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The description of a nuclear system in its ground state and at low excitations based on the equation of state (EoS) around normal density is presented. In the expansion of the EoS around the saturation point, additional spin polarization terms are taken into account. These terms, together with the standard symmetry term, are responsible for the appearance of the \( \alpha\)-like clusters in the ground-state configurations of the N = Z even-even nuclei. At the nuclear surface these clusters can be identified as alpha particles. A correction for the surface effects is introduced for atomic nuclei. Taking into account an additional interaction between clusters the binding energies and sizes of the considered nuclei are very accurately described. The limits of the EoS parameters are established from the properties of the \( \alpha\), 3He and t particles.
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Sosin, Z., Błocki, J., Kallunkathariyil, J. et al. Alpha-cluster model of atomic nuclei. Eur. Phys. J. A 52, 120 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2016-16120-4
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