Emergence of cluster structures and collectivity within a no-core shell-model framework

3rd International Workshop on "State of the Art in Nuclear Cluster Physics"

Launey, K.D.^1 ; Dreyfuss, A.C.^1 ; Draayer, J.P.^1 ; Dytrych, T.^1 ; Baker, R.^1

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

LA

70803, United States^1

关键词: Cluster structure;    Clustering phenomena;    Collective modes;    Density distributions;    Long range interactions;    Nuclear deformations;    Nuclear interaction;    Spatial deformation;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/569/1/012061/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/569/1/012061

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

An innovative symmetry-guided concept, which capitalizes on partial as well as exact symmetries that underpin the structure of nuclei, is discussed. Within this framework, ab initio applications of the theory to light nuclei reveal the origin of collective modes and the emergence a simple orderly pattern from first principles. This provides a strategy for determining the nature of bound states of nuclei in terms of a relatively small fraction of the complete shell-model space, which, in turn, can be used to explore ultra-large model spaces for a description of alpha-cluster and highly deformed structures together with the associated rotations. We find that by using only a fraction of the model space extended far beyond current no-core shell-model limits and a long-range interaction that respects the symmetries in play, the outcome reproduces characteristic features of the low-lying 0+states in12C (including the elusive Hoyle state and its 2+excitation) and agrees with ab initio results in smaller spaces. This is achieved by selecting those particle configurations and components of the interaction found to be foremost responsible for the primary physics governing clustering phenomena and large spatial deformation in the ground-state and Hoyle-state rotational bands of12C. For these states, we offer a novel perspective emerging out of no-core shell-model considerations, including a discussion of associated nuclear deformation, matter radii, and density distribution. The framework we find is also extensible to negative-parity states (e.g., the 3-1 state in12C) and beyond, namely, to the low-lying 0+states of8Be as well as the ground-state rotational band of Ne, Mg, and Si isotopes. The findings inform key features of the nuclear interaction and point to a new insight into the formation of highly-organized simple patterns in nuclear dynamics.