Resonances in 28Si+28Si. I

A molecular model developed for resonances observed in medium light heavy-ion collisions is described. At high spins in 28Si+28Si (oblate-oblate system), a stable dinuclear configuration is found to be equator-equator touching one. The normal modes around the equilibrium are investigated. These modes are expected to be the origin of a large number of resonances observed. Furthermore, due to the axially asymmetric shape of the stable configuration of 28Si+28Si, the system rotates preferentially around the axis with the largest moment of inertia, which gives rise to wobbling motion ($K$-mixing). Energy spectra for the normal modes and for the extended model including the wobbling motion are given.Comment: 46 pages, 13 figures. PTP in press (vol.127, No.5

Resonances in 28Si+28Si. II

Resonances observed in the 28Si+28Si collision are studied by the molecular model. In the preceding paper, it is clarified that at high spins in 28Si+28Si (oblate-oblate system), the stable dinuclear configuration of the system is equator-equator touching one, and that the axially asymmetric shape of the stable configuration of 28Si+28Si gives rise to a wobbling motion ($K$-mixing). There, the normal modes around the equilibrium have been solved and various excited states have been obtained. Those states are expected to be the origin of a large number of resonances observed. Hence their physical quantities are analyzed theoretically. The results are compared with the recent experiment performed in Strasbourg and turn out to be in good agreement with the data. Disalignments between the orbital angular momentum and the spins of the constituent 28Si nuclei in the resonance state are clarified. Moreover the analyses of the angular correlations indicate characteristic features for each normal-mode excitation. Thus it is possible to identify the modes, and a systematic experimental study of angular correlation measurements is desired.Comment: 29 pages, 12 figures. PTP in press (vol.127, No.5

Analysis of previous microscopic calculations for second 0+0^+ state in 12^{12}C in terms of 3-alpha particle Bose-condensed state

The wave function of the second $0^+$ state of $^{12}$C which was obtained long time ago by solving the microscopic 3$\alpha$ problem is shown to be almost completely equivalent to the wave function of the 3$\alpha$ condensed state which has been proposed recently by the present authors. This equivalence of the wave functions is shown to hold in two cases where different effective two-nucleon forces are adopted. This finding gives strong support for interpreting the second $0^+$ state of $^{12}$C which is the key state for the synthesis of $^{12}$C in stars ('Hoyle' state), and which is one of the typical mysterious $0^+$ states in light nuclei, as a gas-like structure of three $\alpha$ particles, Bose-condensed into an identical s-wave function.Comment: revtex, 5 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.

α\alpha-particle condensate states in 16^{16}O

The existence of a rotational band with the $\alpha$+$^{12}$C($0_2^+$) cluster structure, in which three $\alpha$ particles in $^{12}$C($0_2^+$) are locally condensed, is demonstrated near the four-$\alpha$ threshold of $^{16}$O in agreement with experiment. This is achieved by studying structure and scattering for the $\alpha$+$^{12}$C($0_2^+$) system in a unified way. A drastic reduction (quenching) of the moment of the inertia of the $0^+$ state at 15.1 MeV just above the four-$\alpha$ threshold in $^{16}$O suggests that it could be a candidate for the superfluid state in $\alpha$-particle condensation.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure