  author = {Taiichi Yamada and Yasuro Funaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.4125},
  year   = {2011}
}

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22 pages, 9 figures