Band-like structures and quartets in deformed N=Z nuclei

Abstract

We provide a description of deformed $N=Z$ nuclei in a formalism of $\alpha$-like quartets. Quartets are constructed variationally by resorting to the use of proper intrinsic states. Various types of intrinsic states are introduced which generate different sets of quartets for a given nucleus. Energy spectra are generated via configuration-iteraction calculations in the spaces built with these quartets. The approach has been applied to ${}^{24}$Mg and ${}^{28}$Si in the $sd$ shell and to ${}^{48}$Cr in the $pf$ shell. In all cases a good description of the low-lying spectra has been achieved. As a peculiarity of the approach, a close correspondence is observed between the various sets of quartets employed and the occurrence of well defined band-like structures in the spectra of the systems under study.

arXiv comment16 pages, 4 figures

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