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Three-alpha structure of12C and symmetry

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The important features of the low-lying states of12C are obtained via an arialysis of quantum mechanical symmetry. The existence of a 4− state lower than the 4 +1 state is found to be essential to judging the validity of the 3α model of12C. It is pointed out that the states can be candidates of the linear chain structure.

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  1. Department of Physics, Guangzhou Teachers College, 510400, Guangzhou, China

    Wenfang Xie

  2. Department of Physics, Zhongshan University, 510275, Guangzhou, China

    Chengguang Bao

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province.

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Xie, W., Bao, C. Three-alpha structure of12C and symmetry. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 40, 436–440 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02911446

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