FIZIKA B 12 (2003) 1, 21 - 26

ARE HYPERDEFORMED NUCLEI NUCLEAR MOLECULES?

G. G. ADAMIAN^a, N. V. ANTONENKO^a and W. SCHEID^b

^aJoint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
^bInstitut für Theoretische Physik der Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany

Paper devoted to honour the memory of Professor Nikola Cindro

Received 6 May 2002; revised manuscript received 31 January 2003;
Accepted 17 February 2003 Online 20 September 2003

A study of the interpretation of hyperdeformed nuclei as dinuclear quasimolecular cluster configurations is presented. Under the assumption that hyperdeformed states are quasimolecular resonance states, it is suggested to excite them directly in heavy-ion collisions. Signatures of hyperdeformed states in such reactions could be g-transitions between these states and their decay into the nuclei forming the hyperdeformed nucleus.

ARE HYPERDEFORMED NUCLEI NUCLEAR MOLECULES?

Received 6 May 2002; revised manuscript received 31 January 2003;
Accepted 17 February 2003 Online 20 September 2003

PACS numbers: 23.90.+w, 21.60.Gx, 25.70.-z
UDC 539.172

Keywords: nuclear molecular states, hyperdeformed nuclei, dinuclear system

Copyright by The Croatian Physical Society
For problems or questions please contact fizika@fizika.hfd.hr

ARE HYPERDEFORMED NUCLEI NUCLEAR MOLECULES?

Received 6 May 2002; revised manuscript received 31 January 2003; Accepted 17 February 2003 Online 20 September 2003

PACS numbers: 23.90.+w, 21.60.Gx, 25.70.-z UDC 539.172

Keywords: nuclear molecular states, hyperdeformed nuclei, dinuclear system

Copyright by The Croatian Physical Society For problems or questions please contact fizika@fizika.hfd.hr

Received 6 May 2002; revised manuscript received 31 January 2003;
Accepted 17 February 2003 Online 20 September 2003

PACS numbers: 23.90.+w, 21.60.Gx, 25.70.-z
UDC 539.172

Copyright by The Croatian Physical Society
For problems or questions please contact fizika@fizika.hfd.hr