alpha-particle condensation in 16O studied with a full four-body orthogonality condition model calculation.
To explore the four-alpha-particle condensate state in 16O, we solve a full four-body equation of motion based on the four-alpha-particle orthogonality condition model in a large four-alpha-particle model space spanned by Gaussian basis functions. A full spectrum up to the 0_{6};{+} state is reproduced consistently with the lowest six 0;{+} states of the experimental spectrum. The 0_{6};{+} state is obtained at about 2 MeV above the four-alpha-particle breakup threshold and has a dilute density structure, with a radius of about 5 fm. The state has an appreciably large alpha condensate fraction of 61%, and a large component of alpha+12C(0_{2};{+}) configuration, both features being reliable evidence for this state to be of four-alpha-particle condensate nature.
Funaki
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Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako 351-0198, Japan.
Yamada
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Horiuchi
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Röpke
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Schuck
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Tohsaki
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