Cluster and toroidal aspects of isoscalar dipole excitations in ${}^{12}$C

Abstract

We investigated cluster and toroidal aspects of isoscalar dipole excitations in ${}^{12}$C based on the shifted basis antisymmetrized molecular dynamics combined with the generator coordinate method, which can describes 1p-1h excitations and $3\alpha$ dynamics. In the $E=10-15$ MeV region, we found two low-energy dipole modes separating from the giant dipole resonance. One is the developed $3\alpha$-cluster state and the other is the toroidal dipole mode. The cluster state is characterized by the large amplitude cluster motion beyond the 1p-1h model space, whereas the toroidal dipole mode is predominantly described by 1p-1h excitations on the ground state. The low-energy dipole states are remarkably excited by the toroidal dipole operator, which can measure the nuclear vorticity. For compressive dipole transition strengths, a major part is distributed in the $30-50$ MeV region for the giant dipole resonance, and 5\% of the total energy weighted sum exist in the $E<20$ MeV region.

9 pages, 7 figures

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