The correlation between the $\alpha$-cluster separation and the neutron S-factor in $^{12}$Be

Abstract

The reduced width amplitudes (RWA) and the spectroscopic factor (S-factor) of $\alpha$-cluster and valence neutron in $^{12}$Be are calculated by the generator coordinates method (GCM) with the cluster model. By fixing the distance between the $\alpha$-clusters' generated coordinates, we make a theoretical experiment to analyze the relationship between the $\alpha$-clustering separation and the orbital occupation of the valence neutron in $^{12}$Be. The analysis of the results shows that the percentage of the $\sigma$ orbital occupation in $^{12}$Be is positively related to the clustering separation.