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Vortex Excitations in Cluster Condensed Nuclei
We point out an intriguing possibility that there exist topological
soliton-like excitations in nuclei with cluster condensation. The
excitations are vortices in superfluid, a property possessed by such Bose
condensed nuclei. We show that the vortex-like states possess quantum numbers
and energies several MeV, measured from the ground
state energies of the condensed states. We point out actual
candidates, for instance, for Be, for
C, etc, although the topological nature as a vortex is obscure in such
light nuclei.Comment: 6 pages, no figure
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