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Symplectic symmetry approach to clustering (SSAC) in atomic nuclei, recently proposed, is modified and further developed in more detail. It is firstly applied to the light two-cluster $^{20}$Ne + $\alpha$ system of $^{24}$Mg, the latter…
The symmetry-adapted-cluster configuration interaction (SAC-CI) method is used for ab initio calculation of electronic structure of HCl+ and HBr+ molecular ions. Potential energy curves (PEC) are obtained for a series of low-lying…
The relation between the monopole transition strength and existence of cluster structure in the excited states is discussed based on an algebraic cluster model. The structure of $^{12}$C is studied with a 3$\alpha$ model, and the wave…
The near-threshold 12C (0^+_2) resonance provides unique possibility for fast helium burning in stars, as predicted by Hoyle to explain the observed abundance of elements in the Universe. Properties of this resonance are calculated within…
The study of the structure of the 0+ spectrum in heavy nuclei has drawn much attention in the last two decades. In this contribution we study their properties from a microscopic point of view. The pseudo-SU(3) model (\tilde{SU}(3)) is…
The 2$\alpha+t$ cluster structure in $^{11}$B is investigated by the microscopic generator coordinate method (GCM) with the Brink cluster wave functions. With a proper choice of the parameters of the effective interaction, the calculated…
We discuss resonance properties in three-body systems, with examples on $^{12}{\rm C}$ and $^{24}{\rm Mg}$. We use a microscopic cluster model, where the generator coordinate is defined in the hyperspherical formalism. The $^{12}{\rm C}$…
We employ the constrained density functional theory to investigate cluster phenomena for the $^{12}$C nucleus. The proton and neutron densities are generated from the placement of three $^{4}$He nuclei (alpha particles) geometrically. These…
The $^{12}$C nucleus with $N$=6 and $Z$=6 is a doubly closed-shell nucleus in a toroidal potential. In the description of the ground state and the Hoyle state of $^{12}$C in the resonating group method or the generator coordinate method, a…
The structure of $1/2^{\pm}$ states in $^{13}$C up to around the $3\alpha+n$ threshold ($E_x = 12.3$~MeV) is investigated with a full four-body $3\alpha+n$ orthogonality condition model (OCM) calculation, where the $3\alpha$ OCM, the model…
A multi-channel algebraic scattering theory has been used to study the properties of nucleon scattering from 12C and of the sub-threshold compound nuclear states, accounting for properties in the compound nuclei to ~10 MeV. All compound and…
A new method is introduced to study three-body clusters. Triangular configurations with ${\cal D}_{3h}$ point-group symmetry are analyzed. The spectrum, transition form factors and $B(E\lambda)$ values of $^{12}$C are investigated. It is…
We investigate structure of $^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C}$ and discuss the difference and similarity between the structures of $^{12}{\rm C}$ and $^{13}_\Lambda{\rm C}$ by answering the questions if the linear-chain and gaslike cluster states,…
The persistence of $\alpha+\alpha+t$ cluster configuration in the ground state of $^{11}$B is discussed. The $\alpha$ particles emitted from excited states of $^{12}$C could be utilized for cancer treatment, where the cluster states are…
In this paper, we have calculated the energy spectrum of 12C isotope by cluster model. The experimental results show that the "Hoyle" state at 7.65 MeV in 12C isotope has a well-developed three-alpha structure. Hence, we select a three-body…
Local $\alpha \alpha$ potentials fail to describe $^{12}$C as a $3\alpha$ system. Nonlocal $\alpha \alpha$ potentials that renormalize the energy-dependent kernel of the resonating group method allow interpreting simultaneously the ground…
We study the $\alpha + \alpha + {}^{3}$He cluster structure of ${}^{11}$C within the microscopic cluster model. The calculations essentially reproduce the energy spectra for both negative and positive parity states, particularly the…
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…
We have examined the hypothesis by Bijker and Iachello who asserted that 12C has an internal structure with three alpha particles arranged in a triangular shape, leading to the formation of the ground rotational band consisting of 0+, 2+,…
3-alpha cluster model with dynamic exclusion of forbidden by Pauli principle two-body states is studied. We implement this model by step-by-step inclusion of components of prescribed by the model Hamiltonian, carefully studying intermediate…