Geometrical analysis of the algebraic cluster model
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Three-body clusters are studied in the algebraic cluster model. Particular attention is paid to the case of three identical particles. It is shown in a geometrical analysis that the harmonic oscillator, the deformed oscillator and the oblate symmetric top are contained as special solutions. An application of the oblate top limit to the nucleus 12C suggests that the low-lying spectrum can be described as a configuration of three identical alpha particles at the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
16 pages, 7 figures, invited talk at XXVI Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Taxco, Mexico, January 6-9, 2003, to be published by Revista Mexicana de Fisica
16 pages, 7 figures, invited talk at XXVI Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Taxco, Mexico, January 6-9, 2003, to be published by Revista Mexicana de Fisica