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Nuclear Physics A

Volume 179, Issue 1, 24 January 1972, Pages 33-50
Nuclear Physics A

The structure of 8Be and its relevance to the fission problem

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Abstract

The structure of 8Be is examined in the spherical shell model, the deformed shell model, the cluster model and the cluster model with the one- and three-dimensional generator coordinate techniques. The increase in binding energy with each sophistication is discussed. The collectivity of each model is demonstrated through the B(E2) in the projected states. A new method of generating clusters is presented which could have relevance for the fission problem.

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