One-dimensionality in atomic nuclei: A candidate for linear-chain alpha clustering in C-14

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2016

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Fritsch, A
Beceiro-Novo, S
Suzuki, D
Mittig, W.
Kolata, J.J.
Ahn, T
Bazin, D.
Becchetti, F.D.
Fang, X
Febbraro, M.

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American Physical Society

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The clustering of α particles in atomic nuclei results in the self-organization of various geometrical arrangements at the femtometer scale. The one-dimensional alignment of multiple α particles is known as linear-chain structure, evidence of which has been highly elusive. We show via resonant elastic and inelastic α scattering of a radioactive Be10 beam that excited states in the neutron-rich nucleus C14 agree with recent predictions of linear-chain structure based on an antisymmetrized molecular dynamics model.

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Physical Review C: Nuclear Physics

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