February 2017

Journal

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

By:
Fritsch, A.; Beceiro-Novo, S.; Suzuki, D.; Mittig, W.; Kolata, J.; Ahn, T.; Bazin, D.; Becchetti, F.; Bucher, B.; Chajecki, Z.; Fang, X.; Febbraro, M.; Howard, A.; Kanada-En'yo, Y.; Lynch, W.; Mitchell, A.; Ojaruega, M.; Rogers, A.; Shore, A.; Suhara, T.; Tang, X.; Torres-Isea, R.; Wang, H.
Journal Name:
Physical Review C
Page Number:
014321-014321-5
Volume:
93
Issue Number:
1
Publication Date:
February 2017
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.014321

Abstract

The clustering of a particles in atomic nuclei results in the self-organization of various geometrical arrangements at the femtometer scale. The one-dimensional alignment of multiple a particles is known as linear-chain structure, evidence of which has been highly elusive. We show via resonant elastic and inelastic a scattering of a radioactive Be-10 beam that excited states in the neutron-rich nucleus C-14 agree with recent predictions of linear-chain structure based on an antisymmetrized molecular dynamics model.