Alpha Chain Structures of ^{12}C
Nuclear Theory
2008-11-26 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
N-\alpha structures of light nuclei with axial symmetry are studied using relativistic Hartree approximation. Metastable excited states are searched in a configuration space which allows linear alpha chain structures. As a result, it is shown that ^{12}C has ^8Be + \alpha resonance state at about 1 MeV above ^8Be-\alpha threshold as an asymmetric 3-\alpha linear-chain structure, which plays an important role in stellar nucleosynthesis.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9903001,
title = {Alpha Chain Structures of ^{12}C},
author = {Suk-Ho Hong and Suk-Joon Lee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9903001},
year = {2008}
}
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3 pages