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In the nucleus $^{48}$Ti, whose structure is essential in evaluating the half-life of the neutrinoless double-$\beta$ decay ($0\nu\beta\beta$) of $^{48}$Ca, the existence of the $\alpha$ cluster structure is shown for the first time. A…
The existence of a higher nodal band state with a $^{3}$He cluster structure, i.e. a vibrational mode in which the inter-cluster relative motion is excited, in $^{19}$Ne in addition to those with the $\alpha$ cluster structure in $^{20}$Ne…
$\alpha$ decaying states of $^{44, 46, 52}$Ti were investigated with angular correlation functions between $t$ and $\alpha$ with the $^{40, 42, 48}$Ca($^7$Li, $t\alpha$)$^{40, 42, 48}$Ca reactions at E = 26.0 MeV. Many $\alpha$ cluster…
Background: Whether or not the $\alpha$ ($^4$He nucleus) clustering exists in the medium-mass region of nuclear systems is a fundamental and intriguing question. However, the recent analysis of the $\alpha$ knockout reaction on $^{48}$Ti…
A systematic analysis of the $\alpha$ + core structure is performed in the ground state bands of even-even nuclei of the $22 \leq Z \leq 42$ region in terms of the Local Potential Model. The $\alpha$ + core interaction is described by the…
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 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…
Deformed states in $^{40}$Ca are investigated with a method of antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. Above the spherical ground state, rotational bands arise from a normal deformation and a superdeformation as well as an oblate deformation.…
The nucleus $^{44}$Ti has low-lying levels of various kinds of mutually very different nuclear structure displaying the richness of the nuclear many-body dynamics. It is shown that the deformed-basis antisymmetrized molecular dynamics by…
In a phenomenological approach, the $\alpha$ + core structure is investigated in the $^{20}$Ne, $^{44}$Ti, $^{94}$Mo, $^{104}$Te, and $^{212}$Po nuclei through the local potential model using a double-folding nuclear potential with…
The connection between molecular resonance phenomena in light heavy-ion collisions, alpha-clustering and extremely deformed states in light $\alpha$-like nuclei is discussed. For example, the superdeformed bands recently discovered in light…
We investigate the degree of $\alpha$ ($^4$He nucleus) clustering in the ground-state density profiles of $^{44}$Ti and $^{52}$Ti. Two types of density distributions, shell- and cluster-model configurations, are generated fully…
The coexistence of various low-lying deformed states in $^{42}$Ca and $\alpha$--$^{38}$Ar correlations in those deformed states have been investigated using deformed-basis antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. Wave functions of the low-lying…
We propose a new basis state, which satisfies the Pauli principle in the nuclear cluster model. The basis state is defined as the generalized coherent state of the harmonic oscillator wave function using a pair of the creation operators and…
An analysis of the $\alpha$ + core properties of $^{104}$Te along with a global discussion on the $\alpha$-cluster structure above the double-shell closures is presented from the viewpoint of the local potential model. The $\alpha$ + core…
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…
This article comprises three sections. Section 2 starts with a review of ab initio no-core shell model calculations by Monte Carlo Shell Model. Alpha clustering arises for 8,10,12Be and 12C with Daejeon16 and JISP16 interactions, even in…
$\alpha$--cluster states in $^{46}$Cr and $^{54}$Cr are investigated in the double-folding model. This study complements a recent similar work of Souza and Miyake \cite{Sou17} which was based on a specially shaped potential. Excitation…
$Background$: The $\alpha$-cluster model was successful for describing spectroscopic properties of light nuclei near the shell closures. Evidences of the $\alpha$-cluster structure in $^{94}$Mo were shown, motivating the search for the same…
There is a deep astrophysical interest in the structure of $^{19}$F states close to the alpha decay threshold. The nuclear structure of these states is important for understanding of the development of $\alpha$ clustering in the $^{20}$Ne…