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Multi-center (molecular) structures can play an important role in light nuclei. The highly deformed rotational band in 10Be with band head at 6.179 MeV has been observed recently and suggested to have an exotic alpha:2n:alpha configuration.…
A puzzle has long existed for the $\alpha$-cluster content in the near-threshold 7.54 MeV state of $^{10}$Be. A new measurement was conducted to measure the cluster-decay partial width of this state, using the reaction $\rm{^9Be}(\rm{^9Be},…
Cluster structures of $^{14}$C were investigated with a method of antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (AMD) combined with a $3\alpha+nn$ cluster model while focusing on the monopole excitations and linear-chain $3\alpha$ band. Variation…
Structures of excited states in $^{11}$B are investigated with a method of $\beta$-$\gamma$ constraint antisymmetrized molecular dynamics in combination with the generator coordinate method. Various excited states with developed cluster…
Cluster structures of excited $^{10}$Be states are investigated with a hybrid model of dineutron condensate wave functions and $^6$He+$\alpha$ cluster wave functions. Two kinds of cluster states are theoretically suggested a few MeV above…
The alpha cluster states of 16C are investigated by using the antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. It is shown that two different types of alpha cluster states exist: triangular and linear-chain states. The former has an approximate…
An experiment for $p(^{14}\rm{C}$,$^{14}\rm{C}^{*}\rightarrow^{10}\rm{Be}+\alpha)\mathit{p}$ inelastic excitation and decay was performed in inverse kinematics at a beam energy of 25.3 MeV/u. A series of $^{14}\rm{C}$ excited states,…
The decay properties of the linear-chain states in $^{14}$C are investigated by using the antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. The calculation predicts two rotational bands with linear-chain configurations having the $\pi$-bond and…
The excited states of $^{13}$B were studied with a method of antisymmetrized molecular dynamics(AMD). The theoretical results suggest that the intruder states with large deformations construct the rotational bands, $K^\pi=3/2^-$ and…
In a kinematically complete measurement of the $^{7}$Li($^{7}$Li,$\alpha$$^{6}$He)$^4$He reaction at $E_{i}$ = 8 MeV it was observed that the $^{10}$Be excited states at 9.6 and 10.2 MeV decay by $^{6}$He emission. The state at 10.2 MeV may…
The triaxial deformation in $^{10}$Be is investigated using a microscopic $\alpha+\alpha+n+n$ model. The states of two valence neutrons are classified based on the molecular-orbit (MO) model, and the $\pi$-orbit is introduced about the axis…
Background: Cluster states in $^{13}$N are extremely difficult to measure due to the unavailability of $^{9}$B+$\alpha$ elastic scattering data. Purpose: Using $\beta$-delayed charged-particle spectroscopy of $^{13}$O, clustered states in…
3$\alpha$-cluster structures and monopole transitions of $0^+$ states in $^{12}$C and $^{14}$C were investigated with $3\alpha$- and $^{10}$Be+$\alpha$-cluster models. A gas-like $3\alpha$ state and a bending-chain $3\alpha$ state were…
A cluster-transfer experiment $^9$Be($^9$Be,$^{14}$C$^*\rightarrow\alpha$+$^{10}$Be)$\alpha$ was carried out using an incident beam energy of 45 MeV. This reaction channel has a large $Q$-value that favors populating the high-lying states…
Aspects of nuclear structure in alpha-conjugate nuclei have long been associated with alpha clustering, including the existence of superdeformed bands. In this paper, an alpha-particle inelastic scattering experiment investigating the…
The existence of a rotational band with the $\alpha$+$^{12}$C($0_2^+$) cluster structure, in which three $\alpha$ particles in $^{12}$C($0_2^+$) are locally condensed, is demonstrated near the four-$\alpha$ threshold of $^{16}$O in…
A cluster-transfer experiment of $^9\rm{Be}(^9\rm{Be},^{14}\rm{C}\rightarrow\alpha+^{10}\rm{Be})\alpha$ at an incident energy of 45 MeV was carried out in order to investigate the molecular structure in high-lying resonant states in…
The $K^\pi=0^+_1$, $K^\pi=2^-$, and $K^\pi=0^-_1$ bands of $^{20}$Ne are investigated with microscopic structure and reaction calculations via proton and $\alpha$ inelastic scattering off $^{20}$Ne. Structures of $^{20}$Ne are calculated…
Structures of excited states in $^{14}$C are investigated with a method of $\beta$-$\gamma$ constraint antisymmetrized molecular dynamics in combination with the generator coordinate method. Various excited states with the developed…
The linear-chain states of $^{14}$C are theoretically investigated by using the antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. The calculated excitation energies and the $\alpha$ decay widths of the linear-chain states were compared with the observed…