Occupation probability of harmonic-oscillator quanta for microscopic cluster-model wave functions

Abstract

We present a new and simple method of calculating the occupation probability of the number of total harmonic-oscillator quanta for a microscopic cluster-model wave function. Examples of applications are given to the recent calculations including $\alpha+n+n$-model for $^6$He, $\alpha+t+n+n$-model for $^9$Li, and $\alpha+\alpha+n$-model for $^9$Be as well as the classical calculations of $\alpha+p+n$-model for $^6$Li and $\alpha+\alpha+\alpha$-model for $^{12}$C. The analysis is found to be useful for quantifying the amount of excitations across the major shell as well as the degree of clustering. The origin of the antistretching effect is discussed.