Abstract:We are reporting here on a series of theoretical investigations with both algebraic models and geometric cluster models of alpha clusters in 12 C, focusing on the structure of the ground state, the first excited 0 + state and the second excited 2 + state with the purpose, in particular, of establishing if the rotational bands are compatible with rigid structures or rather if they are quantum mixture of different configurations. In a first series of paper [1, 2], we assume a rigid equilateral triangle shape and… Show more
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