One-dimensional $\alpha$ condensation of $\alpha$-linear-chain states in ${}^{12}\mathrm{C}$ and ${}^{16}\mathrm{O}$

Abstract

We present a new picture that the $\alpha$-linear-chain structure for ${}^{12}\mathrm{C}$ and ${}^{16}\mathrm{O}$ has one-dimensional $\alpha$ condensate character. The wave functions of linear-chain states which are described by superposing a large number of Brink wave functions have extremely large overlaps of nearly $100\%$ with single Tohsaki-Horiuchi-Schuck-Röpke (THSR) wave functions, which were proposed to describe the $\alpha$ condensed "gas-like" states. Although this new picture is different from the conventional idea of the spatial localization of $\alpha$ clusters, the density distributions are shown to have localized $\alpha$-clusters which is due to the inter-$\alpha$ Pauli repulsion.

Comments: 5 pages, 5 figures