English

Multi-cluster dynamics in $^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C}$ and analogy to clustering in $^{12}{\rm C}$

Nuclear Theory 2017-10-11 v2 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We investigate structure of Λ13C^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C} and discuss the difference and similarity between the structures of 12C^{12}{\rm C} and Λ13C^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C} by answering the questions if the linear-chain and gaslike cluster states, which are proposed to appear in 12C^{12}{\rm C}, survives, or new structure states appear or not. We introduce a microscopic cluster model called, Hyper-Tohsaki-Horiuchi-Schuck-R\"opke (H-THSR) wave function, which is an extended version of the THSR wave function so as to describe Λ\Lambda hypernuclei. We obtained two bound states and two resonance (quasi-bound) states for Jπ=0+J^\pi=0^+ in Λ13C^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C}, corresponding to the four 0+0^+ states in 12C^{12}{\rm C}. However, the inversion of level ordering between the spectra of 12C^{12}{\rm C} and Λ13C^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C}, i.e. that the 03+0_3^+ and 04+0_4^+ states in Λ13C^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C} correspond to the 04+0_4^+ and 03+0_3^+ states in 12C^{12}{\rm C}, respectively, is shown to occur. The additional Λ\Lambda particle reduces sizes of the 02+0_2^+ and 03+0_3^+ states in Λ13C^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C} very much, but the shrinkage of the 04+0_4^+ state is only a half of the other states. In conclusion, the Hoyle state becomes quite a compact object with Λ9Be+α{^{9}_\Lambda{\rm Be}}+\alpha configuration in Λ13C^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C} and is no more gaslike state composed of the 3α3\alpha clusters. Instead, the 04+0_4^+ state in Λ13C^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C}, coming from the 12C(03+)^{12}{\rm C}(0_3^+) state, appears as a gaslike state composed of α+α+Λ5He\alpha+\alpha+^{5}_\Lambda{\rm He} configuration, i.e. the Hoyle analog state. A linear-chain state in a Λ\Lambda hypernucleus is for the first time predicted to exist as the 03+0_3^+ state in Λ13C^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C} with more shrunk arrangement of the 3α3\alpha clusters along zz-axis than the 3α3\alpha linear-chain configuration realized in the 12C(04+)^{12}{\rm C}(0_4^+) state.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1705.07394,
  title  = {Multi-cluster dynamics in $^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C}$ and analogy to clustering in $^{12}{\rm C}$},
  author = {Y. Funaki and M. Isaka and E. Hiyama and T. Yamada and K. Ikeda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.07394},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

9 pages, 6 figures, figures rearranged, accepted for publication in PLB

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