FIZIKA B 12 (2003)  1, 61 - 72

SEARCH FOR OBLATE AND TRIANGULAR CONFIGURATIONS IN CARBON ISOTOPES

MATKO MILIN^a and WOLFRAM VON OERTZEN^b,c

^aRuđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička c. 54, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia
^bFreie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
^cHahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Glienicker Strasse 100, 14109 Berlin, Germany

Received 27 September 2002; revised manuscript received 29 January 2003
Accepted 17 February 2003        Online 20 September 2003

A systematic search through experimental data for the nuclei ^12-14C has been made to identify states which have triangular shape. These states are oblate and must have strong a-clustering. They are expected to form rotational bands with high moments of inertia. The properties of these states are discussed on the basis of a-clusters and neutron orbitals.

PACS numbers: 21.10.-k; 21.60.Gx
UDC 539.144, 539.143

Keywords: cluster states, ¹²C, ¹³C, ¹⁴C

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