Microscopic clustering in light nuclei

M Freer, H Horiuchi, Y Kanada-En'yo, D Lee… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
This review examines the tendency of light nuclei to exhibit clustering, where correlations
between nucleons result in the formation of precipitates, typically α particles. The …

Clustering in nuclei: progress and perspectives

K Wei, YL Ye, ZH Yang - Nuclear Science and Techniques, 2024 - Springer
Nucleus is essentially composed of protons and neutrons, which are commonly known as
nucleons. Interestingly, some of nucleons may group together and exhibit collective …

Selective decay from a candidate of the -bond linear-chain state in

J Li, YL Ye, ZH Li, CJ Lin, QT Li, YC Ge, JL Lou… - Physical Review C, 2017 - APS
A cluster-transfer experiment Be 9 (Be 9, C* 14→ α+ Be 10) He 4 was carried out using an
incident beam energy of 45 MeV. This reaction channel has a large Q value that favors …

Experimental investigation of condensation in light nuclei

J Bishop, T Kokalova, M Freer, L Acosta, M Assié… - Physical Review C, 2019 - APS
Background: Near-threshold α-clustered states in light nuclei have been postulated to have
a structure consisting of a diffuse gas of α particles which condense into the 0 s orbital …

New evidence of the Hoyle-like structure in 16O

J Chen, Y Ye, K Ma, J Han, D Wang, C Lin, H Jia… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
An experiment of 12 C (16 O, 16 O→ 4 α) 12 C was performed at a beam energy of 96 MeV.
A large number of 4-α events were recorded in coincidence and with full particle …

α-Cluster decay from 24Mg resonances produced in the 12C (16O, 24Mg) α reaction

DX Wang, YL Ye, CJ Lin, JH Chen, K Ma… - Chinese …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A transfer reaction and cluster-decay experiment, C (O, Mg α+ Ne) α, was performed at a
beam energy of 96 MeV. Both recoil and decay α particles were detected in coincidence …

Search for the Hoyle analogue state in O

S Manna, TK Rana, C Bhattacharya, S Kundu… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
The Hoyle analogue state in^ 16 16 O was explored by inelastic scattering of 45 MeV α α s
on a Mylar target. The break up 4 α α s of^ 16 16 O have been detected in coincidence with …

Hoyle-analog state in studied with antisymmetrized molecular dynamics

Y Chiba, M Kimura - Physical Review C, 2020 - APS
The cluster states in C 13 are investigated by antisymmetrized molecular dynamics. By
investigating the spectroscopic factors, the cluster configurations of the excited states are …

[HTML][HTML] Clustering in high-energy excited states of 16O probed by 3He+ 13C reactions at low energies

L Redigolo, I Lombardo, D Dell'Aquila, M Vigilante… - Physics Letters B, 2024 - Elsevier
High energy states in the self-conjugate 16 O nucleus were investigated by analyzing 13 C
(3 He, α) 12 C reactions in the bombarding energy range 1.4–2.2 MeV. Thanks to a low …

The Hoyle Family: the search for alpha-condensate states in light nuclei

R Smith, J Bishop, J Hirst, T Kokalova, C Wheldon - Few-Body Systems, 2020 - Springer
Our present understanding of the structure of the Hoyle state in^ 12 12 C and other near-
threshold states in α α-conjugate nuclei is reviewed in the framework of the α α-condensate …