Exotic cluster states in actinide nuclei by Buck, B, Merchant, A, Perez, S

Core-cluster partitions of actinide nuclei by Buck, B, Merchant, A, Perez, S, Seals, H

Alternative view of collective bands in actinide nuclei by Buck, B, Merchant, A, Perez, S

Cluster structure and gamma transitions in actinide nuclei by Buck, B, Merchant, A, Perez, S

Exotic cluster model of band structure in actinides by Buck, B, Merchant, A, Perez, S

“…A binary cluster model reproduces, without ad hoc symmetry assumptions, the J(pi) = 0(+), 2(+), 4(+), ... and 1(-), 3(-), 5(-), ... spin sequences of the low-lying bands in actinide nuclei, as well as the corresponding quasi-rotational excitation energies and enhanced E2 transition rates. …”

Systematic study of exotic clustering in even-even actinide nuclei by Buck, B, Merchant, A, Perez, S

Criteria for comparison of bands in even-even nuclei by Buck, B, Merchant, A, Perez, S

“…We compare our predictions to data on ground state ND bands for a series of light rare-earth and actinide isotopes.…”

Transition quadrupole moments in superdeformed bands by Buck, B, Merchant, A, Perez, S

“…This approach reinforces our earlier conclusions concerning the occurrence of exotic clustering in actinide nuclei and also reveals a competing binary mode in these nuclei in which the cluster charge and mass are substantially larger than those corresponding to an exotic decomposition. …”