The $\alpha$ condensate states of atomic nuclei ${}^{12}C$, ${}^{16}O$ and ${}^{20}Ne$ in an analytical solvable model

Abstract

The $\alpha$ condensation in the ${}^{12}C$, ${}^{16}O$ and ${}^{20}Ne$ nuclei is investigated within an analytical solvable model. It is found that the calculated ratio of the ground state energies of the Hoyle state of ${}^{12}C$ and the Hoyle-like state of ${}^{16}O$ is consistent with that of the experimental values. Along this clue, the ground state energy of ${}^{20}Ne$ is obtained to be 1MeV approximately, which is far less than the experimental value of 3MeV. Additionally, the root-mean-square radii of these nuclei are also calculated, and all of them lies around 9fm, which is different from the result calculated with the Tohsaki-Horiuchi-Schuck-Ropke(THSR) wave function. Since the root-mean-square radius is relevant to the ground state energy of the $\alpha$ condensate nucleus, the root-mean-square radii of ${}^{16}O$ and ${}^{20}Ne$ are also calculated with the ground state energies used in the THRS wave function. As a result, the root-mean-square radii of ${}^{16}O$ and ${}^{20}Ne$ reduced to 5fm, and it is similar to the result obtained with the THRS wave function. The calculation result manifests that the root-mean-square radius of $\alpha$ condensate nuclei decreases with the energy increasing.