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Collisions of light and heavy nuclei in relativistic heavy-ion collisions have been shown to be sensitive to nuclear structure. With a proposed $^{16}mathrm{O}^{16}mathrm{O}$ run at the LHC and RHIC we study the potential for finding $alpha$ clustering in $^{16}$O. Here we use the state-of-the-art iEBE-VISHNU package with $^{16}$O nucleonic configurations from {rm ab initio} nuclear lattice simulations. This setup was tuned using a Bayesian analysis on pPb and PbPb systems. We find that the $^{16}mathrm{O}^{16}mathrm{O}$ system always begins far from equilibrium and that at LHC and RHIC it approaches the regime of hydrodynamic applicability only at very late times. Finally, by taking ratios of flow harmonics we are able to find measurable differences between $alpha$-clustering, nucleonic, and subnucleonic degrees of freedom in the initial state.
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The ${}^{12}mathrm{C}(alpha,gamma){}^{16}mathrm{O}$ reaction plays a key role in the evolution of stars with masses of $M >$ 0.55 $M_odot$. The cross-section of the ${}^{12}mathrm{C}(alpha,gamma){}^{16}mathrm{O}$ reaction within the Gamow window ($E_textrm{c.m.}$ = 300 keV, $T_textrm9$ = 0.2) is extremely small (about $10^{-17}$ barn), which makes the direct measurement in a ground-based laboratory with existing techniques unfeasible. Up until now, the cross-sections at lower energies can only be extrapolated from the data at higher energies. However, two subthreshold resonances, located at $E_x$ = 7.117 MeV and $E_x$ = 6.917 MeV, make this extrapolation more complicated. In this work, the 6.917 MeV subthreshold resonance in the ${}^{12}mathrm{C}(alpha,gamma){}^{16}mathrm{O}$ reaction was investigated via the ${}^{12}mathrm{C}({}^{11}mathrm{B},{}^{7}mathrm{Li}){}^{16}mathrm{O}$ reaction. The experiment was performed using the Q3D magnetic spectrograph at the HI-13 tandem accelerator. We measured the angular distribution of the ${}^{12}mathrm{C}({}^{11}mathrm{B},{}^{7}mathrm{Li}){}^{16}mathrm{O}$ transfer reaction leading to the 6.917 MeV state. Based on the FRDWBA analysis, we derived the asymptotic normalization coefficient (ANC) of the 6.917 MeV level in $^{16}$O to be (1.10 $pm$ 0.29) $times 10^{10}$ fm$^{-1}$, with which the reduced $alpha$ width was computed to be $18.0pm4.7$ keV at the channel radius of 6.5 fm. Finally, we calculated the astrophysical $S_{E2}(300)$ factor of the ground-state transitions to be 46.2 $pm$ 7.7 keV b. The result for the astrophysical $S_{E2}(300)$ factor confirms the values obtained in various direct and indirect measurements and presents an independent examination of the most important data in nuclear astrophysics.
The molecular algebraic model based on three and four alpha clusters is used to describe the inelastic scattering of alpha particles populating low-lying states in $^{12}$C and $^{16}$O. Optical potentials and inelastic formfactors are obtained by folding densities and transition densities obtained within the molecular model. One-step and multi-step processes can be included in the reaction mechanism calculation. In spite of the simplicity of the approach the molecular model with rotations and vibrations provides a reliable description of reactions where $alpha$-cluster degrees of freedom are involved and good results are obtained for the excitation of several low-lying states. Within the same model we briefly discuss the expected selection rules for the $alpha$-transfer reactions from $^{12}$C and $^{16}$O.
Isoscalar monopole strength function in $^{16}$O up to $E_{x}simeq40$ MeV is discussed. We found that the fine structures at the low energy region up to $E_{x} simeq 16$ MeV in the experimental monopole strength function obtained by the $^{16}$O$(alpha,alpha^{prime})$ reaction can be rather satisfactorily reproduced within the framework of the $4alpha$ cluster model, while the gross three bump structures observed at the higher energy region ($16 lesssim E_{x} lesssim 40$ MeV) look likely to be approximately reconciled by the mean-field calculations such as RPA and QRPA. In this paper, it is emphasized that two different types of monopole excitations exist in $^{16}$O; one is the monopole excitation to cluster states which is dominant in the lower energy part ($E_{x} lesssim 16$ MeV), and the other is the monopole excitation of the mean-field type such as one-particle one-hole ($1p1h$) which {is attributed} mainly to the higher energy part ($16 lesssim E_{x} lesssim 40$ MeV). It is found that this character of the monopole excitations originates from the fact that the ground state of $^{16}$O with the dominant doubly closed shell structure has a duality of the mean-field-type {as well as} $alpha$-clustering {character}. This dual nature of the ground state seems to be a common feature in light nuclei.
$alpha$-clustered structures in light nuclei could be studied through snapshots taken by relativistic heavy-ion collisions. A multiphase transport (AMPT) model is employed to simulate the initial structure of collision nuclei and the proceeding collisions at center of mass energy $sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 6.37 TeV. This initial structure can finally be reflected in the subsequent observations, such as elliptic flow ($v_{2}$), triangular flow ($v_{3}$) and quadrangular flow ($v_4$). Three sets of the collision systems are chosen to illustrate system scan is a good way to identify the exotic $alpha$-clustered nuclear structure, case I: $mathrm{^{16}O}$ nucleus (with or without $alpha$-cluster) + ordinary nuclei (always in Woods-Saxon distribution) in most central collisions, case II: $mathrm{^{16}O}$ nucleus (with or without $alpha$-cluster) + $mathrm{^{197}Au}$ nucleus collisions for centrality dependence, and case III: symmetric collision systems (namely, $^{10}$B + $^{10}$B, $^{12}$C + $^{12}$C, $^{16}$O + $^{16}$O (with or without $alpha$-cluster), $^{20}$Ne + $^{20}$Ne, and $^{40}$Ca + $^{40}$Ca) in most central collisions. Our calculations propose that relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments at $sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 6.37 TeV are promised to distinguish the tetrahedron structure of $mathrm{^{16}O}$ from the Woods-Saxon one and shed lights on the system scan projects in experiments.
The elastic scattering angular distribution of the $^{16}$O$+^{60}$Ni system at $260$ MeV was measured in the range of the Rutherford cross section down to $7$ orders of magnitude below. The cross sections of the lowest $2^{+}$ and $3^{-}$ inelastic states of the target were also measured over a several orders of magnitude range. Coupled channel (CC) calculations were performed and are shown to be compatible with the whole set of data only when including the excitation of the projectile and when the deformations of the imaginary part of the nuclear optical potential are taken into account. Similar results were obtained when the procedure is applied to the existing data on $^{16}$O$+^{27}$Al elastic and inelastic scattering at $100$ and $280$ MeV. An analysis in terms of Dynamical Polarization Potentials (DPP) indicate the major role of coupled channel effects in the overlapping surface region of the colliding nuclei.
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