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Temperature and Density Conditions for Alpha Clustering in Excited Self-Conjugate Nuclei

Nuclear Experiment 2021-10-14 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Starting from experimental studies on alpha-clustering in excited self-conjugate nuclei (from 16^{16}O to 28^{28}Si), temperature and density conditions for such a clustering are determined. Measured temperatures have been found in the range of 5.5 - 6.0 MeV whereas density values of 0.3 - 0.4 times the saturation density are deduced, i.e., 0.046 to 0.062 fm3fm^{-3}. Such a density domain is also predicted by constrained self-consistent mean field calculations. These results constitute a benchmark for alpha clustering from self-conjugate nuclei in relation to descriptions of stellar evolution and supernovae.

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@article{arxiv.2110.06583,
  title  = {Temperature and Density Conditions for Alpha Clustering in Excited Self-Conjugate Nuclei},
  author = {Bernard Borderie and Adriana Raduta and Enrico De Filippo and Elena Geraci and Nicolas Le Neindre and Giuseppe Cardella and Gaetano Lanzalone and Ivano Lombardo and Olivier Lopez and Concettina Maiolino and Angelo Pagano and Massimo Papa and Sara Pirrone and Francesca Rizzo and Paolo Russotto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.06583},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1602.05827, arXiv:1603.01114