Recent Experimental Results on Nuclear Cluster Physics

Abstract

Knowledge on nuclear cluster physics has increased considerably since the pioneering discovery of 12C+12C resonances half a century ago and nuclear clustering remains one of the most fruitful domains of nuclear physics, facing some of the greatest challenges and opportunities in the years ahead. The occurrence of "exotic" shapes and/or Bose-Einstein alpha condensates in light N-Z alpha-conjugate nuclei is investigated. Evolution of clustering from stability to the drip-lines examined with clustering aspects persisting in light neutron-rich nuclei is consistent with the extension of the "Ikeda-diagram" to non alpha-conjugate nuclei.

14 pages, 2 figures, extended version of the written contribution (6 pages) of the introductory talk given at the CLUSTER '16 Conference held in May 2016 in Napoli, Italy which Proceedings will be published in J. Phys. Conferences Series. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1408.0684, arXiv:1603.02574, arXiv:1402.6590, arXiv:1303.0960

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