Cluster model investigation of nuclear spectra and electric quadrupole transitions

Master Thesis

2003

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University of Cape Town

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We review a cluster model for even-even nuclei and derive a new relation between the excitation energies and the electric quadrupole transition strengths of these nuclei. A novel method for determining the likely clustercore decompositions of a given nucleus is described, and is tested by comparing theoretical cluster model spectra with their experimental counterparts for a representative set of Yb isotopes. A further method, based on least squares fits to spectra, is also examined.
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