https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201611301003
Cluster Symmetries and Dynamics
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
a e-mail: M.Freer@bham.ac.uk
Published online: 25 March 2016
Many light nuclei display behaviour that indicates that rather than behaving as an A-body systems, the protons and neutrons condense into clusters. The α-particle is the most obvious example of such clustering. This contribution examines the role of such α-clustering on the structure, symmetries and dynamics of the nuclei 8Be, 12C and 16O, recent experimental measurements and future perspectives.
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