Shell and alpha cluster structures in 8Be with tensor-optimized shell model

Abstract

We study the shell and alpha cluster structures in the ground and excited states of 8Be in terms of the tensor-optimized shell model (TOSM). In TOSM, the tensor correlation is optimized in the full space of 2p2h configurations involving high-momentum components. The short-range correlation is treated with the unitary correlation operator method (UCOM). We use the effective interaction based on the bare nucleon-nucleon interaction AV8${}^{\prime }$. The 8Be states consist of two groups of ground band states and highly excited states with the isospin T=0 and T=1. It is found that the tensor contributions of the ground band states are stronger than the highly excited states and that the kinetic energies and the central contributions of the ground band states are almost twice the 4He values. These features suggest two-alpha clustering for the ground band states in 8Be. We also estimate the correlation energy of the $\alpha$ clustering using the alpha cluster model. In the highly excited states, the calculated spectrum in TOSM reproduces the experimental level order and the relative energies of each level. This agreement suggests that those states can be interpreted as shell-like states. The level order is found to be sensitive to the presence of the tensor force in comparison with the results using the Minnesota effective interaction without the tensor force. It is also found that the tensor contributions in the T=0 states are stronger than the T=1 states, which is consistent with the state dependence of the tensor force.

13 pages, 6 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1209.0150, arXiv:1108.3936

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