Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Theory
Scientific paper
2010-04-14
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Theory
16 pages, 15 figures, submitted to PRC.
Scientific paper
The 4-alpha condensate state for ^{16}O is discussed with the THSR (Tohsaki-Horiuchi-Schuck-Roepke) wave function which has alpha-particle condensate character. Taking into account a proper treatment of resonances, it is found that the 4-alpha THSR wave function yields a fourth 0^+ state in the continuum above the 4-alpha-breakup threshold in addition to the three 0^+ states obtained in a previous analysis. It is shown that this fourth 0^+ ((0_4^+)_{THSR}) state has an analogous structure to the Hoyle state, since it has a very dilute density and a large component of alpha+^{12}C(0_2^+) configuration. Furthermore, single-alpha motions are extracted from the microscopic 16-nucleon wave function, and the condensate fraction and momentum distribution of alpha particles are quantitatively discussed. It is found that for the (0_4^+)_{THSR} state a large alpha-particle occupation probability concentrates on a single-alpha 0S orbit and the alpha-particle momentum distribution has a delta-function-like peak at zero momentum, both indicating that the state has a strong 4-alpha condensate character. It is argued that the (0_4^+)_{THSR} state is the counterpart of the 0_6^+ state which was obtained as the 4-alpha condensate state in the previous 4-alpha OCM (Orthogonality Condition Model) calculation, and therefore is likely to correspond to the 0_6^+ state observed at 15.1 MeV.
Funaki Yasuro
Horiuchi Hiroki
Roepke Gerd
Schuck Peter
Tohsaki Akihiro
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