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Container structure of alpha alpha Lambda clusters in $_\Lambda^9$Be

Nuclear Theory 2016-06-21 v1

Abstract

New concept of clustering is discussed in Λ\Lambda hypernuclei using a new-type microscopic cluster model wave function, which has a structure that constituent clusters are confined in a container, whose size is a variational parameter and which we refer to as Hyper-Tohsaki-Horiuchi-Schuck-R\"opke (Hyper-THSR) wave function. By using the Hyper-THSR wave function, 2α+Λ2\alpha + \Lambda cluster structure in Λ9Be{^{9}_\Lambda{\rm Be}} is investigated. We show that full microscopic solutions in the 2α+Λ2\alpha + \Lambda cluster system, which are given as 2α+Λ2\alpha + \Lambda Brink-GCM wave functions, are almost perfectly reproduced by the single configurations of the Hyper-THSR wave function. The squared overlaps between the both wave functions are calculated to be 99.599.5%, 99.499.4%, and 97.797.7% for Jπ=0+J^\pi=0^+, 2+2^+, and 4+4^+ states, respectively. We also simulate the structural change by adding the Λ\Lambda particle, by varying the ΛN\Lambda N interaction artificially. As the increase of the ΛN\Lambda N interaction, the Λ\Lambda particle gets to move more deeply inside the core and invokes strongly the spatial core shrinkage, and accordingly distinct localized 2α2\alpha clusters appear in the nucleonic intrinsic density, though in 8Be{^{8}{\rm Be}} rather gaslike 2α2\alpha-cluster structure is shown. The origin of the localization is associated with the strong effect of Pauli principle. We conclude that the container picture of the 2α2\alpha and Λ\Lambda clusters is essential in understanding the cluster structure in Λ9Be{^{9}_\Lambda{\rm Be}}, in which the very compact spatial localization of clusters is shown in the density distribution.

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@article{arxiv.1405.6067,
  title  = {Container structure of alpha alpha Lambda clusters in $_\Lambda^9$Be},
  author = {Y. Funaki and T. Yamada and E. Hiyama and B. Zhou and K. Ikeda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.6067},
  year   = {2016}
}

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14 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables, submitted to PTEP

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