Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ clustering in nuclei is considered with the quartet model (QM) where four valence nucleons (the quartet) move on the top of the core (daughter) nucleus. In the QM approach, it is assumed that the intrinsic wave function of the quartet is changed from the pure cluster configuration to the shell-model configuration when it crosses some critical radius and enters into the core nucleus. The QM approach could give not only the level scheme, the electromagnetic transition, and the nuclear radius but also the $\ensuremath{\alpha}$-cluster formation probability. Numerical results are calculated for $^{20}\mathrm{Ne}$, $^{44}\mathrm{Ti}$, and $^{212}\mathrm{Po}$, where a quartet moves on top of a double magic nucleus. Good agreement with experimental data and previous theoretical studies is obtained. The QM approach is a useful complement to the present phenomenological and microscopic models and could help deepen our understanding of $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ clustering across the nuclide chart.
Source: Physical Review C
Authors: Dong Bai, Zhongzhou Ren, Gerd Röpke
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2916735904