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Title: Signatures for Multi-{alpha}-Condensed States

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. SF7, Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Strasse 100, D-14109 Berlin (Germany)

An experimental way of testing Bose-Einstein condensation of {alpha} clusters in the atomic nucleus is reported. The enhancement of cluster emission and the multiplicity partition of possible emitted clusters could be direct signatures for the condensed states. The barrier for the emission of clusters, such as {sup 8}Be and {sup 12}C{sup *}(0{sub 2}{sup +}), is calculated and compared with the barrier for the sequential emission of 2 or 3{alpha} particles from the compound nucleus. For the calculations, a simple approach using a folded Woods-Saxon potential is used.

OSTI ID:
20775247
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 96, Issue 19; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.192502; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English