Solving the two-center nuclear shell-model problem with arbitrarily-orientated deformed potentials

Abstract

A general new technique to solve the two-center problem with arbitrarily-orientated deformed realistic potentials is demonstrated, which is based on the powerful potential separable expansion method. As an example, molecular single-particle spectra for ${}^{12}$C + ${}^{12}$C $\to$ ${}^{24}$Mg are calculated using deformed Woods-Saxon potentials. These clearly show that non-axial symmetric configurations play a crucial role in molecular resonances observed in reaction processes for this system at low energy.