New studies and predictions for nuclear clustering and dynamics in the ab initio symmetry-adapted framework

¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
² Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
³ Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
⁴ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, 46556, IN, USA
⁵ Eberly College of Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA

^* e-mail: klauney@lsu.edu

Published online: 28 October 2024

Abstract

We discuss recent studies and predictions for nuclear clustering and dynamics within the framework of the ab initio symmetry-adapted no-core shell model, which has opened new domains of the nuclear chart. In this framework, we show the emergence from first principles of collectivity and clustering in light to mediummass nuclei, with implications for constructing ab initio optical potentials, for studying clustering in stable and unstable nuclei, for reproducing enhanced deformations without effective charges, and for the formation of clusters and its sensitivity to the underlying inter-nucleon force.