The Algebraic cluster model: Three body clusters
Mar, 2002Citations per year
Abstract:
A new method is introduced to study three-body clusters. Triangular configurations with point-group symmetry are analyzed. The spectrum, transition form factors and values of C are investigated. It is concluded that the low-lying spectrum of C can be described by three alpha-particles at the vertices of an equilateral triangle, but not as a rigid structure. Large rotation-vibration interactions, Coriolis forces and vibration-vibration interactions are needed. Other interpretations, such as the harmonic oscillator and a soft deformed oscillator with SO(6) hyperspherical symmetry, appear to be excluded by electron scattering data.References(36)
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