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Recent advances in experiment and theory suggest that superfluid $^3$He under planar confinement may form a pair density wave (PDW) whereby superfluid and crystalline orders coexist. While a natural candidate for this phase is a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-10 Pramodh Senarath Yapa , Rufus Boyack , Joseph Maciejko

The carbon atom provides the backbone for the complex organic chemistry composing the building blocks of life. The physics of the carbon nucleus in its predominant isotope, $^{12}$C, is similarly full of multifaceted complexity. Some…

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We investigate the existence of weakly coupled gas-like states comprised of three $\alpha$ particles around an $^{16}$O core in $^{28}$Si. We calculate the excited states in $^{28}$Si using the multi-configuration mixing method based on the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 T. Ichikawa , N. Itagaki , Y. Kanada-En'yo , Tz. Kokalova , W. von Oertzen

By taking the particle triaxial-rotor model with variable moment of inertia, we investigate the energy spectra, the deformations and the single particle configurations of the nuclei $^{183,185,187}$Tl systemically. The calculated energy…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Guo-Jie Chen , Yu-xin Liu , Hui-chao Song , Hui Cao

Dilute multi $\alpha$ cluster condensed states with spherical and axially deformed shapes are studied with the Gross-Pitaevskii equation and Hill-Wheeler equation, where the $\alpha$ cluster is treated as a structureless boson. Applications…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Taiichi Yamada , Peter Schuck

The relation of quarteting and clustering in atomic nuclei is discussed based on symmetry-considerations. This connection enables us to predict a complete high-energy cluster spectrum from the description of the low-energy quartet part. As…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-05-04 J. Cseh , G. Riczu

The $\alpha$-particle condensate in nuclei is a novel state described by a product state of $\alpha$'s, all with their c.o.m. in the lowest 0S orbit. We demonstrate that a typical $\alpha$-particle condensate is the Hoyle state…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 T. Yamada , Y. Funaki , H. Horiuchi , G. Roepke , P. Schuck , A. Tohsaki

Lowest energy spectrum of the $^{12}$C nucleus is analyzed in the 3$\alpha$ cluster model with a deep $\alpha\alpha$-potential of Buck, Friedrich and Wheatley with Pauli forbidden states in the $S$ and $D$ waves. The direct…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-04-19 E. M. Tursunov , I. Mazumdar

Density waves in the central kpc of galaxies, taking the form of spirals, bars and/or lopsided density distributions are potential actors of the redistribution of angular momentum. They thus play an important role in the overall evolution…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eric Emsellem

The energy spectrum of the $^{12}C$ nucleus with $(J^{\pi}, T)=(0^+,0)$ and $(2^+,0)$ is investigated in the framework of the multicluster dynamical model by using a deep $\alpha \alpha$-potential with forbidden states in the S and D waves.…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 E. M. Tursunov

We present a new picture that the $\alpha$-linear-chain structure for ${^{12}{\rm C}}$ and ${^{16}{\rm O}}$ has one-dimensional $\alpha$ condensate character. The wave functions of linear-chain states which are described by superposing a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 T. Suhara , Y. Funaki , B. Zhou , H. Horiuchi , A. Tohsaki

Geometric configurations of three-$\alpha$ particles in the ground- and first-excited $J^\pi=0^+$ states of $^{12}$C are discussed within two types of $\alpha$-cluster models which treat the Pauli principle differently. Though there are…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2021-07-21 H. Moriya , W. Horiuchi , J. Casal , L. Fortunato

We have studied the positive-parity states of $^{40}$Ca using antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) and the generator coordinate method (GCM). Imposing two different kinds of constraints on the variational calculation, we have found…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Yasutaka Taniguchi , Masaaki Kimura , Yoshiko Kanada-En'yo , Hisashi Horiuchi

We suggest that the emergence of a large deformation in the magnesium, Mg, nuclides, especially at the Z = 12, N = 12, should be associated with an octahedral deformed shape. Within the framework of molecular geometrical symmetry, we find a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2016-05-24 Chang-Bum Moon

Within the low-lying spectrum of 10Be, multiple rotational bands are found, with strikingly different moments of inertia. A proposed interpretation has been that these bands variously represent triaxial rotation and prolate axially-deformed…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2022-11-21 M. A. Caprio , A. E. McCoy , P. J. Fasano , T. Dytrych

The extended coherent state model is further extended in order to describe two dipole bands of different parities. The formalism provides a consistent description of eight rotational bands. A unified description for spherical, transitional…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 A. A. Raduta , Al. H. Raduta , C. M. Raduta

We propose a new method of the $\beta$-$\gamma$ constraint for quadrupole deformation in antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) to describe various cluster and shell-model structures in the ground and excited states of light nuclei. We…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Tadahiro Suhara , Yoshiko Kanada-En'yo

An inelastic excitation and cluster-decay experiment $\rm {^2H}(^{16}C,~{^{4}He}+{^{12}Be}~or~{^{6}He}+{^{10}Be}){^2H}$ was carried out to investigate the linear-chain clustering structure in neutron-rich $\rm {^{16}C}$. For the first time,…

Octupole deformed shapes in neutron-rich actinides and superheavy nuclei as well as extremely deformed shapes of the N~Z light nuclei have been investigated within the framework of covariant density functional theory. We confirmed the…

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